2011 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Roster

Head Coach: Ron Zook

Season: 7th

Ted Karras

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 295

Age: 32 yrs

High School:: Cathedral
Hometown:: (Indianapolis, IN)

82.10

Natl: 1130

Pos: 105

St: 13

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Age: 32

A.J. Williams

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 194

High School:: Atlantic Shores Christian School
Hometown:: (Chesapeake, VA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Aaron Gress

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 219

High School:
Hometown:: (Visalia, CA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Akeem Spence

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 307

Age: 33 yrs

High School:: Fort Walton Beach
Hometown:: (Fort Walton Beach, FL)

83.60

Natl: 847

Pos: 87

St: 120

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Age: 33

Alex Hill

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 305

High School:: Slidell
Hometown:: (Slidell, LA)

84.05

Natl: 893

Pos: 64

St: 25

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Andrew Carter

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 270

High School:: Leon
Hometown:: (Tallahassee, FL)

84.05

Natl: 791

Pos: 74

St: 111

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Austin Teitsma

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 232

High School:: Glenbard South
Hometown:: (Glen Ellyn, IL)

78.70

Natl: 1517

Pos: 123

St: 38

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Brandon Denmark

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 214

High School:: James Rickards
Hometown:: (Tallahassee, FL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Bud Golden

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 195

High School:: Sycamore
Hometown:: (Cincinnati, OH)

89.60

Natl: 232

Pos: 31

St: 11

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Corey Lewis

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 305

High School:: East Stroudsburg SHS
Hometown:: (Cresco, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

RS-SR

Craig Wilson

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 320

High School:: Hargrave Military Academy
Hometown:: (Harvey, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

D.J. Woods

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 225

High School:: Robinson
Hometown:: (Tampa, FL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Darrius Caldwell

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 240

High School:: Mays
Hometown:: (Atlanta, GA)

88.77

Natl: 47

Pos: 2

St: 13

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Donsay Hardeman

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 220

High School:
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Ean Days

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 190

High School:: Camden County
Hometown:: (Kingsland, GA)

80.35

Natl: 1402

Pos: 106

St: 118

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Earnest Thomas

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 195

High School:: St. Mary's
Hometown:: (West Bloomfield, MI)

86.30

Natl: 591

Pos: 44

St: 12

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Eric Watts

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 220

High School:: Samuel W. Wolfson
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Evan Wilson

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 225

High School:: Woodstock
Hometown:: (Woodstock, GA)

Natl: 1420

Pos: 81

St: 120

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Fred Sykes

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 190

High School:: Chamberlain
Hometown:: (Tampa, FL)

83.15

Natl: 700

Pos: 90

St: 96

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Fritz Rock

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 200

High School:: Wayzata
Hometown:: (Minneapolis, MN)

85.40

Natl: 755

Pos: 55

St: 5

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Glenn Foster

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 285

High School:: Mount Carmel
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

87.20

Natl: 450

Pos: 30

St: 10

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Graham Pocic

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-7
Weight: 305

High School:: Lemont
Hometown:: (Lemont, IL)

88.66

Natl: 300

Pos: 23

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Greg Fuller

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 242

High School:: Thornton Township
Hometown:: (Harvey, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Houston Bates

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 245

High School:: The Saint Pauls School Sr Boys
Hometown:: (Covington, LA)

85.85

Natl: 679

Pos: 75

St: 14

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Hubie Graham

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 227

High School:: West Scranton
Hometown:: (Scranton, PA)

89.05

Natl: 285

Pos: 17

St: 12

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Hugh Thornton

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 336

Age: 34 yrs

High School:: Oberlin
Hometown:: (Oberlin, OH)

86.30

Natl: 549

Pos: 44

St: 28

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Age: 34

Jack Ramsey

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 200

High School:: Simeon
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

89.50

Natl: 249

Pos: 42

St: 5

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Jacob Charest

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 192

High School:: Butler
Hometown:: (Matthews, NC)

85.40

Natl: 579

Pos: 31

St: 18

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Jake Feldmeyer

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 280

High School:: Centerville
Hometown:: (Dayton, OH)

79.27

Natl: 1391

Pos: 121

St: 94

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Jason Ford

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 235

High School:: Althoff Catholic
Hometown:: (Belleville, IL)

87.65

Natl: 407

Pos: 54

St: 9

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Jeff Allen

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 306

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: King College Prep
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Age: 35

Jeffery Allen

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 324

High School:: King College Prep
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

81.97

Natl: 828

Pos: 73

St: 21

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Joelil Thrash

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 180

High School:: Woodson H.D.
Hometown:: (Washington, DC)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Jonathan Brown

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 225

High School:: Christian Brothers
Hometown:: (Memphis, TN)

85.85

Natl: 680

Pos: 76

St: 10

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Jordan Frysinger

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 193

High School:: Corning-painted Post East
Hometown:: (Corning, NY)

79.60

Natl: 1500

Pos: 124

St: 16

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Josh Ferguson

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 185

High School:: Joliet Catholic Academy
Hometown:: (Joliet, IL)

80.83

Natl: 1321

Pos: 120

St: 34

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Justin Green

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 195

High School:: Louisville Male
Hometown:: (Louisville, KY)

93.49

Natl: 97

Pos: 12

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Justin Lattimore

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 215

High School:: Gaither
Hometown:: (Tampa, FL)

80.07

Natl: 1317

Pos: 69

St: 174

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Justin Staples

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 245

High School:: St. Edward
Hometown:: (Lakewood, OH)

87.20

Natl: 451

Pos: 31

St: 21

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Lendell Buckner

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 340

High School:: Leo Catholic
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

Natl: 216

Pos: 26

St: 4

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Leon Hill

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 320

High School:: Leo Catholic
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

87.25

Natl: 491

Pos: 37

St: 10

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Matt LaCosse

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 220

High School:: Naperville North
Hometown:: (Naperville, IL)

86.57

Natl: 567

Pos: 36

St: 18

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Michael Buchanan

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 255

Age: 34 yrs

High School:: Homewood-Flossmoor
Hometown:: (Flossmoor, IL)

87.70

Natl: 433

Pos: 35

St: 9

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Age: 34

Michael Heitz

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 257

High School:: V I T Sr
Hometown:: (Table Grove, IL)

84.05

Natl: 921

Pos: 61

St: 19

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Miles Osei

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 185

High School:: Prospect
Hometown:: (Mount Prospect, IL)

82.70

Natl: 1043

Pos: 77

St: 21

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Nate Swanson

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-8
Weight: 325

High School:: Bureau Valley
Hometown:: (Malden, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Nathan Scheelhaase

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 185

Age: 34 yrs

High School:: Rockhurst
Hometown:: (Kansas City, MO)

88.69

Natl: 301

Pos: 22

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Age: 34

Patrick Nixon-Youman

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 180

High School:: Middleburg
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

90.50

Natl: 213

Pos: 16

St: 37

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Reggie Ellis

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 278

High School:: Dunbar
Hometown:: (Washington, DC)

88.15

Natl: 361

Pos: 35

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Russell Ellington

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 235

High School:: Homewood-Flossmoor
Hometown:: (Homewood, IL)

77.56

Natl: 1201

Pos: 151

St: 33

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Ryan Lankford

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 175

High School:: Paxon School for Advanced Studies
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

83.60

Natl: 941

Pos: 118

St: 135

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Ryan Sedlacek

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 300

High School:: Staples
Hometown:: (Westport, CT)

78.72

Natl: 1143

Pos: 103

St: 7

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Shawn Afryl

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 301

High School:: Niles West
Hometown:: (Skokie, IL)

82.25

Natl: 1111

Pos: 80

St: 24

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Simon Cvijanovic

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 280

High School:: Benedictine
Hometown:: (Cleveland, OH)

79.90

Natl: 1441

Pos: 93

St: 95

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Spencer Harris

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 180

High School:: Greenwood
Hometown:: (Greenwood, AR)

79.27

Natl: 1479

Pos: 182

St: 14

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Tavon Wilson

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 215

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: Woodson H.D.
Hometown:: (Washington, DC)

83.60

Natl: 663

Pos: 51

St: 2

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Age: 35

Terry Hawthorne

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 5-11.75
Weight: 195

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: East St. Louis
Hometown:: (East St. Louis, IL)

94.93

Natl: 52

Pos: 1

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Age: 35

Tim Kynard

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 255

High School:: St. John's Jesuit
Hometown:: (Toledo, OH)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Tommie Hopkins

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 175

High School:: East St. Louis
Hometown:: (East St. Louis, IL)

83.15

Natl: 916

Pos: 67

St: 15

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Tyler Sands

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 305

High School:: Boyertown Area
Hometown:: (Boyertown, PA)

87.65

Natl: 408

Pos: 33

St: 19

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Ugochukwu Uzodinma

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 240

High School:: Dunbar
Hometown:: (Washington, DC)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Walt Aikens

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 210

Age: 34 yrs

High School:: Harding University High
Hometown:: (Charlotte, NC)

77.44

Natl: 1495

Pos: 119

St: 43

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Age: 34

Walter Aikens

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180

High School:: Harding University High
Hometown:: (Charlotte, NC)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Whitney Mercilus

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 258

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: Garfield
Hometown:: (Akron, OH)

83.60

Natl: 662

Pos: 46

St: 34

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Age: 35

Zak Pedersen

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 210

High School:: Joliet Catholic Academy
Hometown:: (Joliet, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LS

Jake Howe

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 260

High School:: McHenry
Hometown:: (Mchenry, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Steve Hull

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: -

High School:: Sycamore
Hometown:: (Sycamore, OH)

83.15

Natl: 887

Pos: 109

St: 49

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

A.J. Jenkins

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: -

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: Terry Parker
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Age: 35

Clayton Fejedelem

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 200

Age: 32 yrs

High School:: Lemont
Hometown:: (Lemont, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Age: 32

Supo Sanni

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 197

High School:: Homewood-Flossmoor
Hometown:: (Chicago Heights, IL)

84.50

Natl: 631

Pos: 72

St: 17

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

RS-JR

Ashante Williams

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 205

High School:: Mayfield
Hometown:: (Cleveland, OH)

78.27

Natl: 1176

Pos: 83

St: 58

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

RS-SR

Ian Thomas

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 206

High School:: DeMatha Catholic
Hometown:: (Hyattsville, MD)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Troy Pollard

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 5-8
Weight: 177

High School:: Andrew Jackson
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

78.29

Natl: 1013

Pos: 103

St: 126

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB