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ILLINOIS ROSTER 1 AJ Bush Jr. QB Sr. 6-4 225 Alpharetta, Ga. 2 Reggie Corbin RB Jr. 5-10 200 Upper Marlboro, Md. 3 Jakari Norwood RB Fr. 5-10 185 Pompano Beach, Fla. 3 Del'Shawn Phillips LB Sr. 6-2 230 Highland Park, Mich. 4 Ricky Smalling WR So. 6-1 205 Chicago, Ill. 4 Bennett Williams DB So. 6-0 205 Campbell, Calif. 5 Milo Eifler LB So. 6-2 220 Berkeley, Calif. 5 Carmoni Green WR So. 6-1 190 Miami, Fla. 6 Tony Adams DB So. 6-0 190 Belleville, Ill. 6 Dominic Stampley WR So. 5-10 175 Champaign, Ill. 7 Stanley Green DB Jr. 5-11 200 East St. Louis, Ill. 7 Coran Taylor QB Fr. 6-2 205 Peoria, Ill. 8 Nate Hobbs DB So. 6-0 185 Louisville, Ky. 8 M.J. Rivers II QB Fr. 6-4 215 Frisco, Texas 9 Dele Harding LB Jr. 6-1 230 Elkton, Md. 9 Sam Mays WR Sr. 6-3 200 Missouri City, Texas 10 James Knight LB So. 5-10 215 East St. Louis, Ill. 11 Carlos Sandy WR Fr. 5-9 175 Dania Beach, Fla. 12 Matt Robinson QB Fr. 6-1 185 San Juan Capistrano, Calif. 13 Caleb Reams WR Jr. 6-2 240 Gurnee, Ill. 14 Drake Davis QB Fr. 5-11 195 Naperville, Ill. 14 Blake Hayes P So. 6-6 230 Melbourne, Australia 15 Trenard Davis WR Jr. 6-0 195 Boynton Beach, Fla. 15 Delano Ware DB Fr. 6-0 200 Richmond, Calif. 16 Cam Miller QB So. 6-1 215 Evergreen Park, Ill. 17 James McCourt PK/P So. 6-1 220 Parkland, Fla. 17 Kendall Smith DB So. 6-1 200 Bolingbrook, Ill. 18 Mike Dudek WR Sr. 5-11 195 Naperville, Ill. 19 Lou Dorsey TE So. 6-6 235 Jacksonville, Fla. 20 Nick Walker DB So. 5-10 185 St. Louis, Mo. 21 Ra'Von Bonner RB So. 5-11 210 Cincinnati, Ohio 21 Jartavius Martin DB Fr. 6-0 190 Lehigh Acres, Fla. 22 Kenyon Sims RB Fr. 5-11 200 San Diego, Calif. 22 Dylan Wyatt DB Fr. 6-0 180 Oakland, Calif. 23 Ron Hardge III DB Fr. 6-1 180 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 24 Dawson DeGroot DB So. 6-1 200 So. Fort Myers, Fla. 25 Dre Brown RB Jr. 5-11 215 DeKalb, Ill. 26 Mike Epstein RB So. 6-0 200 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 26 Kerby Joseph DB Fr. 6-1 190 Orlando, Fla. 27 Alec Andrea DB Fr. 5-11 170 Barrington, Ill. 28 Nolan Bernat DB Jr. 5-10 190 Bartlett, Ill. 29 Christian Bobak DB So. 6-0 200 So. Hinsdale, Ill. 30 Sydney Brown DB Fr. 6-0 195 London, Ontario 31 Cameron Watkins DB Jr. 6-1 200 Nashville, Tenn. 32 Justice Williams WR Jr. 6-3 215 Frisco, Texas 33 Ezekiel Holmes DL Fr. 6-3 225 Wichita Falls, Texas 34 PC Daniel II DB Fr. 6-1 205 Chicago, Ill. 35 Jake Hansen LB So. 6-1 230 Tarpon Springs, Fla. 36 Austin Roberts TE Sr. 6-2 245 Rice Lake, Wis. 37 Zac Holman WR Sr. 6-1 190 Cronulla, Australia 38 Caleb Griffin PK Fr. 6-3 200 Danville, Ill. 41 Jimmy Marchese LB Jr. 6-2 220 Vernon Hills, Ill. 42 Michael Marchese DB So. 6-4 210 Vernon Hills, Ill. 43 Chase McLaughlin PK Sr. 6-1 190 Cypress, Texas 44 Drew Murtaugh LB So. 6-3 225 Crystal Lake, Ill. 45 Khalan Tolson LB Fr. 6-0 220 St. Petersburg, Fla. 46 Alec McEachern LB Fr. 6-1 225 Plainfield, Ill. 47 Jacob Hollins LB Fr. 6-2 220 Fresno, Calif. 48 Julian Pearl DL Fr. 6-6 250 Danville, Ill. 51 Sean Coghlan LB Fr. 6-0 220 Chicago, Ill. 52 Ayo Shogbonyo DL So. 6-2 240 Arlington, Texas 52 Adam Solomon OL Jr. 6-6 305 Indianapolis, Ind. 53 Nick Allegretti OL Sr. 6-4 320 Frankfort, Ill. 54 Marc Mondesir DL So. 6-2 235 Chicago, Ill. 55 Kendrick Green OL Fr. 6-4 300 Peoria, Ill. 55 Jamal Milan DL Jr. 6-3 305 Chicago, Ill. 56 Ethan Tabel LS So. 6-0 215 Barrington, Ill. 58 Preston Engel OL Fr. 6-0 270 Normal, Ill. 62 Ron Gaines III LS Fr. 6-5 290 Chicago, Ill. 63 Alex Palczewski OL So. 6-6 300 Mount Prospect, Ill. 65 Doug Kramer OL So. 6-2 305 Hinsdale, Ill. 66 Jordyn Slaughter OL Fr. 6-5 315 Belleville, Ill. 68 Jake Stover OL Fr. 6-3 300 Chicago, Ill. 70 Reuben Unije OL Fr. 6-6 290 Bradenton, Fla. 71 Zeke Martin OL Jr. 6-5 300 Medina, Ohio 72 Kievan Myers OL Fr. 6-5 330 Dallas, Texas 73 Jake Cerny OL So. 6-5 305 Traverse City, Mich. 74 Andrew Trainer OL So. 6-7 305 Alexandria, Va. 75 Kurt Gavin OL So. 6-4 305 Mokena, Ill. 76 Larry Boyd OL So. 6-6 310 St. Louis, Mo. 79 Vederian Lowe OL So. 6-6 315 Rockford, Ill. 80 Edwin Carter WR Fr. 6-3 180 Jacksonville, Fla. 81 Griffin Palmer TE So. 6-5 245 St. Charles, Mo. 82 Dylan Thomas WR Fr. 5-11 180 Monticello, Ill. 83 Bobby Walker TE Jr. 6-4 240 Golf, Ill. 84 Jordan Holmes WR Fr. 6-0 180 Columbia, Ill. 85 Cam Stacy WR Fr. 5-11 200 Park Ridge, Ill. 86 Donny Navarro WR So. 5-11 190 Naperville, Ill. 87 Daniel Barker TE Fr. 6-4 245 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 88 Brandon Jones TE So. 6-5 240 Columbia, Mo. 89 Alex Pihlstrom TE Fr. 6-6 250 Glen Ellyn, Ill. 90 Lere Oladipo DL Fr. 6-3 275 Huntley, Ill. 91 Jamal Woods DL So. 6-2 265 Hueytown, Ala. 92 Isaiah Gay DL So. 6-3 225 Nashville, N.C. 93 Calvin Avery DL Fr. 6-2 330 Dallas, Texas 94 Verdis Brown DL Fr. 6-4 325 Chicago, Ill. 95 Kenyon Jackson DL Jr. 6-0 290 Little Rock, Ark. 96 Tymir Oliver DL Jr. 6-4 290 Philadelphia, Pa. 97 Bobby Roundtree DL So. 6-5 255 Largo, Fla. 98 Deon Pate DL Fr. 6-2 280 Jacksonville, Fla. 99 Owen Carney Jr. DL So. 6-3 255 Miami, Fla. 9 O F F E N S E MIKE EPSTEIN 26 | RB | SO. | 6-0 | 200 Despite missing half of the 2017 season, Ep- stein still led the Illini in rushing (346) and yards per carry (6.1). Through three games, he's totaled 251 yards and two touchdowns. S P E C I A L   T E A M S CHASE McLAUGHLIN 43 | PK | SR. | 6-1 | 190 It's not often that we highlight a kicker, but McLaughlin is off to an excellent start, con- verting 7 of 8 attempts, including three makes from more than 50 yards. P L A Y E R S P O T L I G H T S E P T E M B E R   1 9 ,   2 0 1 8 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M

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