Illinois Fighting Illini

2022 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS	BIRTHPLACE
78	Isaiah Adams I. Adams	OL	6'5"	315	JR	Ajax, ON, CAN
93	Calvin Avery C. Avery	DL	6'2"	340	SR
25	Jared Badie J. Badie	LB	6'3"	225	FR	Aurora, IL, USA
02	Matthew Bailey M. Bailey	DB	6'2"	205	FR	Moline, IL, USA
68	Zach Barlev Z. Barlev	OL	6'5"	300	FR	Bolingbrook, IL, USA
48	Bryce Barnes B. Barnes	DL	6'2"	270	JR	Gibson City, IL, USA
44	Tarique Barnes T. Barnes	LB	6'1"	225	JR
83	Keion Battle K. Battle	WR	6'1"	200	FR	Naperville, IL, USA
80	Hank Beatty H. Beatty	WR	5'11"	185	FR	Rochester, IL, USA
88	Henry Boyer H. Boyer	TE	6'6"	265	FR	Chicago, IL, USA
2	Chase Brown C. Brown	RB	5'11"	195	JR
30	Sydney Brown S. Brown	DB	6'0"	200	SR
94	Verdis Brown V. Brown	DL	6'4"	325	JR	Chicago, IL, USA
90	Alec Bryant A. Bryant	LB	6'3"	240	FR	Houston, TX, USA
13	Pat Bryant P. Bryant	WR	6'3"	190	SO	Jacksonville, FL, USA
87	Kody Case K. Case	WR	5'10"	180	SR	Lake City, IA, USA
48	Mike Cerniglia Jr. M. Cerniglia Jr.	TE	6'3"	240	SO	Madison, WI, USA
49	Seth Coleman S. Coleman	DL	6'5"	230	SO	Melbourne, FL, USA
40	Shammond Cooper S. Cooper	LB	6'2"	205	SO	St. Louis, MO, USA
72	Zylon Crisler Z. Crisler	OL	6'6"	330	SO	Perkinston, MS, USA
70	Tommy Cronin T. Cronin	OL	6'4"	290	SO	Oak Park, IL, USA
01	Kionte Curry K. Curry	DB	6'0"	200	FR	Cocoa, FL, USA
38	Isaac Darkangelo I. Darkangelo	LB	6'1"	225	SR	Brighton, MI, USA
74	Dylan Davis D. Davis	OL	6'4"	300	SO	Sarasota, FL, USA
03	Tommy Devito T. Devito	QB	6'2"	210	SR
23	TeRah Edwards T. Edwards	DL	6'2"	320	FR	Groveport, OH, USA
58	Preston Engel P. Engel	OL	6'0"	270	JR	Normal, IL, USA
24	Nick Fedanzo N. Fedanzo	RB	6'0"	205	SO	Lombard, IL, USA
82	Luke Ford L. Ford	TE	6'6"	250	SR
73	Josh Gesky J. Gesky	OL	6'5"	325	FR	Manteno, IL, USA
11	Caleb Griffin C. Griffin	K	6'3"	215	JR	Danville, IL, USA
39	Aidan Hall A. Hall	LS	6'2"	205	SO	Glen Ellyn, IL, USA
36	Lane Hansen L. Hansen	LS	6'0"	220	FR	East Lake, FL, USA
05	Calvin Hart Jr. C. Hart Jr.	LB	6'1"	230	JR
22	Chase Hayden C. Hayden	RB	5'10"	205	SR
14	Brian Hightower B. Hightower	WR	6'3"	220	JR
06	Ashton Hollins A. Hollins	WR	6'5"	180	FR	Mobile, AL, USA
33	Ezekiel Holmes E. Holmes	DL	6'3"	225	JR	Wichita Falls, TX, USA
45	Malachi Hood M. Hood	LB	6'2"	220	FR	Plainfield, IL, USA
17	Gabe Jacas G. Jacas	LB	6'3"	265	FR	Port St. Lucie, FL, USA
06	Terrell Jennings T. Jennings	DB	6'1"	190	SR	Knob Hill, CO, USA
17	Ryan Johnson R. Johnson	QB	6'4"	200	SR	Green Bay, WI, USA
57	Evan Kirts E. Kirts	DL	6'5"	300	SO	Evergreen Park, IL, USA
41	James Kreutz J. Kreutz	LB	6'0"	210	FR	Bannockburn, IL, USA
64	Josh Kreutz J. Kreutz	OL	6'2"	280	FR	Bannockburn, IL, USA
21	Aidan Laughery A. Laughery	RB	5'11"	200	FR	Gibson City, IL, USA
32	Tailon Leitzsey T. Leitzsey	DB	6'0"	190	SR	Laurel, MD, USA
28	Reggie Love III R. Love III	RB	5'11"	200	SO	St. Louis, MO, USA
26	Mike Manning M. Manning	DB	5'8"	190	SO	Frankfort, IL, USA
42	Michael Marchese M. Marchese	DB	6'4"	210	SR
21	Jartavius Martin J. Martin	DB	6'0"	195	SR
12	Elijah Mc-Cantos E. Mc-Cantos	DB	6'0"	180	FR	Little Haiti, FL, USA
55	Sed McConnell S. McConnell	DL	6'3"	280	FR	Atlanta, GA, USA
00	Josh McCray J. McCray	RB	6'1"	240	SO	St. Augustine, FL, USA
94	Will McManus W. McManus	K	5'10"	185	FR	Glyndon, MD, USA
34	Ryan Meed R. Meed	LB	6'1"	220	SO	Brooklyn, NY, USA
18	Chase Miller C. Miller	WR	6'1"	180	FR	Baltimore, MD, USA
56	Magnus Moller M. Moller	OL	6'9"	310	FR	Vejle,, DNK
43	Griffin Moore G. Moore	TE	6'4"	245	SO	Bloomington, IL, USA
11	Jonah Morris J. Morris	WR	6'4"	220	SR
94	Jer'Zhan Newton J. Newton	DL	6'2"	270	SO	St. Petersburg, FL, USA
23	Tahveon Nicholson T. Nicholson	DB	5'11"	170	SO	Jacksonville, FL, USA
39	Kenenna Odeluga K. Odeluga	LB	6'1"	210	FR	South Holland, IL, USA
63	Alex Palczewski A. Palczewski	OL	6'6"	310	SR
98	Deon Pate D. Pate	DL	6'2"	280	SR
54	Julian Pearl J. Pearl	OL	6'6"	305	JR
75	Alex Pihlstrom A. Pihlstrom	OL	6'6"	285	SR	Glen Ellyn, IL, USA
98	Fabrizio Pinton F. Pinton	K/P	6'3"	230	FR	Houston, TX, USA
19	Eian Pugh E. Pugh	WR	6'3"	170	FR	Oak Park, IL, USA
88	Keith Randolph Jr. K. Randolph Jr.	DL	6'5"	260	SO
89	Tip Reiman T. Reiman	TE	6'5"	230	SO	Rapid City, SD, USA
19	Hugh Robertson H. Robertson	P	6'2"	225	FR	Melbourne,, AUS
09	Tyson Rooks T. Rooks	DB	6'4"	190	FR	St. Simons Island, GA, USA
28	Dylan Rosiek D. Rosiek	LB	6'1"	215	FR	East Lake, FL, USA
36	Ben Schultz B. Schultz	LB	6'3"	230	SO	Champaign, IL, USA
85	Miles Scott M. Scott	WR	5'11"	190	FR	Dolton, IL, USA
14	Xavier Scott X. Scott	DB	5'11"	185	FR	Riviera Beach, FL, USA
09	Artur Sitkowski A. Sitkowski	QB	6'5"	225	JR
66	Jordyn Slaughter J. Slaughter	OL	6'5"	305	JR	Belleville, IL, USA
17	Kendall Smith K. Smith	DB	6'1"	200	SR
20	Tyler Strain T. Strain	DB	5'9"	170	FR	Pace, FL, USA
4	Khmari Thompson K. Thompson	WR	6'1"	210	JR
80	Peyton Vining P. Vining	WR	6'2"	200	SR	Bradenton, FL, USA
8	Casey Washington C. Washington	WR	6'2"	190	JR
71	Hunter Whitenack H. Whitenack	OL	6'7"	345	FR	New Carlisle, IN, USA
94	Raashaan Wilkins Jr. R. Wilkins Jr.	DL	6'3"	315	JR	Chicago, IL, USA
1	Isaiah Williams I. Williams	QB	5'10"	180	SO
31	Devon Witherspoon D. Witherspoon	DB	6'0"	170	JR
91	Jamal Woods J. Woods	DL	6'2"	275	SR
42	Luke Zardzin L. Zardzin	LB	6'0"	200	FR	Mount Prospect, IL, USA

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CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167