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SPRING I LLI NOI S FOOTBALL 2012 fightingillini.com facebook.com/IlliniFootball @IlliniFootball CoachBeckman.com facebook.com/IlliniAthletics @IlliniAthletics QUICK FACTS 2012 SPRING FOOTBALL INFORMATION Illinois football coach Tim Beckman and the Fighting Illini begin spring football practices on Wednesday, March 7, UNIVERSITY INFORMATION marking the first of 15 spring workouts for the Fighting Illini. Spring practices culminate in the annual Orange and Blue Spring Game April 14 at Memorial Stadium. Admission and parking for the Spring Game are free. Parking will Urbana-Champaign Location: be available in the lots surrounding Memorial Stadium and the Assembly Hall. Founded: 1867 Enrollment: 42,605 Spring practices are closed to the public, with the exceptioin of the Spring Game. Practices will be held at either Colors: Orange & Blue the East Practice Fields, inside Memorial Stadium or in the Iwrin Indoor Practice Facility depending on the weather. Nickname: Fighting Illini Conference: Big Ten 2012 Spring Football Practice Schedule President: Michael J. Hogan Wed., March 7 Practice #1 (5:45-7:45 pm) Chancellor: Phyllis Wise Fri., March 9 Practice #2 (5:45-7:45 pm) Director of Athletics: Mike Thomas Sat., March 10 Practice #3 (Noon-2 pm) Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Field Turf – 60,670) Mon., March 12 Practice #4 (5:45-7:45 pm) Wed., March 14 Practice #5 (5:45-7:45 pm) Fri., March 16 Practice #6 (5:45-7:45 pm) COACHING STAFF March 17-25 University of Illinois Spring Break WHERE TO FIND... Head Coach: Tim Beckman Mon., March 26 Practice #7 (5:45-7:45 pm) Spring Alpha/Num. Rosters 2-3 Alma Mater: Findlay, 1988 Wed., March 28 Practice #8 (5:45-7:45 pm) Record at Illinois: 0-0 (First Season) Fri., March 30 Practice #9 (5:45-7:45 pm) 2012 Signing Class 3 Overall Record: 21-16 (Three Seasons) Mon., April 2 Practice #10 (5:45-7:45 pm) Pronunciation Guide 3 Assistant Coaches: Wed., April 4 Practice #11 (5:45-7:45 pm) Spring Notes 4 Tim Banks: Defensive Coordinator / Safeties Fri., April 6 Practice #12 (5:45-7:45 pm) 2011 in Review 4-9 Billy Gonzales: Co-Offensive Coordinator / WR Mon., April 9 Practice #13 (5:45-7:45 pm) Head Coach Tim Beckman 10 Wed., April 11 Practice #14 (5:45-7:45 pm) Chris Beatty: Co-Offensive Coordinator / QB Updates Player Bios 11-30 Luke Butkus: Offensive Line Sat., April 14 Orange and Blue Spring Game (2 pm) Steve Clinkscale: Cornerbacks Keith Gilmore: Defensive Line 2012 ILLINOIS SCHEDULE Alex Golesh: TE / Specialists / Recruiting Coord. Tim Salem: Running backs / Special Teams DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION 2011 REC SERIES HISTORY (LAST) Mike Ward: Linebackers Sept. 1 WESTERN MICHIGAN TBA MEMORIAL STADIUM 7-6 ILL leads 3-1 (2011) Sept. 8 at Arizona State TBA Tempe, Ariz. 6-7 ASU leads 2-1 (2011) Sept. 15 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN TBA MEMORIAL STADIUM 0-11 2012 will be first meeting SUPPORT STAFF Sept. 22 LOUISIANA TECH TBA MEMORIAL STADIUM 8-5 2012 will be first meeting Director of Player Personnel: John Hauser Sept. 29 PENN STATE TBA MEMORIAL STADIUM 9-4 PSU leads 15-4 (2011) Director of Football Operations: Adrian Melendez Oct. 6 at Wisconsin TBA Madison, Wis. 11-3 ILL leads 36-35-7 (2011) Oct. 13 at Michigan TBA Ann Arbor, Mich. 11-2 MICH leads 68-23-2 (2011) Head Strength & Conditioning Coach: Aaron Hillman Oct. 27 INDIANA (Homecoming) TBA MEMORIAL STADIUM 1-11 ILL leads 45-21-3 (2011) Sports Medicine: Nick Richey Nov. 3 at Ohio State TBA Columbus, Ohio 6-7 OSU leads 64-30-4 (2011) Equipment Manager: Trent Chesnut Nov. 10 MINNESOTA (Dad’s Day) TBA MEMORIAL STADIUM 3-9 MINN leads 34-28-3 (2011) Video Coordinator: TBA Nov. 17 PURDUE TBA MEMORIAL STADIUM 7-6 ILL leads 42-39-6 (2011) Nov. 24 at Northwestern TBA Evanston, Ill. 6-7 ILL leads 54-46-5 (2011) FOOTBALL INFORMATION Dec. 1 Big Ten Championship Game TBA Indianapolis, Ind. 2011 Record: 7-6, 4-4 (5th Big Ten Leaders Division) Offensive Formation: Spread / Multiple FOOTBALL MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF Defensive Formation: Multiple All-Time Record (Years): 580-534-51 (122) Big Ten Championship (Last): 15 (2001) National Championships (Last): 5 (1951) Bowl Appearances (Last): 17 (2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl) All-Time Bowl Record: 8-9 (.471) 2011 Starters Returning: 17 Offense: 7 Defense: 8 Special Teams: 2 2011 Letterwinners Returning: 42 Offense: 19 Kent Brown Derek Neal Ben Taylor Defense: 21 Assistant A.D./Communications Assistant SID Assistant SID Special Teams: 2 217-244-6533 (office) 217-244-3707 (office) 217-244-5045 (office) 217-493-9795 (cell) 309-241-0804 (cell) 217-714-3555 (cell) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 1 // 2012 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SPRING NOTES 2012 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL // SPRING NOTES 2012 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SPRING ROSTER (updated 3/6/12) NO NAME POS HT WT YR ELIG. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL NO NAME ............... POS 37 Austin Abner DB 6-0 195 r-Fr. 4-4 Fort Thomas, Ky./Highlands 1 Terry Hawthorne ........ DB 56 Shawn Afryl OL 6-3 310 So. 3-3 Skokie, Ill./NIles West 2 Nathan Scheelhaase .... QB 85 Drew Anderson TE 6-7 245 r-Fr. 4-4 Rockford, Ill./Rockford Christian 3 Jon Davis ..............TE 30 Houston Bates LB 6-3 240 So. 3-3 Covington, La./St. Paul’s 4 Patrick Nixon-Youman . DB 41 Zach Becker FB/TE 6-3 250 Sr. 1-1 Homer, Ill./St. Joseph-Ogden 4 Reilly O’Toole .......... QB 38 J.J. Blau PK 5-10 160 Fr. 4-4 Salvisa, Ky./Mercer County 5 Steve Hull............. DB 55 Chris Boles OL 6-4 325 r-Fr. 4-4 Toledo, Ohio/Central Catholic 5 Donovonn Young........ RB 29 Peter Bonahoom WR 6-2 200 r-Fr. 4-4 Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect 6 Darrius Caldwell.........DL 45 Jonathan Brown LB 6-1 235 Jr. 3-2 Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers 6 Josh Ferguson.......... RB 99 Michael Buchanan DL 6-6 240 Sr. 2-1 Homewood, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor 7 Supo Sanni............ DB 6 Darrius Caldwell DL 6-5 210 r-Fr. 4-4 Atlanta, Ga./Mays 7 Hayden Daniels ........WR 42 Ralph Cooper LB 6-1 230 So. 4-3 Winnsboro, S.C./Fairfield Central 8 Brandon Denmark . .LB 68 Simon Cvijanovic OL 6-5 285 So. 3-3 Cleveland, Ohio/Benedictine 10 Chase Haslett.......... QB 7 Hayden Daniels WR 6-4 185 r-Fr. 4-4 Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central 12 Patrick Dunn ...........PK 3 Jon Davis TE 6-3 230 So. 4-3 Louisville, Ky./Middleton Eastern 12 Ryan Lankford .........WR 32 Ean Days RB 5-11 205 So. 3-3 Kingsland, Ga./Camden County 13 Sean McGushin ........ QB 8 Brandon Denmark LB 6-4 225 Jr. 3-2 Tallahassee, Fla./James Rickards 15 Darius Millines.........WR 48 Henry Dickinson LB 6-4 230 So. 4-3 Memphis, Tenn./Memphis University HS 15 Zepheniah Grimes .......LB 12 Patrick Dunn PK 5-9 175 So. 3-3 Clarendon Hills, Ill./Nazareth Academy 16 Miles Osei............. QB 60 Tony Durkin OL 6-3 275 r-Fr. 4-4 Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew 17 James Nudera..........WR 18 Justin DuVernois P 6-1 190 So. 4-3 Plantation, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas 18 Justin DuVernois..........P 67 Jake Feldmeyer OL 6-4 280 Jr. 2-2 Centerville, Ohio/Centerville 18 Jeremy Whitlow.........WR 6 Josh Ferguson RB 5-10 180 r-Fr. 4-4 Naperville, Ill./Joliet Catholic 19 Jack Ramsey........... DB 75 Patrick Flavin OL 6-7 260 r-Fr. 4-4 Lisle, Ill./Benet Academy 19 Kenny Knight ..........WR 22 Nick Forzley DB 5-9 180 So. 3-3 Lemont, Ill./Lemont 20 Fritz Rock .............WR 47 Glenn Foster DL 6-4 260 Sr. 1-1 Chicago, Ill./Mt. Carmel 22 Nick Forzley ........... DB 84 Jordan Frysinger WR 6-0 180 r-Fr. 4-4 Corning, N.Y./Corning 23 Ben Mathis............ DB 28 Ta’Jarvis Fuller DB 6-1 190 Fr. 5-4 Fort Meyers, Fla./Dunbar 24 James Hallendorff . WR 26 Justin Green DB 5-11 195 Sr. 2-1 Louisville, Ky./Male 24 Earnest Thomas .........LB 57 Kevin Griffin OL 6-2 260 So. 3-3 Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg 25 Ashante Williams ....... DB 15 Zepheniah Grimes LB 5-11 220 r-Fr. 4-4 Bamberg, S.C./Bamberg-Ehrhardt 26 Justin Green ........... DB 24 James Hallendorff WR 6-2 205 Sr. 1-1 Vernon Hills, Ill./Vernon Hills 26 Taylor Zalewski..........PK 80 Spencer Harris WR 6-3 195 Jr. 3-2 Greenwood, Ark./Greenwood 27 Eaton Spence .......... DB 10 Chase Haslett QB 6-1 195 r-Fr. 4-4 Clayton, Mo./Clayton 28 Ta’Jarvis Fuller......... DB 1 Terry Hawthorne DB 6-0 190 Sr. 2-1 East St. Louis, Ill./East St. Louis 29 Kaeman Mitchell ....... DB 74 Michael Heitz OL 6-5 295 So. 3-3 Vermont, Ill./VIT 29 Peter Bonahoom........WR 52 Alex Hill OL 6-3 325 So. 3-3 Slidell, La./Slidell 30 Houston Bates ..........LB 95 Jake Howe DL 6-3 290 So. 3-3 McHenry, Ill./McHenry 31 Nick North ............ DB 5 Steve Hull DB 6-2 200 Jr. 2-2 Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore 31 Leslie Poole ........... RB 37 Nick Immekus PK 6-0 220 So. 3-3 Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton Warrenville South 32 Ean Days ............. RB 36 Brad Janitz P 6-5 215 So. 3-3 Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills 32 Daniel Quintana........ DB 69 Ted Karras OL 6-4 290 r-Fr. 4-4 Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral 33 K.J. Picard ............ DB 53 Rich Kersten LS 6-2 250 r-Fr.