2012 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Roster

Head Coach: Tim Beckman

Season: 4th

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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

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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

Dami Ayoola

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 200

High School:: St. Thomas Aquinas
Hometown:: (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

83.36

Natl: 117

Pos: 12

St: 11

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Hardee

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180

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

81.95

Natl: 1263

Pos: 119

St: 73

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

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 Nowicki

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 190

High School:: Cactus
Hometown:: (Glendale, AZ)

88.10

Natl: 405

Pos: 29

St: 9

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

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

T.J. Neal

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 235

High School:: McKeesport
Hometown:: (McKeesport, PA)

87.27

Natl: 511

Pos: 65

St: 15

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

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

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

Zach Hirth

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 220

High School:: Eureka
Hometown:: (Eureka, 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

Robert Bain

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 305

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

80.74

Natl: 1469

Pos: 162

St: 32

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

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