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-u K r ^ Aa. Kelvin Hayden, Sr., WR • Led the team in receiving with 592 yards • Ranked sixth in Big

Ten in receptions • NJCAA National Offensive Player of

the Year in 2002

University of Library at E.B. Halsey, So., RB Urbana-Champaign • Became the first true-freshman in school history to top the 100-yard mark in his first

collegiate game Matt Maddox, Sr., OL • Recorded 1,285 all-purpose yards in • Named to the 2003 Freshman rookie season All-America team by Rivals.com • Ranked fourth in the Big Ten in and collegefootballnews.com

all-purpose yards, third in kick r eturn • Started all 12 games as a iviatt Maddox average and 10th in redshirt-freshman at right

rushing as a freshman guard in 2003

• Was in on every offensive snap, totaling 64 knockdowns

Duke Preston, Sr., C • Two-year starter at center • Helped lead school record-setting

offense in 2002 • Anchors four returning starters on offensive line 2004 ILLINOIS SPRING FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS fv.,

2004 SCHEDULE ILLINOIS 2004 DATE OPPONENT SITE FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS Sept. 4 Florida A&M Champaign, III. : Ron Turner Sept. 11 UCLA Champaign, III.

18 Western Champaign, III. Alma Mater: Pacific, '77 Sept. Sept. 25 Purdue Champaign, III. Record at Illinois: 32^9 Oct. 2 at Madison, Wis. Record overall: 39-53 Oct. 9 at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. Seasons at Illinois: Eighth season Oct. 16 Michigan Champaign, III. Asst. Head Coach/Offensive Line: Oct. 23 at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn Oct. 30 Iowa Champaign, III. East Stroudsburg, '83 Alma Mater: Nov. 6 Champaign, III.

Seasons at Illinois: Eighth season Nov. 20 at Northwestern Evanston, III. /Linebackers: Alma Mater: Michigan, '85 UNIVERSITY 2004 PRACTICE Seasons at Illinois: Fourth season /Running Backs: QUICK FACTS SCHEDULE Dan Roushar Location: Champaign-Urbana March 15 ... .Practice #1 3 50 p.m. Alma Mater: Northern Illinois, '85 Founded: 1867 March 17 ... .Practice #2 3 50 p.m. Seasons at Illinois: Second season Enrollment: 38,000 March 18 ... .Practice #3 3 50 p.m. Wide Receivers/Recruiting: Robert Jackson Colors: Orange & Blue March 20-27 .Spring Break Alma Mater: Northern Illinois, 74 Nickname: Fighting lllini March 30 . . . .Practice #4 3 50 p.m. Seasons at Illinois: Sixth season Conference: Big Ten Aprill Practice #5 3 :50 p.m. Ends/Special Teams: Tight Greg McMahon President: James J. Stukel April 2 Practice #6 3 :50 p.m. Eastern Illinois, '83 Alma Mater: Chancellor: Nancy Cantor April 3 Practice #7 ..2 p.m. Illinois: 13th season Seasons at Director of Athletics: April 5 Practice #8 3 :50 p.m. : Dan O Dell Alma Mater: Illinois, '67 April 7 Practice #9 3 :50 p.m. Alma Mater: San Jose State, '98 Stadium: Memorial Stadium April 8 Practice #10 3 :50 p.m. Seasons at Illinois: Fourth season Capacity: 69,249 April 10 Practice #11 ...6 p.m. Secondary: Surface: Astro Play April 12 Practice #12 3 :50 p.m. Alma Mater: Baldwin-Wallace, '90 April 14 Practice #13 3 :50 p.m. Seasons at Illinois: First season April 15 Practice #14 3 :50 p.m. Linebackers: Tommy Thigpen April 17 Spring Game ...1 p.m. Alma Mater: North Carolina, '94

Seasons at Illinois: Second season Defensive Line: Donnie Thompson Alma Mater: UConn, 75 Seasons at Illinois: Fourth season ATHLETIC PUBLIC RELATIONS Graduate Assistants: Robbie Long (defense), Sports Information Director Kent Brown Ronnie O'Dell (offense), Brian Hodges Associate Director/Football Contact Cassie Arner (operations) Dick Barnes, Derrick Burson, Mike Koon, Terry Neutz- Strength Coach: Jim Zielinski Assistant Directors Director of Football Operations: Lloyd Richards Hayden, Michelle Warner Director of Sports Medicine: John Quinn Interns Derek Neal, Travis Steiner, Kevin Walsh Equipment Manager: Trent Chesnut Office Manager Marsha Goldenstein Video Coordinator: Steve Cramer Office Phone (217) 333-1391 2003 Record: 1-TL 0-8 Big Ten (11th) Number Offensive Formation: Pro-style Arner Phone Number (217) 244-3886 Defensive Formation: Multiple 4-3 Office Fax Number (217) 333-5540 Letterwinners returning/lost: 38/20 Website www.fightingillini.com Offensive letterwinners ret./lost: 18/6 Email [email protected] Defensive letterwinners ret./lost: 18/11 Special Teams letterwinners ret./lost: 2/3 Mailing Address Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building Starters returning/lost: 16/6 1700 South Fourth Street Offensive starters ret./lost: 9/2 Champaign, Illinois 61820 Defensive starters ret./lost: 7/4

Office Phone: (217) 333-1400 Mailing Address: Memorial Stadium 1402 South First Street ififwinf.fightingilliiii.com Northeast Tower

Champaign, IL 61820 2004 ILLINOIS SPRING FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS 2004 SPRING FOOTBALL NOTES

OFFENSIVE LIME BATTLES five games of the season in 2003 with a sea- return as starters from a year ago, but will be One of the most anticipated battles this son-ending back injury. In 2002, he led the challenged by both experience and youth.

spring will be for the five starting positions on Big Ten in passing yardage. O'Brien had a Sinclair led the team a year ago with 129 total

the offensive line, despite the departure of career game in the season opener against tackles at the middle linebacker position and

only one starter from last season. Coaches will Missouri, registering a career-high nine tack- was named honorable mention All-Big Ten,

be watching the development and emergence les, eight solo, and three tackles for loss. but will also be in the mix on the outside. He

of what is touted to be the best recruiting Three days later in a practice drill he tore his will be challenged inside by senior Mike

class of offensive linemen in school history. In ACL and had season-ending surgery. Gawelek and redshirt-freshman Joe Mele.

2003, the Illini signed five linemen who all Gawelek has seen action in 32 career games,

have a chance to compete for a spot in this COORDINATING EFFORTS while Mele will be making his first collegiate

season's lineup. This season's coaching staff features a pair of appearance this fall, but was impressive with

Returning starters to the line are guards new coordinators in Mike Mallory on the defensive and special teams scout team player Matt Maddox and Bryan Koch, as well as offense and Dan Roushar on the defense. of the year awards from the coaches. center Duke Preston and right tackle Bucky Both have previous coordinating experience. At the one of the outside positions, Babcock. Mallory, who has been on staff for three Mason returns along with junior Josh Tischer. Maddox, a sophomore, earned freshman seasons, moves from linebackers coach to run- Mason had 90 tackles, three for loss in 2003,

All-America honors from Rivals.com and col- ning the defensive side of the ball. He spent while Tischer played in eight games register-

legefootballnews.com last season for his solid four seasons as the coordinator at Northern ing 14 total stops. The graduation of Winston

performance at right guard. The other guard Illinois and three at Rhode Island. Roushar Taylor leaves an opening at the other spot,

position was held by Koch until a neck injury has had experience in that role on the offen- which could be filled with Sinclair, sopho-

sidelined him for the final five games of the sive side of the ball at Northern Illinois, Ball more Cyrus Garrett or redshirt-freshman J season. His replacement, utility lineman Dave State and Butler. Leman. Garrett saw limited time in five

Hilderbrand, will also have the chance to earn Turner, who calls the offensive plays on games with thtee tackles.

a spot in the lineup. Battling for both guard game day, will use Roushar in a complemen- positions will be Parade All-American Martin tary role with organizational and motivational EARLY BIRD O'Donnell. O'Donnell redshirted the 2003 duties. True-freshman running back Brock Bolen

season, but was one of the most highly The Illini also added former Northern joins the Illinois football team for spring prac-

recruited players in the state in 2002. Illinois defensive coordinator Scott Shafer to tice after graduating early from high school

Preston looks to become a three-year the staff, who will take control of the second- and enrolling on college classes in January.

starter at center for the Illini, after helping ary. During his time at NIU, he tutored eight Bolen is looking to get a jump start on learn-

lead the group to school-record All-MAC players in the secondary and his ing the Ron Turner pro-style offense, one that

numbers in 2002. Last season, he registered units ranked first in the conference in inter- heavily involves running backs. Bolen was one

71 knockdowns and allowed only six pressures ceptions for two straight seasons. of Illinois' most highly touted recruits, a Top-

on the all season. Challenging the 100 pick by the Sun Times. He center position will be junior Kyle SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACKS rushed for 2,087 yards and scored 40 touch-

Schnettgoecke and redshirt-freshman Ben What was youth last season is now experience downs as a senior, which earned him the No.

Amundsen. at tailback. They are one-year older and one- 1 national ranking at fullback by recruiting

Senior Bucky Babcock heads into his year wiser as the Mini's trio of true-freshmen analyst Tom Lemming. He will be challenging

fourth season as a starter, but only second at running backs from a year ago return to junior Jason Davis and redshirt-freshman

tackle after spending his first two years in the become a highlight on offense. E.B. Halsey Brian Grzelakowski for playing time this fall.

lineup at right guard. However, on his heels is led the pack with 525 yards and was on pace redshirt-freshman James Ryan, who impressed to break the school's freshman rushing record WHO'S UNDER CENTER

coaches last fall and was named Illinois' scout before a knee injury kept him out of three With the return of senior at quar-

team offensive player of the year. All-Big Ten games. He made his presence felt with 1,285 terback, the position looks to be a hot battle performer Sean Bubin graduated, leaving a all-purpose yards, making an impact as a run- for spring practices. The University learned ot

vacancy at left tackle, which could prove to be ning back, returner and receiver. Illinois also the granting of Beutjer's sixth year in January a hot battle this spring. The tight race got quality time from Pierre Thomas with making the race for the starting position a

includes sophomore JJ Simmons and redshirt- 233 yards and two until he suf- four-man battle. Beutjer heads into spring freshman Jim LaBonte. Simmons gained some fered a season-ending leg injury. The Illini with the most experience, starting 14 games

valuable playing time on special teams last then turned to their third rookie talent in in two years for the Illini. He led the Big Ten year Marcus Mason, who capped off the season in passing in 2002 and was averaging 228.1 with 214 yards. yards per contest before a back injury side- SIXTH YEAR PLAYERS lined him for the remainder of the season. In January, the Illinois football program LINEBACKERS Of the returning quarterbacks, sophomore

received word that the NCAA had granted a Despite losing three seniors who were all con- Chris Pazan saw the most game action behind sixth year of eligibility to quarterback Jon sidered starters at linebacker during some Beutjer, getting his first collegiate start at Beutjer and Mike O'Brien. point in their career, the position returns "The Big House." In six games, he completed

Beutjer is a two-year starter for the Illini, who many experienced players, which could make nearly 60 percent ot his passes, averaging 85.2

has passed for 4,108 yards and 31 touch- for wide open races at all three spots. Senior yards a game in two starts.

downs during that time. He missed the final Matt Sinclait and junior Antonio Mason Sophomore Tim Brasic and redshirt-ftesh- 1 2004 ILLINOIS SPRING FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS

man Brad Bower will also be in the thick of tion, as well as co-leader at punter along with Michigan State. The two were absent for five the competition for the starting job. Brasic senior Matt Minnes. Minnes started at puntet contests. Illinois lost played in one game, attempting only one pass for four games for the Illini, averaging 43.1 In the course of one game, against Illinois State. The staff will see Bower yards lor his 15 punts. both starting receivers to injuries as junior in action running the Illinois offense this Kelvin Hayden and Lonnie Hurst went down spring after watching him take on the roles of MOVING PARTS against Minnesota. Hurst broke his leg and opponents last season on the scout team. One of the Turner's most successful traits is was out the remainder of the year and Bower passed for 2,886 yards and 48 touch- the ability to make position moves that prove Hayden missed two games with an ankle of the downs as a senior at Hinsdale Central in beneficial for the team. This offseason is no sprain and returned for the finale. One 2002. different as spring practice will feature some key contributors at receiver after losing the new role changes. The defensive secondary two was Ade Adeyemo, who missed four THE COVERING ILLINI will get a couple new faces in running backs games earlier in the season with a rib injury The defensive secondary will feature young turn defensive backs Morris Virgil and James suffered at the Rose Bowl against UCLA. players, who also have experience on their Cooper. Cooper was recruited by the Illini as The running backs were also not immune E.B. side. Both positions have return- a DB, but moved to running back to fill to the injury bug as freshman phenom thtee ing starters, but are sophomores. True-sopho- depth needs in 2003. Virgil began to take a Halsey's knee sprain removed him from more Alan Ball got on the job training last look at the defensive side of the ball toward games, while he was on pace to break the Replacing year as he started five games and played in the end of last season and will make that school's freshman rushing record. seven for the Illini. He recorded 44 tackles in move permanent this spring. Cooper will be Halsey was freshman Pierre Thomas, who one later tore in his calf ending his his rookie season, including a career-high 1 challenging sophomore Alan Ball for time at game muscles Illini then turned to a at Iowa. On the other side, third-year sopho- cornerback, while Virgil looks to be con- rookie season. The more Sharriff Abdullah returns after five starts tender for a starting role at strong safety. third tailback in freshman Marcus Mason. in 2003. Along with his 31 tackles, he record- Dajuan Warren decided to follow in the Senior fullback Carey Davis defied all odds ed a tackle-for-loss and two passes broken up. footsteps of other successful quarterbacks turn when he returned to play just four days after a The two will be pushed by seniors Taman , Waltet Young and Matk knee scope, but an infection kept him out Jordan and Jamaal Clark and junior James Kornfeld, as the 6-5, 200-pound youngster three weeks. Cooper. looks to make an impact at receiver. Recruited

The dean of the defensive backfield is as a quarterback, Warren asked to be moved THE SCHEDULE two-year starting free safety Travis Williams. to receiver midway through the season and For the first time in school history, the Illinois will games for With 18 starts under his belt, Williams is a became a valuable target for scout team quar- football team host seven home candidate for all-star honors. He was third on terbacks during his redshirt season. Warren the 2004 season. Despite having a homefield the team in total tackles and had one of the will be in the hunt for playing time with sen- advantage, the Illini will have to take on eight year ago. In team's two . His athleticism is ior Ade Adeyemo and sophomore Lonnie teams that went to bowl games a evident with the number of touchdowns Hurst. 2003, Illinois' schedule featured 10 bowl scored by Williams. In his career, he has Coaches saw something in redshirt-fresh- teams and this upcoming season doesn't seem eight scored three times - return, man Chris Norwell in a brief to ease the difficulty. Seven of Illinois' blocked kick and kickoff return. Last season, time that had him playing on the defensive Big Ten opponents were bowl-bound a year

he also forced and recovered a and scout team. Norwell came in as a , ago, along with non-conference foe UCLA.

recorded a tackle-for-loss. Backing up the free moved to offensive tackle and then again to Illinois does however open the season

safety position will be junior Kyle Kleckner, the defensive line, to take advantage of his with four consecutive home contests with the against Florida followed who also is in the hunt at strong safety. The aggressive demeanor. He will have the oppor- season opener A&M, three-way battle begins with Kleckner and tunity this spring to vie for a role at tackle, by UCLA, Western Michigan and Purdue in converted funning back Morris Virgil, as well along with senior Mike Maloney and junior the conference opener. The squad also plays

as redshirt-freshman Kevin Mitchell. Kleckner Brian Schaefering. host to the , Iowa Hoosiers. saw action in all 12 games, registering 18 Hawkeyes and Indiana

tackles. RECOVERING ILLINI In 2003, the Illinois football team had an THE SPECIAL TEAMERS unprecedented 12 in-season surgeries, which Steve Weatherford jumped on the national affected the loss of 17 players for a total 75

scene as a punter last season after breaking a missed games. Among those impact players 55-year-old school record for punt yardage lost for the season were defensive linemen

average with a 44.3 yards per punt mark. He Mike O'Brien and Brian Schaefering. Both ranked second in the Big Ten and 12th were expected to be starters on the line with nationally, which earned him honorable men- O'Brien playing one game, against Missouri tion All-Big Ten honors. He also handled recording nine tackles and three for loss, kickoff duties toward the end of the season. before an ACL tear ended his year. On his 14 kickoffs, opposing teams averaged Schaefering had a shoulder injury which kept only 17.9 return yards. With the graduation him out the entire season. The two will return

of placekickers John Gockman and JJ Tubbs, for the 2004 season. Weatherford could be asked to take on a new Six games into the season, Illini starting

special teams role, that of and extra quarterback Jon Beutjer and left guard Bryan

point placekicker. Currently Weatherford is Koch both discovered their seasons were over

listed atop the Illini depth chart at the posi- when they suffered back injuries against % 2004 ILLINOIS SPRING FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS

Q£ NO NAME POS HT WT YR ELIG. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL LU I— 22 Sharriff Abdullah* DB 5-8 180 So. 3-3 Detroit, Mich. /St. Martin DePorres CO o 97 Kyle Adams PK 6-2 215 Jr. 2-2 Naperville, lll./Naperville Central 4 Ade Adeyemo** WR 6-0 195 Sr. 1-1 Chicago, Ill./St. Rita

69 Ben Amundsen OL 6-6 305 r-Fr. 4-4 Moline, lll./Moline z 70 Bucky Babcock*** OL 6-4 305 Sr. 1-1 Stillman Valley, Ill./Stillman Valley

Q_ 18 Alan Ball* CB 6-1 175 So. 4-3 Detroit, Mich. /St. Martin DePorres CO 7 Jon Beutjer** QB 6-5 211 Sr. 1-1 Wheaton, Ill./lowa/Wheaton-Warrenville

33 Brock Bolen RB 6-1 230 Fr. 5^1 Springboro, Ohio/Valley View 14 Brad Bower QB 6-2 210 r-Fr. 4-4 Burr Ridge, lll./Hinsdale Central 92 Arthur Boyd* DL 6-3 265 So. 4-3 Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker Heights

95 Justin Brantley PK 5-9 160 r-Fr. 4-4 Detroit, Mich. /St. Martin DePorres 15 Tim Brasic* QB 6-2 185 So. 3-3 Riverside, lll./Riverside-Brookfield

31 Brian Brosnan** S 6-1 205 Jr. 2-2 Chicago, lll./Notre Dame HS 88 Melvin Bryant* TE 6-5 235 So. 3-3 Muncie, Ind./Muncie Central

59 Kam Buckner DL 6-4 260 r-Fr. 4-4 Chicago, lll./Morgan Park

96 Andrew Burk OL 6-6 290 So. 3-3 Newburgh, Ind. /Castle 9 Jamaal Clark*** WR 6-2 195 Sr. 1-1 St. Louis, Mo./Riverview Gardens 25 James Cooper DB 5-11 200 Jr. 2-2 South Holland, lll./Thornton Township

34 Jason Davis** FB 5-11 220 Jr. 3-2 St. Louis, Mo. /Lindbergh

22 Kieron Frazier WR 6-2 160 r-Fr. 4-4 Mason, Ohio/Cherry Hill East

76 Kevin Gage OL 6-6 285 r-Fr. 4-4 Downers Grove, III. /Downers Grove South 52 Cyrus Garrett LB 6-3 230 So. 3-3 Bolingbrook, lll./Romeoville

45 MikeGawelek*** LB 6-2 230 Sr. 1-1 Chillicothe, Ohio/Chillicothe

56 Zach Gray* DL 6-3 250 So. 3-3 Gillman, III. /Iroquois West

35 Brian Grzelakowski FB 5-11 210 r-Fr. 4-4 Clarendon Hills, lll./Hinsdale Central

26 E.B. Halsey* RB 5-11 185 So. 4-3 Elizabeth, N.J./Elizabeth

6 Kelvin Hayden* WR/CB 6-0 198 Sr. 2-1 Chicago, lll./Hubbard/Joliet JC

63 Dave Hilderbrand*** OL 6-3 290 Sr. 1-1 Naperville, lll./Naperville Central

1 Lonnie Hurst* WR 6-3 190 So. 4-3 Detroit, Mich./Jesuit

17 Spencer Jensen WR 6-0 180 r-Fr. 4-4 Lockport, III. /Lockport Township

84 Kendrick Jones** WR 6-1 180 Jr. 2-2 East St. Louis, lll./East St. Louis 21 Taman Jordan*** DB 5-11 195 Sr. 2-1 Tempe, Ariz. /Marcos De Niza

39 Tyler Keely LS 6-1 172 r-Fr. 4-4 Oswego, III. /Oswego

10 Kyle Kleckner* DB 6-0 195 Jr. 2-2 Downers Grove, III. /Downers Grove North

71 Bryan Koch** OL 6-3 285 Sr. 1-1 Wentzville, Mo. /Francis Howell

19 MarkKornfeld** WR 6-1 200 Sr. 1-1 St. Louis, Mo. /St. Louis Univ. HS

40 Justin Kovach LS 6-1 220 r-Fr. 4-4 Lombard, lll./Montini Catholic

61 Jordan Kruger OL 6-4 285 Jr. 2-2 Chicago, III. /New Trier/Ohio University

68 Jim LaBonte OL 6-7 300 r-Fr. 4-4 Lombard, lll./Montini Catholic

47 J Leman LB 6-3 220 r-Fr. 4-4 Champaign, Ill./Central

31 Frank Lenti WR 6-2 180 r-Fr. 4-4 Chicago, lll./Mt. Carmel 67 Matt Maddox* OL 6-4 290 So. 3-3 Manasquan, N.J./Manasquan

74 Mike Maloney** DL 6-3 280 Sr. 1-1 Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic

46 Antonio Mason** LB 6-0 245 Jr. 2-2 St. Louis, Mo./Pattonville 23 Marcus Mason* RB 5-9 200 So. 4-3 Pontiac, Md./Georgetown Prep

97 Ryan Matha** DT 6-1 285 Jr. 2-2 Dixon, III. /Dixon

81 Anthony McClellan*** TE 6-3 245 Sr. 1-1 O'Fallon, III. /O'Fallon Township

89 Mark McGoey WR 6-4 195 So. 3-3 Wheaton, III. /Wheaton Warrenville

29 Drew McMahon DB 5-10 175 r-Fr. 4-4 Champaign, Ill./Central

32 Joe Mele LB 6-2 225 r-Fr. 4-4 Sea Girt, N.J./Manasquan

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NO NAME POS HT WT YR ELIG. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL CO "O 38 Matt Minnes** P 6-2 195 Sr. 1-1 Urbana, Ill./Urbana

6-0 r-Fr. 4-4 Ft. Wayne, Ind. /Homestead 42 Kevin Mitchell s 190 -z. 90 Scott Moss** DL 6-3 260 Jr. 3-2 Minooka, lll./Minooka 69 Josh Norris DL 5-11 250 So. 3-3 Springfield, III. /Sacred Heart Griffin a3 73 Chris Norwell DL 6-7 270 r-Fr. 4-4 Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson O CO

93 Mike O'Brien*** DE 6-6 225 Sr. 1-1 Oak Lawn, lll./Marist m a3 64 Martin O'Donnell OL 6-5 290 r-Fr. 4-4 Downers Grove, III. /Downers Grove South 53 Nick Pankey LS 6-3 260 Jr. 2-2 Herscher, lll./Herscher 80 Franklin Payne WR 6-0 185 So. 3-3 Jackson, Tenn./Univ. School of Jackson

16 Chris Pazan* QB 6-2 210 So. 3-3 Chicago, III. /Brother Rice

75 Duke Preston** OL 6-5 305 Sr. 1-1 San Diego, Calif./Mt. Carmel 95 Lee Robinson* DL 6-5 265 Sr. 1-1 Naperville, lll./Naperville N./Coll. of DuPage

26 Tyler Rouse DB 5-10 180 r-Fr. 4-4 Champaign, III. /Centennial 79 James Ryan OL 6-6 310 r-Fr. 4-4 Batavia, lll./Batavia 66 Brian Schaefering** DL 6-5 280 Jr. 2-2 St. Louis, Mo./Hazelwood East

72 Kyle Schnettgoecke OL 6-3 280 Jr. 2-2 St. Louis, Mo./Chaminade 99 Dominic Shafer PK 5-10 180 So. 3-3 Centralia, Ill./Centralia

57 JJ Simmons* OL 6-6 290 So. 3-3 Mishawaka, Ind./Penn 44 Matt Sinclair*** LB 6-3 240 Sr. 2-1 St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis Univ. HS 35 Thomas Smiley DB 5-8 185 So. 3-3 Chicago Ridge, lll./HG Richards

82 Tim Splant WR 6-5 195 So. 3-3 Lockport, lll./Lockport Township 39 James Stevenson LB 6-3 240 r-Fr. 4-4 Franklinville, N.J./Delsea Regional

30 Pierre Thomas* RB 5-11 190 So. 4-3 Lynwood, III. /Thornton Fractional South 51 Anthony Thornhill LB 6-1 215 r-Fr. 4-4 Detroit, Mich./Detroit Central 36 JoshTischer** LB 6-1 215 Jr. 3-2 Morris, lll./Morris

85 MikeTrepina TE 6-3 240 So. 3-3 Darien, lll./Hinsdale South 99 Bryan Truttling DL 6-4 295 So. 3-3 East Chicago, Ind. /East Chicago Central 20 Morris Virgil** DB 5-10 195 Sr. 1-1 Urbana, Ill./Urbana 8 DeJuan Warren WR 6-3 195 r-Fr. 4-4 Southfield, Mich./Southfield 37 Steve Weatherford** P 6-4 205 Jr. 2-2 Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute North

40 Steve Whitehill LB 6-2 215 r-Fr. 4-4 Champaign, III. /Centennial

61 AdamWilk* DL 6-5 275 So. 4-3 Lake Zurich, III. /Lake Zurich 28 Travis Williams** DB 6-1 185 Jr. 3-2 East Alton, lll./East Alton-Wood River

2004 NUMERICAL ROSTER

1 Lonnie Hurst WR 29 Drew McMahon DB 52 Cyrus Garrett LB 80 Franklin Payne WR

4 Ade Adeyemo WR 30 Pierre Thomas RB 53 Nick Pankey LS 81 Anthony McClellan . . . .TE DL 82 Tim Splant WR 6 Kelvin Hayden . . . .WR/DB 31 Frank Lenti WR 56 Zach Gray 7 Jon Beutjer QB 31 Brian Brosnan S 57 JJ Simmons OL 84 Kendrick Jones WR 8 DeJuan Warren WR 32 Joe Mele LB 59 Kam Buckner DL 85 MikeTrepina TE 9 Jamaal Clark WR 33 Brock Bolen RB 61 AdamWilk DL 88 Melvin Bryant TE 10 KyleKleckner DB 34 Jason Davis FB 61 Jordan Kruger OL 89 Mark McGoey WR Scott DL 14 Brad Bower QB 35 Brian Grzelakowski . . . .FB 63 Dave Hilderbrand OL 90 Moss 15 TimBrasic QB 35 Thomas Smiley DB 64 Martin O'Donnell OL 92 Arthur Boyd DL 16 Chris Pazan QB 36 JoshTischer LB 66 Brian Schaefering DL 93 Mike O'Brien DE 17 Spencer Jensen WR 37 Steve Weatherford P 67 MattMaddox OL 95 Justin Brantley PK 18 Alan Ball CB 38 Matt Minnes P 68 Jim LaBonte OL 95 Lee Robinson DL 19 Mark Kornfeld WR 39 James Stevenson LB 69 Ben Amundsen OL 96 Andrew Burk OL 20 Morris Virgil DB 39 Tyler Keely LS 69 Josh Norris DL 97 Ryan Matha DT 21 Taman Jordan DB 40 Justin Kovach LS 70 BuckyBabcock OL 97 Kyle Adams PK 22 Sharriff Abdullah DB 40 Steve Whitehill LB 71 Bryan Koch OL 99 Bryan Truttling DL

22 Kieron Frazier WR 42 Kevin Mitchell S 72 Kyle Schnettgoecke . . .OL 99 Dominic Shafer PK 23 Marcus Mason RB 44 Matt Sinclair LB 73 Chris Norwell DL 25 James Cooper DB 45 Mike Gawelek LB 74 Mike Maloney DL 26 E.B. Halsey RB 46 Antonio Mason LB 75 Duke Preston OL

26 Tyler Rouse DB 47 J Leman LB 76 Kevin Gage OL 28 Travis Williams DB 51 Anthony Thornhill LB 79 James Ryan OL 2004 ILLINOIS SPRING FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS RON TURNER

• Head Football Coach ; Pacific. 77 Eighth Season

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS the end of the regular season was the highest As Illinois head football coach Ron Turner for an Illini squad since 1990. The team fin-

enters his eighth year at the helm of the pro- ished No. 12 in both final polls. gram, he looks to continue to build a pro- Considered one of the game's great gram that just three years ago enjoyed an out- offensive minds, in 2001 Turner once again right Big Ten Championship. Turner has engi- led his Illini to the highest scoring offense in neered offenses that have broken school school history, scoring 390 points for an aver-

records and have the Illini among the top age of 32.5 points per contestant. In 1999,

scorers in the country. During his tenure, the Illinois scored 388 to break the previous scor-

Illinois offense has posted the best total yards ing record set in 1982.

numbers in consecutive years (2001 and Turner is also known for his develop- 2002), recorded more points than any other ment of quarterbacks and his most recent

Illini team on two occasions (1999 and 2001) protege, Kurt Kittnet, benefited from his and passed for over 3,000 yards twice (2001 tutoring. Kittner was a Johnny Unitas Award and 2002). Look at the all-time rushers in finalist and a Davey O'Brien Award semifinal-

school history and you will find three of the ist. He became only the sixth Illinois quarter-

top-five from the Turner era. Just two years back to pass for over 3,000 yards in a season

ago, the Illini bid farewell to the greatest and with the win receiving corp the program has seen with four over Northwestern in THE TURNER FILE players making NFL rosters in 2003. 2001, he became the CAREER RECORD The 2002 offense set a new school mark winningest quarter- School Year Rec. Conf. Finish Bowl for total offense, averaging 446.3 yards per back in school histo- San Jose State 1992 7-4 4-2 2nd set game, which also ranked ninth nationally. ry (24-15). He Illinois 1997 0-11 0-8 11th record for Turner's high-powered offenses now rank in the school Illinois 1998 3-8 2-6 7th

three of the school's top-five spots. passes in Illinois 1999 8^1 4-4 6th Micronpc.com

Quarterback Jon Beutjer led the conference in a career with 70 and Illinois 2000 5-6 2-6 7th

passing and the team held the top spot as well broke his own single- Illinois 2001 10-2 7-1 1st Sugar

for the second straight year. Illinois fans saw season record of 24 Illinois 2002 5-7 4-4 5th

the compilation of probably the greatest wide set in 1999 with 27 Illinois 2003 VM Cfc§ 11th

receiving corp in school history as Brandon in 2001. at Illinois 7 years 32^19 19-37 Lloyd, Walter Young, and Kittnet also Career 8 years 39-53 23-39 Greg Lewis accounted for 57 touchdowns and became one in a long over 7,700 receiving yards during their four line of successful COACHING EXPERIENCE

years. At least three of the four rank on every Turner-coached quar- 1997- University of Illinois (head coach)

career receiving record list and all four are on terbacks to head to 1993-96 (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks)

NFL rosters. the NFL. Othets on 1992 San Jose State University (head coach) Not to leave out the rushing game, the that prestigious list 1989-91 (offensive coordinator/ Turner era has produced three of the best run- are: Jeff Garcia, Erik quarterbacks) ning backs in school history. In 2002, Kramer, Jim 1988 Texas ASM University (quarterbacks) Antoineo Harris capped his career with a Harbaugh, Steve 1985-87 University of Southern California (offensive 178-yard performance to bteak the single-sea- Stenstrom, Sean coordinator/quarterbacks, receivers) son record. He also moved to second on the Salisbury, Rodney 1983-84 (quarterbacks)

career list, behind only Robert Holcombe Peete, Bucky 1981-82 (quarterbacks/receivers)

who set the career mark in 1997. A 2001 Richardson, Sandy 1978-80 (running backs/receivers)

graduate, Rocky Harvey ranks fifth on that Schwab, John 1977 University of the Pacific (graduate assistant)

list. Congemi and Dave The championship run in 2001 marked Kreig. HONORS AND AWARDS

many firsts for the Illini. It was the first out- During Turner's • 2001 Big Ten Coach of the Year (unanimous)

right Big Ten title for Illinois in 18 years and tenure, the Illini • 2001 AFCA Region 3 Coach of the Year

the team's first-ever berth in the Bowl have been very suc- • 2001 Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year Finalist

Championship Series. The 10-win season was cessful in the NFL • 2001 Paul "Bear" Bryant National Coach of the Year Finalist

only the fourth for an Illini squad in its sto- draft, with at least

ried history. For his efforts, Turner was unani- one player selected in PERSONAL INFORMATION mously named the 2001 Big Ten Coach of the each of his six sea- Date of Birth: December 5, 1953

Year. He also was a finalist for the Eddie sons. In 2003, the Hometown: Martinez, Calif. Callan, Madison Robinson, and the AFCA Coach Illini broke school Family: Wife: Wendy; Children: Morgan, Cameron, 1977 of the Year awards. Illinois' No. 7 ranking in records with five Education: B.A. Physical Education University of Pacific, Pacific (1975-76) both the Associated Press and coaches' poll at players taken in the Playing Experience: Diablo Valley College (1973-74);

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OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION draft. Cornerback Eugene Wilson became the that game, the squad shattered 22 Illinois and UNDER TURNER highest player drafted since 1996 when he was Micronpc.com Bowl records. selected as the 36th pick. Receiver Brandon With wins at Michigan and Ohio State in

Lloyd went in the fourth round, followed by 1999, Turner led the first team since TOTAL OFFENSE 1952 In 2002, the Mini topped the 5,000-yard total offensive linemen and David (Michigan St.) to wins at "The Big House" offense mark for only the second time in school history Diehl in the fifth and WR Walter Young in and "The Horseshoe" in the same season. with 5,356, breaking the school record of 5,041 set in 2001 Turner has put together three of the best offen- the seventh. In 1998, Robert Holcombe was As on the field, the Illinois program has sive years in school history, ranking first, second and taken in the second round by the St. Louis had a steady turnaround in all facets of its fourth. Rams, while offensive lineman J. P. Machado football operation, including the creation of RK. YEAR YARDS AVG. HEAD COACH was a sixth-round pick for the innovative ideas such as the "Camp Rantoul" 1 2002 5,356 446.3 Turner 2. 2001 5,041 420.1 Turner in 1999. In both 2000 and '01, two players two-week training camp at the former 3. 1981 4,514 410.4 White went in the April draft, placekicker Neil Chanute Air Base in nearby Rantoul. The 4. 1999 4,887 407.3 Turner 5. 1984 4,860 405.0 White Rackers and linebacker Danny Clark in 2000 lllini also have seen dramatic improvements in and offensive tackle Matques Sullivan and the overall well-being of the football SCORING OFFENSE student-

Turner is also known for his ability to score, with his fullback in 2001 . Kittner was athlete under Turner, ranging from an offenses ranked among the best in the nation each the sole selection in 2002 as an Atlanta increased emphasis on strengrh and condition- year. In four of the past five seasons, the Illinois scoring output has ranked in the school's Top-10. In 1999, Illinois Falcons fifth-rounder. In addition to players ing, nutrition, academic services, time man- broke the school record, scoring 388 points, only to set drafted, many former lllini have signed free agement and gambling and drug awareness a new record in 2001 with 390 points The lllini have scored 25 points or more in 35 of Turner's 81 games as agent contracts to play professionally. programs all designed to create a positive head coach, including 13 games with 40 or more. Currently 2 1 Illinois players from the atmosphere for the Illinois football student- RK. YEAR YARDS AVG. HEAD COACH Turner era are on NFL rosters. LB Danny athletes. t 2001 390 32.5 Turner Clark, FB Jameel Cook, TE Matt Cushing, The academic standards also have been 2. 1999 388 32.3 Turner 3. 1984 323 29.4 White OL Dave Diehl, RB Antoineo Harris, LS raised by Turner. Prior to the 1997 season, the 4. 1902 380 29.2 Holt Nathan Hodel, RB Robert Holcombe, S cumulative team GPA for the lllini was a 2.19 5. 1983 347 28.9 White E. 2002 346 28.8 Turner Bobby Jackson, QB , WR Greg which has since improved to a 2.67. Turner has 7. 1982 338 28.3 White Lewis, WR , OLJ.P. Machado, placed 64 players on the Academic All-Big Ten 8. 1989 332 27.7 Mackovic 9. 2000 294 26.7 Turner OL Brandon Moore, WR Aaron Moorehead, team in the past six years, while also boasting 10. 1903 352 25.1 Holt OL Tony Pashos, PK Neil Rackers, OL three GTE/CoSIDA Academic Ail-Americans, PASSING OFFENSE Marques Sullivan, DE Fred Wakefield, CB first-teamer and on the second- Touted as a highly respected quarterbacks coach, Eugene Wilson, LB Michael Young and WR team, Fred Wakefield, in both 1999 and 2000 Turner has produced the conference's best signal callers two of the past three seasons Kurt Kittner led Walter Young. and Tony Pashos in 2001 and 2002. Whitman the Big Ten in passing 2001 with 271.3 yards per game, Turner has also been tabbed as one of the represented the school at the while Jon Beutjer was the conference's passing leader with 228.3 yards per contest in 2002. Illinois' 3,000-yard best coaches for turning under-recruited play- Hall ot Fame banquet in New Yotk speaking passing season in 2002 was only the ninth in school his- ers into All-Big Ten selections (by Lindys in on behalf of 16 scholar-athlete award winners. tory and second-highest total output for an lllini squad. The 2002 and 2001 seasons rank fourth and fifth in the 2001). In his five seasons, Turner has boasted Offensive lineman Tony Pashos also garnered passing yards per game list. 49 All-Big Ten selections (first, second-team academic all-district honors in 2002.

RK. YEAR YARDS AVG. HEAD COACH and honorable mention), including first-team- Although only 50 years old. Turner is a 1 1981 3,398 308.9 White ers DE Fred Wakefield in 2000, CB Eugene seasoned coaching veteran, spending 20-plus 2. 1980 3,227 293.4 White 3. 1984 3,130 284.5 White Wilson, OL Tony Pashos and OL Jay Kulaga seasons in the collegiate ranks and four years 4. 2002 3,358 282.3 Turner in 2001 and Pashos again in 2002. Turner had as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks 5. 2001 3,327 277.3 Turner a record number of all-conference picks after coach of the 's RUSHING OFFENSE the championship in 2001 with 13. Chicago Bears. Although the Illinois passing offense often over- shadows the running game, three running backs from Following the 2001 season, junior corner- Turner became the 21st head coach in the Turner era rank on the school's Top-5 career list. back Eugene Wilson was named ro many All- Illinois football history on Dec. 2, 1996 and RK PLAYER (YEARS) YARDS American teams (Playboy, Football News, recently signed a contract extension that keeps X Robert Hokombe (1994-97) 4,105 and CNNSI.com) after leading him in Champaign through January of 2007. 2. Antoineo Harris (1999-2002) 2,985 3 Thomas Rooks (1982-85) 2,887 the nation in passes broken up and intercepting 4. (1963-65) 2,878 six. Wakefield, OL Marques Sullivan and THE CHICAGO BEARS 5. Rocky Harvey (1998-2001) 2,7TI Kittner earned Football News honorable men- In four seasons working with the Chicago WIDE RECEIVERS tion All-American honors in 2000 and Sullivan Bears, Turner coordinated an offense that Never in Illinois history has a group of receivers dominated the Illinois record books, with three players garnered third-team All-America accolades from improved every season, breaking the club from a single year ranking in every career record. In the Football Writers. record for passing yards with 233 yards per 1996 and 1985 the lllini had two players in the Top-10 of each list, but the 2002 squad broke the mark, adding a The 1 999 season was the bteakthrough game in 1995 and producing a 1,000-yard third. year for the lllini as the Turner-led lllini pro- receiver and rusher in rhe same season. The

Career Receptions Career Touchdowns duced an 8-4 overall record with a 4-4 Big Ten diversity of the Turner offense in Chicago

3 Brandon Lloyd ... 160 2. Brandon Lloyd ... 21 Conference mark. It was the school's first win- found success under four different quarter- 6 Walter Young ... 147 3. Walter Young ...15

10. Greg Lewis ... 103 6 Greg Lewis ... 12 ning season and bowl appearance since 1994. backs in (1993), Steve Walsh Turner finished fourth in the Associated Press (1994), and Dave Krieg Career Yardage (1995)

2 Brandon Lloyd ... 2,583 Coach of rhe Year voting that season.The (1996). In 1994, the Bears led the NFC

3. Walter Young ... 2,382 Illini's 63 points scored in the lop-sided 63-21 Central Division for much of the regular sea- 9. Greg Lewis ... 1451 victory over Virginia in the Micronpc.com son and defeated division rival Minnesota, 35- Bowl were the fourth-most evet scored by a 18, in a first-round playoff game. college team in NCAA bowl history. During 2004 ILLINOIS SPRING FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS

SAN JOSE STATE scholarship to the University of Pacific and TURNER'S SUCCESS The Martinez, Calif., native entered the pro- led the Tigers in receiving in 1975 and 1976, AT ILLINOIS fessional ranks in 1993 after a long and suc- catching 40 passes for 666 yards (16.7 avg.) cessful college coaching ledger. In 1 992, and three touchdowns. The following year, MOST TOTAL WINS Turner was named head coach at San Jose Turner began his coaching career at his alma

- In 2003, Ron Turner recorded his 32nd career State. In just one season, Turner led a mater.

win with the lllini. He becomes the only the sixth remarkable turnaround at SJSU, leading the coach to win 30 or more games in their coaching Spartans to a 7-4 record and a second-place THE PERSONAL FILES career and with 32, has the fourth-most of any finish in the Big West Conference. Turner Turner's older brother, Norv, is in his first sea- coach in school history. guided San Jose State to its best record in six son as the head coach for the Oakland COACH w YRS years and directed a potent offense that Raiders. Turner and his wife, Wendy, are active in the Champaign communi- 1 Bob Zuppke (1913-41) 131 28 churned out 400 yards per game while averag- extremely

2. (1942-59) 83 18 ing 30 points per contest, good for 1 5th in ty and reside in Champaign with their four 3. Mike White (1980-87) 47 8 the nation. children, sons Morgan and Cameron and 4. Ron Turner (1997-) 32 7 daughters Cally and Madison. 5. (1960-66) 31 7 THE ASSISTANT COACH 6. (1988-91) 30 4 A proven offensive teacher and tenacious 7. Bob Blackman (1971-76) 29 6 recruiter, Turner spent the previous 16 years 8. Arthur Hall (1907-1912) 27 6 college level. 9. (1991-96) 25 5+ as an assistant at the major He

10. (1895-99) 21 5 earned the San Jose State post after coordinat- ing the Stanford offense for three seasons under Dennis Green. Turner began his LONGEST TENURES coaching career as a graduare assistant coach - Ron Turner came to Illinois in December of 1996 at the University of Pacific before becoming and made a commitment to the University of the receivers coach at the University of Illinois to turn around the football program and a post he held for two seasons return the Fighting lllini to the national scene. Arizona,

As he looks to begin his seventh season at the (1978-79). helm of the program, he becomes part of an After coaching the Arizona running guide elite group of five Illinois head coaches to backs in 1980, Turner joined Green at the team for seven years or more. Northwestern University in 1981 where he

spent two seasons as quarterbacks/receivers Coach W Yrs coach. At Northwestern, Turner helped turn 1. Bob Zuppke (1913-41) 131 28 the Wildcat offense into one of the most 2. Ray Eliot (1942-59) 83 18

3. Mike White (1980-87) 47 8 exciting in the Big Ten, tutoring NU quarter- 4. Ron Turner (1997-) 32 7 back Sandy Schwab to several school and Big

Pete Elliott (1960-66) 31 7 Ten records. As an assistant at Northwestern, 6. Bob Blackman (1971-76) 29 6 Turner also recruited all-time NU punt and Arthur Hall (1907-1912) 27 6 kickoff return leader Steve Tasker, who went 8. Lou Tepper (1991-96) 25 5+ on to a long career in the NFL. 9. George Huff (1895-99) 21 5 In 1983, Turner became the quarterbacks 10. John Mackovic (1988-91) 30 4 (1967-70) 8 4 coach at the University of Pittsburgh, working with Panther QB John Congemi for two sea- BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS sons. He joined the Ted Tollner staff at - In 2001, Ron Turner led the lllini to its 15th Big Southern California in 1985 in a similar role Ten Championship in school history becoming before he was elevated to offensive coordina- part of an elite group of seven Illinois head tor in 1986, coaching 1988 coaches to record conference titles. runner-up .

COACH TITLES YRS. FREQ In 1987, new head coach Larry Smith Bob Zuppke (1913-41) 7 28 4.0 retained Turner on the USC staff as receivers

John Mackovic (1988-91) 1 4 4.0 coach as the Trojans romped to the Pac 1 Eliot (1942-59) 3 18 6.0 Ray Conference title. The following season,

Arthur Hall (1907-1912) 1 6 6.0 Turner moved to Texas A&M University as Ron Turner (1997-) 1 7 7.0 the quarterbacks coach before moving to Pete Elliott (1960-66) 1 7 7.0 Stanford University in 1989. With the 2002 Mike White (1980-87) 1 8 8.0 Sugar Bowl appearance, Turner has been a part of nine bowl teams, including the 1988 Rose Bowl team and the 1991 Stanford Aloha Bowl squad.

THE ATHLETE As a player. Turner was a second-team junior college All-American wide receiver at Diablo Valley Community College. He earned a

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HARRY HIESTAND days. Hiestand has been a part of league In 2001, Mallory worked with the senior championship teams at five of his seven stops, safety duo of Bobby Jackson and Muhammad

Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line at East Stroudsburg (1982-83), Penn (1986), Abdullah, both earning All-Big Ten honors. East Stroudsburg, 1983 USC (1987), Cincinnati (1993) and Illinois Jackson and Abdullah responded to a new Eighth Season (2001). He was on the Trojan staff at the defensive scheme that allowed them to chal- 1988 Rose Bowl. lenge the run (10 TFL and three sacks com- seven sea- For the past A native of Malvern, Penn., Hiestand bined) and drop back in pass coverage (5 Harry Hiestand sons, played offensive guard for two seasons at interceptions and 20 passes broken up). served as offensive has Springfield College before spending a season Mallory, son of former Indiana, Colorado, line coach in Ron at East Stroudsburg. Hiestand earned his Northern Illinois and Miami (OH) head and is Turner's system bachelor of science degree in health and phys- coach , came to Illinois following entering his fifth as ical education from East Stroudburg in 1983. one season as linebackers coach with the assistant head coach. He and his wife, Terri, have three sons, . Prior to his stint at During his tenure, Michael, Matthew and Mark and one daugh- Maryland, Mallory was the defensive coordi- Hiestand has produced ter, Sarah. nator and linebackers coach at Northern line. 1 1 All-Big Ten selections on the offensive Illinois. In 1999, he guided the Huskies to a Every senior starting offensive lineman since THE HIESTAMD FILE 5-6 record, their best since 1992, while post- Hiestand's arrival has been signed to an NFL 2000- University of Illinois ing the Mid-American Conference's third-best contract for at least a season and currently four (assistant head coach/ offensive line) pass efficiency defense. 1997-99 University of Illinois (offensive line) are on pro rosters. In addition to defensive coordinator expe- 1994-96 University of Missouri (offensive line) 2002, Illinois marched out one of the In 1989-93 University of Cincinnati rience at NIU, Mallory also held the same nations most balanced offensive attacks thanks (offensive coordinator/offensive line) position at the University of Rhode Island 1988-89 University of Toledo in large part to Hiestand's offensive front. from 1993-95. With 17 years of experience in (offensive line/tight ends) Illinois surpassed 5,300 yards in total offense college coaching, Mallory began his career as 1987-88 Univ. of So. California (graduate asst.) for the first time in school history. Seniors 1986-87 Univ. of Pennsylvania (tight ends) a graduate assistant at Indiana in 1986-87

Tony Pashos and Dave Diehl each earned All- 1983-85 East Stroudsburg (offensive line) assisting in the Hoosiers back-to-back bowl 1981-82 East Stroudsburg (student asst) Big Ten accolades, and were fifth-round picks appearances. He then went on to Kent State in the 2003 NFL Draft. where he was the linebackers and defensive

In 2001, Hiestand tutored a pair of line- line coach for three seasons. In 1991, Mallory men to first team All-Big Ten accolades. Both MIKE MALLORY became the linebackers coach at Eastern Jay Kulaga and Pashos were named to the Big Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Illinois. Ten's first team by the coaches and media, Mallory was a four-year letterwinner at Michigan, 1985 while senior center was a sec- linebacker for the Fourth Season ond-team selection. Illinois topped the 5,000- from 1982-85, where he played in four bowl yard total offense mark for the first time in games including the 1983 Rose Bowl and A member of one of the school history. 1986 . He was also a two-year most respected coaching In 2000, Marques Sullivan and Ray captain, the 1984 team and 1985 families in college foot- MVP Redziniak earned second-team All-Big Ten finalist. He graduated from ball, Mike Mallory just honors for the second straight year. Michigan in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in completed his thitd year In 1999, Hiestand's line led Illinois to the sports administration and began pursuing on the Fighting Illini second highest scoring offense in school histo- graduate work in sports management at coaching staff. The ry with 388 points scored in 12 games. Indiana University in 1986-87. 2004 season brings a Sullivan and Redziniak earned second-team Mallory is a graduate of Delkalb High promotion as the team's All-Big Ten honors. School in Illinois, where he was an all-state defensive coordinator. Last season, Mallory Hiestand joined Ron Turner's staff after a performer in 1980. coached linebackers after spending the previ- three-year stint as offensive line coach at Mallory and his wife, Kim, have a daugh- ous two years with the safeties. The move was Missouri. With the Tigers, Hiestand helped ter, Kathryn and a son, William Michael. a natural one, giving him a chance to work UM to a No. 9 national ranking in rushing at with the position that earned him All- 250.7 yards per game in 1996. In that same FILE America honors as a player at Michigan. THE MALLORY year, three of Hiestand's offensive lineman gar- 2004- University of Illinois The three starting linebackers in 2003 nered All-Big 12 honors. Hiestand came to (defensive coordinator/linebackers) combined for 327 total tackles (27.3 pet 2001-03 University of Illinois (secondary/safeties Missouri after spending five years as offensive game) with middle linebacker Matt Sinclair linebackers) line coach at the University of Cincinnati. He 2000 University of Maryland leading the defense. Sinclair garnered honor- served as run game coordinator with the (inside linebackers) able mention All-Big Ten honors for his sea- 1996-99 Northern Illinois Bearcats in 1992 and offensive coordinator in son. (defensive coordinator/linebackers) 1993. In his second season as safeties coach in 1993-95 Rhode Island Prior to Cincinnati, Hiestand was an (defensive coordinator/linebackers) 2002, Mallory showed his coaching prowess offensive line coach at Toledo (1988), gradu- 1991-92 Eastern Illinois (linebackers) after guiding a young group of safeties to a 1988-90 Kent State (linebackers/defensive line) ate assistant coach at Southern California successful season despite battling through a 1986-87 Indiana University (graduate assistant) (1987) and tight ends and assistant line coach rash of injuries. Despite Illinois' inexperience at Penn (1986). He began his coaching career at the position, the Illini safeties thrived, pick- at his alma mater, East Stroudsburg ing off four passes and recovering three fum- University, after an injury ended his playing bles. 1 2004 ILLINOIS SPRING FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS

DAN ROUSHAR 1993, where he worked on the opposite side producrive receiving corp to ever play at of the ball from Illinois defensive coordinator Illinois, Lloyd and Young were drafted in Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs coach Mike Mallory. He moved on to serve as 2003 and Aaron Moorehead and Greg Lewis Northern Illinois, 1985 offensive coordinator at Ball State in 1994. signed free agenr contracts, marking four from Second Season roster. Roushar's offense at BSU featured 1 , 000-yard the 2002 class with a spot on an NFL rusher Tony Nibbs (1,210) and threw a In 2001, Illinois' duo of sophomore Lloyd Dan Roushar enters his school-record 18 touchdown passes. and junior Young combined for over 160 second year with the Roushar is a 1985 graduate of Northern yards per game and 1 2 catches per contest. Fighting Illini and this Illinois, with a bachelor of science degree in Lloyd earned second-ream All-Big Ten honors season has a new title of physical education. He was a two-time letter- after a regular season that saw six 100-yard offensive coordinator. winner under Hall of Fame coach Bill performances. The mark tied a school record Roushar will continue Mallory. Roushar is married to the former set by David Williams in 1985. Young racked to handle running back Patti Cahill of Sutton, Mass., and the couple up over 1 00 yards in the final three games, coaching duties as well has three daughters Marissa, Mallory and producing a dual rhreat to defenses. as additional organiza- Maura. Jackson also transformed Lewis and tional tesponsibilities with the offense. He Moorehead, former walk-ons, into two of the comes to Illinois after spending six years as THE ROUSHAR FILE team's most reliable receivers. In 2000, Lewis offensive coordinator at Northern Illinois 2004- University of Illinois was the leading receiver on an offense that University. (offensive coordinator/running backs) topped the 2,300-yard mark. In 2003, he tutoted a trio of true-fresh- 2003 University of Illinois (running backs) In 1999, under Jackson's tutelage, senior 1998-2002 Northern Illinois University man tailbacks, starting each of the three (offensive coordinator/offensive tackles/ Michael Dean closed out his Illini career with throughout the season. E.B. Halsey became tight ends) 608 yards and four touchdown receptions, the first running back in school history to top Northern Illinois University 1997 while then-freshman Lloyd produced a the 100-yard mark in his first collegiate game (offensive line) record-breaking debut campaign with 5 1 1995-96 University of Illinois when he rushed for 139 yards against (quarterbacks/offensive tackles/ yards and two TD catches, setting a new Missouri and led the team in yardage. He was tight ends) freshman receiving yards mark in the process. followed by Pierre Thomas with 233 and 1994 Ball State (offensive coordinator) The Fighting Illini receivers smashed 1998's Marcus Mason with 214. 1993 University of Rhode Island (offensive line) totals, posting 2,805 yards and 26 touchdown Roushat has the daunting task of carrying 1989-92 Butler University receptions, while averaging 233.8 yards per on a running back tradition, which includes (offensive coordinator/offensive line) contest. three tailbacks during the Turner era, who 1986-88 Butler University (offensive backfield) Prior to coming to Illinois, Jackson spent 1984 Northern Illinois University rank in the school's all-time top-five. Robert (student assistant) two seasons as Director of Football Holcombe (1994-97) is Illinois' leader, fol- Operations at Oregon State. Joining the lowed by the single-season rushing leader and OSU staff in 1991, Jackson started as second in career yards, Antoineo Harris ROBERT JACKSON receivers coach from 1992-97 before becom- (1999-2002) and ranked fifth is Rocky Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator ing assistant head coach and receivers coach Harvey (1998-2001). Northern Illinois, 1974 in 1996-97. In his eight years with the Roushar led the Huskies, offense to new Sixth Season Beavers, Jackson served as academic coordina- heights during his years, as it set a school tor for the football program and helped deliv- record for total yards in 2000, ranked 12th Robert Jackson begins er a team that led the nation in graduation nationally in rushing offense with 228.1 yards his sixth year as rates in 1994 (94.6 percent) with 25 per game and set team rushing records in receivers coach for the Academic All-Pac 10 selections. During his 2002 with 2,409 yards. NIU had four 1,000- Illini and fourth as last two seasons at Oregon State, Jackson yard rushers in the past four season under recruiting coordinator monitored the football budget, coordinated Roushar: William Andrews in 1999 (1,127 in 2004. all support areas related to OSU football, yards), Thomas Hammock in 2000-01 (1,083 For the fifth consecu- assisted in the certification process for incom- and 1,096), and Michael Turner, the nation's tive year, Jackson's ing student-athletes, managed building second-leading rusher in 2002, with 1,915 receiving corps hauled administration and scheduled all football trips yards. in over 2,000 yards receiving. and weekends. Last season began Roushar's second stint In 2002, the receivers caught an impres- The Harvey, III., native has been with the Illini. Prior to his time at NIU, sive 21 touchdowns and topped the 3,000- renowned for his longtime Illinois prep and Roushar coached quarrerbacks in 1995, and yard mark. Nine times Illinois receivers had college career. A highly successful prep coach offensive tackles and tight ends in 1996 100+ yard games, led by All-Big Ten pass atThornwood High School from 1974-86, under Lou Tepper. catcher Brandon Lloyd who had five. Senior Jackson served as head football coach and Roushar began his career with a six-year Walter Young had two 100+ yard days includ- coach before moving to Northern tenure at Butler, where he coached running ing back-to-back games at Wisconsin and vs. Illinois as receivers coach from 1986-91. backs for three years before being promoted eventual national champion Ohio State. The While at his alma mater, Jackson helped the to offensive coordinator, a position he held Illini receivers were once again led by the duo Huskies rank among the nation's leading for three years. During his time at Butler, the of Brandon Lloyd and Walter Young. Lloyd offensive teams, posting a 9-2 record in 1989 Bulldogs compiled a 42-17-4 record, winning racked up his second consecutive 1 ,000 yard and recruited former NCAA record-holder five conference titles and making two season, catching 65 passes for 1,010 yards and QB Stacey Robinson. Division II playoff appearances. nine scores, while Young added 822 yards on Jackson played several sports at Thronton Roushar then coached at Rhode Island in 56 catches with six touchdowns. The most Township High School and served as senior

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Purdue. FILE class president. He was a four-year letterwin- 41 -yard punt return against THE MCMAHON O over the special 1992- University of Illinois ner at Northern Illinois in baseball, ranking Since McMahon took o (tight ends/special teams) leading hitters as a junior team duties in 1997, Illini kickers have aver- > among the nation's 1990-91 University of Nevada-Las Vegas season o and earning all-conference and All-NCAA aged over 1 2 field goals made per and (offensive tackles/tight ends/ teams) tournament honors. He received his bache- connected on an impressive 1 88-of- 191 extra special 1989 Valdosta State College z lor's degree from NIU in 1974. points (.984). Fitts, Rackers and (defensive backs) Christofilakos were regulars on All-Big Ten Jackson and his wife, JoAnn, reside in 1988 University CO Urbana. They are the parents of former teams as well as semifinalists for national (receivers/tight ends) 1985-87 University of North Alabama Illinois defensive backs Marc and Bobby. honots, Ray Guy Award and Lou Groza (receivers/tight ends) Award. In addition to getting off great kicks, 1983-84 University of Minnesota Illini known for blocking THE JACKSON FILE the have become (graduate assistant) Illinois University (student coach) 1999- University of Illinois (receivers) their share. Illinois blocked seven kicks in 1982 Eastern 1998-99 2001, four by defensive end Terrell (director of football operations) Washington, and followed that up with four 1997 Oregon State University DAM O'DELL (assistant head coach) blocks in 2002. 1992-96 Oregon State University (receivers) Illini special teamers have also had suc- Quarterbacks 1986-91 Northern Illinois University (receivers) cess in the pros as well. In 2001, Rackers was San Jose State, 1998 1983-85 Thomwood H.S. (head coach) drafted by the and long Fourth Season 1974-82 Thornwood H.S. (assistant coach) snappers Nathan Hodel (Arizona) and Mike Malczyk (N.Y. Giants) were signed as free Dan O'Dell begins his quar- GREG MCMAHON agents. fourth season as While also great blockers, Illinois' tight terbacks coach at the Tight Ends/Special Teams ends have also flourished in the passing University of Illinois, Eastern Illinois, 1983 three years game. Over the last six seasons, the position following 13th Season Illini as a has accounted for an average of 20 catches, spent with the 3 touchdowns a year. In 1999, graduate assistant. The Dean of Illini 200 yards and combined Last season, three coaches, Greg Josh Whitman and Brian Hodges and five TDs. quarterbacks combined McMahon enters his for 29 receptions, 295 yards mention All- for 2,756 passing yards. O'Dell's signal callers 13th year on the Illinois Whitman received honorable signed by the San have now topped the 2,500-yard mark for sidelines and seventh Big Ten honors and was joined former each of his thtee years with the Illini. coaching the special Diego Chargers in 2001. He (Pittsburgh) In 2002, Illinois' passing attack ranked teams and tight ends. Illini tight ends Matt Cushing No. 1 in the Big Ten at a 282.3 clip. Experience breeds and (Tampa Bay) in the NFL. ypg excellence off the field Junior quarterback Jon Beutjer ranked No. 1 success and the Illinois McMahon stresses earned first-team in the Big Ten with 228.3 passing yards per special teams have had plenty of success in as well. Whitman GTE/CoSIDA Academic Ail-American hon- game, while throwing for 2,511 yards. His 21 McMahon's tenure. That is evident by the twice with a near-perfect 3.97 GPA in touchdown passes rank fourth in Illinois sin- amount of Illinois record holders that have ors tanked business school gle-season history, while his 59 percent com- come from McMahon's tutelage, including Illinois' nationally the scholar-athlete speech at pletion percentage was second among Big the single-season punt average record holder and delivered Football Foundation's Hall of Ten quarterbacks. Steve Weatherford, the school's all-time punt- the College dinner. Placekicker Tubbs held the In 2001, the Illinois passing attack was ing leader in every category, Steve Fitts, the Fame JJ male athlete in his class one of the most prolific in school history single-season and single-game scoring leader highest GPA of any earning Academic under O'Dell thanks to his efforts with All- Neil Rackers, the all-time punt return during his entire career, Ten honors four straight years. Big Ten and Ail-American quarterback Kurt yardage leader, Eugene Wilson and the most All-Big Illinois in 1992 from Kittner. Kittner passed for a career high consecutive extra points made streak by Peter McMahon came to Nevada-Las Vegas, where he spent two sea- 3,256 yards, while adding 27 touchdowns. Christofilakos (69). offensive tackles and tight Kittner also became Illinois' all-time leader in In addition to the outstanding careers of sons coaching also spent time at Valdosta, touchdown passes with 70 and the win- the special teamers over the last six years ends. McMahon victo- Illinois, North Alabama and ningest QB in school history with 24 there are the number ot crowd-pleasing plays Southern ries. In addition to working with Kittner, that have become memorable. Just in 2002 Minnesota. native of Rantoul, the home of the O'Dell has also been instrumental in the alone, the Illini tied No. 1 Ohio State with a A training camp, McMahon development of the Illinois back-up quarter- last-minute 48-yard field goal by John Illinois football psychology backs including Jon Beutjer who led the Big Gockman, got on the board early with a 100- earned his bachelor's degree in playing four Ten Conference in passing last season. yard kickoff return for touchdown by Travis from Eastern Illinois in 1983 after Panthers. As a graduate assistant, O'Dell spent two Williams, Wilson's 70-yard punt return for seasons as a defensive back for the touted player, McMahon was a part of the 1978 years working with the highly touchdown at USM and Btian Brosnan's As a championship Fighting Illini offensive line, including the blocked punt recovered by Kendrick Jones in NCAA Division II national runner-up. record setting 1999 season when the line led the endzone against Arkansas State. In 2003, EIU squad and 1980 NCAA offense in and his wife, Linda, have the team to the highest scoring the Illini blocked three kicks, including one McMahon the line Drew, is a member school history and in 2000 when that was returned 66 yards for the score by three children, sons who and a held defenses to only 20 sacks, the 17th low- Travis Williams (blocked by Derrick Strong). of the U of I football team, and Sam est in the country. Running back E.B. Halsey scored the second daughter, Lisa. The McMahon's reside in In 1998, O'Dell worked as a graduate special teams touchdown of the year with a Champaign.

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assistant in football tecruiting and operations, 23 and was in the top-three in takeaways, his alma mater, North Carolina, as a graduate

earning his masters degree in education in scoring defense, rush defense and pass effi- assistant. There he played for and coached

2001. O'Dell earned his B.S. in psychology ciency defense. The Huskies boasted three with current Illini assistant Donnie from San Jose State in May of '98 after con- wins over BCS Conference teams (Maryland, Thompson.

cluding a five-year career as quarterback for Alabama and Iowa State), allowing an average Thigpen achieved accolades as a Parade the Spartans. of only 15.0 points a game against those All-American and Virginia Defensive Player

O'Dell is a native of Martinez, Calif., and opponents. of the Year at Potomac High School in graduated from Alhambra High School in NIU won a share of the MAC-West Dumfries, Va. He was a three-time All-ACC

1993, where he was a standout in football, Conference title in both 2001 and 2002 and performer for North Carolina and earned All- and baseball. O'Dell was a four- during the 2002 season, the defense was No. America honors as a senior at UNC. Thigpen

year letterwinner at San Jose State. His senior 1 in the conference rankings in interceptions, went on to play professionally for the New

season, he completed 48 percent of his passes, takeaways, scoring defense, run defense and York Giants in 1 993-94 and the Barcelona

which included 13 touchdowns and six sacks. While at NIU, Shafer produced eight Dragons (1995-96). He holds a bachelor's touchdowns rushing in nine games. All-MAC performers in the secondary. degree in political science from UNC.

During his six weeks as the starting quar- Shafer is a 1990 graduate of Baldwin- Thigpen is married to the former Jacinda terback, O'Dell was named the Western Wallace College where he earned a bachelor Webb and the couple resides in Champaign.

Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the of arts degree in education and went on to Week twice, throwing five touchdown passes receive a master of science degree in educa- THE THIGPEN FILE and running for one TD in a 55-48 overtime tion from Indiana in 1992. Shafer was the 2004- University of Illinois (linebackers) 2003 University of Illinois () victory in the season finale against UNLV. team's MVP in 1987 playing quarterback, 2001-02 Green State University After starting the season 0-6, the Spartans while also ranked 17th nationally in passing (cornerbacks/special teams) were 4-2 with O'Dell as the starter, defeating efficiency with a 137.3 rating. 2000 Tennessee State (linebackers) UTEP, Air Force, Hawaii and UNLV. Shafer and his wife Missy have two chil- 1998-99 University of North Carolina (graduate assistant) Following the season, O'Dell was voted dren, a son, Wolfgang, 9, and a daughter,

offensive captain for the 1997 season by his Elsa, 5. teammates. DONNIE THOMPSON O'Dell and his wife, Marni, have a son, THE SHAFER FILE Defensive Line Tobin and the couple resides in Champaign. 2004- University of Illinois (secondary coach) 2000-03 Northern Illinois Connecticut, 1975 (defensive coordinator/secondary) Fourth Season THE O'DELL FILE 1996-99 Northern Illinois University 2001- University of Illinois (quarterbacks) (secondary coach) Donnie Thompson 2001 Bucknell University (quarterbacks) 1993-95 University of Rhode Island 1998-2000 University of Illinois (graduate assistant) (secondary coach) joined the University of

1991-92 Indiana University (graduate assistant) Illinois coaching staff in 2001 to coach the

SCOTT SHAFER line, following TOMMY THIGPEN defensive Secondary 1 2 years with the North Baldwin-Wallace, 1990 Linebackers Carolina Tar Heels.

First Season North Carolina, 1994 In 2001, his first

Second Season with the Illini, the

Scott Shafer makes only defensive front allowed just 147 rushing yards

his fourth stop in a 12- Tommy Thigpen begins per contest, fourth in the Big Ten, an year coaching career, as his second year with the improvement of 84.8 yards a contest from the he enters his first season Illinois staff making the previous season. In addition to stopping the

as Illinois' secondary move to linebackers run, the defensive line showed the ability to

coach. Shafer joins the coach for the 2004 sea- get after the quarterback as 10 different son. He came to Illinois 1 11 in i staff after an eight- defensive linemen recorded sacks. Starting year stint at Northern in 2003 as cornerbacks defensive tackle Brandon Moore was named

Illinois under Joe coach, after two years at an All-Big Ten selection after registering 41

Novak. He began at NIU as the secondary Bowling Green. Thigpen coached cornerbacks tackles, eight of which went for loss, and four

coach, moving up to fill the defensive coordi- and was special teams cootdinator at BGSU sacks.

nator position when left vacated by Illinois' in 2002. During his time with the Tar Heels, led the Mike Mallory in 2000. He is reunited with Thigpen one of Mid-American Thompson tutored 15 defensive linemen cur-

Mallory, whom he worked with at both Conference's top defenses, as the Falcons rently in the NFL, including five first-round

Northern Illinois and Rhode Island from forced 27 turnovers to lead the MAC in draft picks, Ebenezer Ekuban in 1999, Greg in also 1993-95. Yet another connection to the fami- turnover margin 2002. BGSU finished Ellis in 1998, Marcus Jones in 1996 and

ly, Coach Bill Mallory gave Shafer his first second in the MAC in pass efficiency defense. Julius Peppers (No. 2 overall) and Ryan Sims start as a graduate assistant coach at Indiana Thigpen's special teams also shone, blocking (No. 6 overall) who were drafted in 2002. In in 1991-92. seven punts and a potential game-winning 1999, the Tar Heel defense ranked 18th in to During his time as the NIU coordinator, field goal attempt by Western Michigan the nation, second in the ACC and the squad

the Huskies tallied a record of 30-16, includ- preserve the Falcons, early undefeated season. set a new school record for sacks in a season ing a 10-win season in 2003, the school's first Prior to his time at Bowling Green, with 53, which led the nation. Thompson

since 1983. His defense led the Mid- Thigpen coached linebackers at Tennessee aided in seven bowl appearances at North

American Conference in interceptions with State for one season, and spent two years at Carolina, with a win over in

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the 1997 Gator Bowl. During 1995-97, the players from the free agent market and main- grams. In the summer of 2002, Zielinski was

Tar Heel's defense ranked in the top-six in tained a working list of free agents during the named a master strength coach, the highest total defense. regular season. Another key part of Richards' accolade received in his field.

Thompson began his coaching career at job was the evaluation of talent. In addition During the past five seasons, Zielinski has his alma mater, Connecticut, in 1975, work- to evaluating free agents Richards evaluated been the main force behind the strengthening ing with linebackers and defensive ends. In the performance and talent level of of the Illinois football team. The offensive

1981, Thompson moved to the 's roster players and assigned their line is one of the strongest and quickest in Pittsburgh to coach the defensive line and in value to the club. This talent evaluation school history, allowing an offense to produce his four seasons the Panthers went to the process spilled into other professional leagues over 5,000 yards in both 2001 and 2002, the Cotton Bowl in 1983 and the Fiesta Bowl in as he served as the Redskins' liaison and coor- only two occasions in school history. The

'84. dinator for NFL Europe. defensive squad is the fastest in the Ron

Prior to his tenure in Chapel Hill, N.C., Prior to his time in Washington, Richards Turner era and broke records for sacks in a Thompson worked as the defensive coordina- spent three years with the Tampa Bay season and lead the nation with 18 players tor at East Carolina and Western Kentucky. Buccaneers, serving as the team's College with sacks in 2001. The defensive secondary

A Bogalusa, La., native, Thompson is a Area Scout for the West Coast his final year. had 18 interceptions and broke up an amaz-

1975 graduate of the University of As a scout, Richards combed a 1 0-state, 65- ing 104 passes during that same season.

Connecticut where he earned a B.S. in busi- school area on the West Coast generating tal- Zielinski, a native of Rockford, 111., grad- ness and an M.S. in psychology. He was an ent and character reports for draft-eligible uated from Northern Illinois in 1986 where

All-East linebacker in 1973 at UConn after players. Richards also served as a "War he was a defensive tackle under Coach Bill recording a school record 1 78 solo tackles. He Room" consultant for the Buccaneers on Mallory. He helped lead his squad to a win in was also the team's Most Valuable Player and draft day. the California Bowl in 1983. He earned a captain. Thompson and his wife, Shirley, Richards' first two years with Tampa Bay bachelor of science in business management reside in Savoy. They have four children, sons were spent as a Pro Personnel Assistant where with an emphasis in exercise physiology. Don and Shawn; daughters Amie and he evaluated both professional and college- A 15-year veteran of the business,

Shiketa, and seven grandchildren. level talent in addition to serving as the Zielinski joined Turner's staff after stints at Buccaneers' representative at the NFL Draft. Oregon State University (1995-99), Northern THE THOMPSON FILE Prior to his time in the NFL, Richards Illinois University (1988-95) and Nebraska 2001- University of Illinois (defensive line) spent two years as the Illinois' Graduate (1988). During his time at OSU, he was 1997-2000 University of North Carolina Assistant for Recruiting and Operations. responsible for the program design, speed and (assistant head coach/defensive line) Richards is a graduate of Illinois in strength development and all test and evalua- 1989-96 University of North Carolina 1995 (defensive line) speech communication and earned three let- tion for the football program as well as the 1987-88 East Carolina University ters while on the Illinois football team as a other 14 Division I sports. (defensive coordinator) defensive back. Upon his return to the From 1988-1995, Zielinski was the head 1985-86 Western Kentucky (defensive coordinator) University, Richards completed work on his strength and conditioning coordinator for the 1981-84 University of Pittsburgh (defensive line) master's degree in organizational communica- Northern Illinois Huskies 16-sport program. 1975-81 University of Connecticut tions, which he received in August. During his six and a half years at NIU, (linebackers/defensive ends) Richards and his wife, Maria, have two Zielinski implemented the program design

children. Jasmin and Lloyd III. and monitored the athlete's daily progress. LLOYD RICHARDS Zielinski began his career as an assistant THE RICHARDS FILE strength coach at the University of Nebraska Director of Football Operations 2002- University of Illinois in 1988. He is certified as a strength and con- Illinois, 1995 (director of football operations) ditioning specialist (CSCS) by the National Third Season 2001 Washington Redskins Strength and Conditioning Association and (Asst. Director of Pro Personnel) 2000 by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Lloyd Richards Jr. (College Area Scout) Association. begins his third season 1998-99 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Zielinski and his wife Teresa, who is also as Director of Football (Pro Personnel Asst.) 1996-97 University of Illinois (graduate assistant) an Illinois native, have four children, James Operations for the Illini Edward, Alexandra Marie, Zachary and after a four-year stint in Christopher. the NFL. JIM ZIELIMSKI Richards' responsibil- Strength and Conditioning Coach THE ZIELIMSKI FILE ities include coordinat- 1999- University of Illinois ing the day-to-day oper- Northern Illinois, 1986 (head strength coach) Sixth Season ations for the entire U of I football program, 1995-98 Oregon State University working closely with the staff and DIA (head strength coach) Veteran strength coach 1989-94 Northern Illinois University administration in all aspects of planning for (head strength coach) Jim Zielinski is begin- Illini football including: scheduling, budget- 1988 University of Nebraska ning his sixth season as ing, facilities, travel, recruiting and game (assistant strength coach) management. the head strength coach 1986-87 Northern Illinois University for the Division of (student assistant) In 2001, Richards served as the Assistant Intercollegiate Athletics Director of Pro Personnel for the Washington marking over 1 5 years Redskins. While in Washington D.C., experience with Richards was instrumental in the signing of

Division I football pro-

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Assistant Strength Coach Graduate Assistant - Defense

Kerry Harbor begins his Robby Long begins his

fifth year with the Illini third season as the

as the assistant strength defensive graduate assis- and conditioning coach tant working with the under Jim Zielinski. defensive line. Long Harbor came to Illinois began his stint fresh out after spending two years ^^K^^^ft ^H of college where he

as a graduate assistant Ut ^M I i h >l lead the Illinois

coach at the University s^^^^^^ ^^ team to n

of North Carolina. There he worked primari- title. He was a three-year letterwinner on the

ly with the football team and extensively with defensive line, playing in 36 games. His sen-

all Olympic sports teams, designing and eval- ior year he recorded 1 5 total tackles and four uating strength and conditioning programs. tackles for loss. Long received a bachelor's A native of Durham, N.C., Harbor degree in leisure studies and sports manage- earned his bachelor of science degree for ment in May of 2002. physical education ftom North Carolina Long's responsibilities include aiding Central University in 1997. After graduation, Coach Donnie Thompson and the defensive

he worked for his alma mater first as a gradu- line as well as preparing the scout teams each

ate assistant coach and then as an assistant. week.

While on staff, Harbot coached the offensive A Champaign, 111., native, Long attended

line and tight ends as well as recruiting and Centennial High School where he led the

coordinating the strength program. team to two Big 12 Championships. He is single and resides in Champaign.

BRIAR! HODGES Graduate Assistant - RON O'DELL Football Operations Graduate Assistant - Offense

Former Illini tight end Ron O'Dell begins his Btian Hodges returns to second season as the the football operations offensive graduate assis-

staff for his second year tant with the Illinois

as a graduate assistant. football team. He works

Hodges assists Director primarily with Harry of Football Operations Hiestand's offensive line

Lloyd Richards in all group as well as coordi-

aspects of the Illinois nate the defensive scout

program, including recruiting, travel, facilities and game management. O'Dell joins the program after a one-year

Hodges was a senior starter on Illinois' stint at the University of Redlands in 2001 Big Ten Championship squad, catching Redlands, Calif, whete he began graduate four touchdown passes during the season, one school and aided the wide receivers and tight

at the 2002 Nokia Sugar Bowl. He was a ends. He was also involved in the Redlands

four-year letterwinner and three-year startet, strength and conditioning program. totaling 34 receptions, 320 yards and eight Following the 2002 season with Redlands, scores. A high school All-Conference quartet- O'Dell enjoyed a brief tenure at Saint Mary's

back at Rich Central, he moved to tight end College in Moraga, Calif.

during his redshirt-freshman season. O'Dell is a 2002 graduate of California Hodges graduated ftom the University of State Univetsity-Chico where he received a

Illinois in May of 2002 with a degree in eco- Liberal Studies degree. During his time in

nomics. Hodges is single and resides in Savoy. college, he assisted the Pleasant Valley team as an assistant, coaching wide receivers and quarterbacks. He has also

been a long-time instructor at the Illinois football camps, working the quarterback, linemen and padded camps since 1999.

Coming to Illinois joins O'Dell with his

younger brother, Dan, who is the Illini quar- terbacks coach.

14- i 2004 ILLINOIS SPRING FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS ^ OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS mD Left Tackle Defensive End Placekicker — 57 JJ Simmons (6-6, 290, So.) 95 Lee Robinson (6-5, 265, Sr.) 37 Steve Weatherford (6-4, 205, Jr.) HI 68 Jim LaBonte (6-7, 300, r-Fr.) 92 Arthur Boyd (6-3, 265, So.) 95 Dominic Shafer (5-10, 180, So.) o

Left Guard Defensive Tackle Punter > —1 71 Bryan Koch (6-3. 285, Sr.) 97 Ryan Matha (6-\ 285, Jr.) 37 Steve Weatherford (6-4, 205, Jr.) OR

63 Dave Hilderbrand (6-3, 290, Sr.) 61 Adam Wilk (6-5, 275, So) 38 Matt Minnes (6-2, 195, Sr.)

64 Martin O'Donnell (6-5, 290, r-Fr.) Defensive Tackle Long Snapper

Center 74 Mike Maloney (6-3, 280, Sr.) 31 Brian Brosnan (6-1, 205, Jr.)

75 Duke Preston (6-5, 305, Sr.) 73 Chris Norwell (6-7, 270, r-Fr.) 40 Justin Kovach (6-1, 220, r-Fr.)

72 Kyle Schnettgoecke 66 Brian Schaefering (6-5, 280, Jr.) 39 Tyler Keely (6-1, 172, r-Fr.)

(6-3, 280, Jr.) OR

69 Ben Amundsen (6-6, 305, r-Fr.) Defensive End

90 Scott Moss (6-3, 260, Jr.)

Right Guard 92 Arthur Boyd (6-3, 265, So.)

67 Matt Maddox (6-4, 290, So.) 39 James Stevenson (6-3, 240, r-Fr.)

64 Martin O'Donnell (6-5, 290, r-Fr.)

61 Jordan Kruger (6-4, 285, Jr.) Linebacker

36 Josh Tischer (6-X 215, Jr.) OR

Right Tackle 46 Antonio Mason (6-0, 245, Jr.) 70 Bucky Babcock (6-4, 305, Sr.)

79 James Ryan (6-6, 310, r-Fr.) Linebacker 44 Matt Sinclair (6-3, 240, Sr.) OR

Quarterback 45 Mike Gawelek (6-2, 230, Sr.) OR

7 Jon Beutjer (6-5, 2TL Sr.) OR 53 Joe Mele (6-2, 225, r-Fr.) 16 Chris Pazan (6-2, 210, So.)

15 Tim Brasic (6-2, 185, So.) Linebacker

14 Brad Bower (6-2, 210, r-Fr.) 44 Matt Sinclair (6-3, 240, Sr.)

52 Cyrus Garrett (6-3, 230, So.) OR

Running Back 47 J Leman (6-3, 220, r-Fr.) 23 E.B. Halsey (5-1% 185, So.)

30 Pierre Thomas (5-11, 190, So.) Cornerback

23 Marcus Mason (5-9, 200, So.) 18 Alan Ball (6-X 175, So.)

25 James Cooper (5-11, 200, Jr.)

Fullback 9 Jamaal Clark (6-2, 196, Sr.)

34 Jason Davis (5-11, 220, Jr.)

35 Brian Grzlakowski (5-11, 210, r-Fr.) Free Safety

33 Brock Bolen (6-X 230, Fr.) 28 Travis Williams (6-X 185, Jr.)

10 Kyle Kleckner (6-0, 195, Jr.) Wide Receiver 6 Kelvin Hayden (6-0, 198, Sr.) Strong Safety

19 Mark Komfeld (6-1 200, Sr.) 20 Morris Virgil (5-10, 195, Sr.) OR

80 Franklin Payne (6-0, 185, So.) 10 Kyle Kleckner (6-0, 195, Jr.) OR

42 Kevin Mitchell (6-0, 190, r-Fr.)

Wide Receiver 31 Brian Brosnan (6-1, 205, Jr.)

4 Ade Adeyemo (6-0, 195, Sr.) OR

1 Lonnie Hurst (6-3, 190, So.) Cornerback

10 DaJuan Warren (6-3, 195, r-Fr.) 22 Sharriff Abdullah (5-8, 180, So.)

21 Taman Jordan (5-11, 195, Sr.) Tight End

88 Melvin Bryant (6-5, 235, So.)

81 Anthony McClellan (6-3, 245, Sr.)

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22 SHARRIFF 2000: Redshirted the 2000 season. Bowl . . . Named Sporting News Freshman All- High School: Named a Prep Star Ail- American ... Offensive line ranked second in ABDULLAH American ... A SuperPrep All-Midwest team the conference with only 16 sacks allowed member and Top-25 receiver ... a (1.3 per game) and held four defenses with- DB, 5-8, 180, So. Named Chicago Sun-TimesTo^i-iO area ...... Detroit, Mich./St. Martin DePorres prospect out a sack Team posted over 5,000 yards Caught 43 passes for 715 yards, averaging of total offense for the first time in over 5

15.4 yards a grab his senior year ... Scored years . . . Passing and scoring offense ranked ^^M^^^m I 2003: Played in

lour touchdowns and had over 300 rerurn second in rhe conference . . . Team averaged J games, starting four

yards . . . High school coach was Todd Kuska 32.5 poinrs per game, rhe most in school his- games at cornerback ...... Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune tory. Totaled 31 tackles, two

all-state team . . . An all-area selecrion . . 2000: Redshirted the 2000 season. r passes broken up and Honorable menrion All-Carholic Merro High School: Named Chicago Sun-Times I one tackle-for-loss ...

Conference player . . . Caught 84 passes for Top-30 area prospects . . . Earned All-America | Had a season-high 10

1,465 yards in his career ... Also hauled in 10 honors by Prep Football Report . . . Was a ' USA ^^^^^^^B tackles vs. Michigan career Special ... ^^^ j rouchdown receptions and averaged Today All-USA Menrion Named to ^" State ... Registered six 18.5 yards per reception ... Earned seven var- the Champaign News-Gazette, Chicago Tribune tackles and one PBU at Iowa. letters in lootball and track. and Sun-Times all-state team ... High school 2002: Redshirted the 2002 season. sity Personal: Full given name is Adeoye Oye coach was Mike Lalor ... Earned IHSA High School: Defensive captain that led

Adeyemo . . . Name pronounced ah-day ah- Coaches all-state team honors both junior and his team to the Division Seven State day-yah-mo ... Born June 18, 1982 in senior year ... Was a unanimous All-Big Championship ... Led St. Martin DePorres to Huntsville, Ala. ... Name means "King" ... Northern Conference selection his sopho- the Catholic League title as a senior ... Was an The son of Horatio and Mojirola Adeyemo more, junior and senior seasons ... Two-time All-State, All-Catholic League and an All-

... Majoring in finance ... An honor roll stu- team Most Valuable Player . . . Team captain Detroit selection as a defensive back.

dent at St. Rita High School . . . Admires Jerry for the 3A state champion Stillman Valley Personal: Son ol Miles and Patricia Neal

Rice for his great hands and great work ethic squad . . . First-team all-state by the Chicago ... Born March 29, 1984 ... Has two brothers

... Says his friends and family most influ- Sun-Times as a sophomore and junior . . and one sister . . . Undecided on a major. enced his athletic career. Three-time Stillman Valley Most Valuable

CAREER HIGHS Offensive Lineman . . . Earned 1 1 varsity let-

Tackles: 10 vs. Michigan State, 10/11/03 CAREER HIGHS ters at Stillman Valley in football, wresrling Solos: 4 twice (last time at Iowa, 11/1/03) Receptions: 6 vs. Northwestern, 11/22/03

. . . TFL: 1 vs. Wisconsin, 9/27/03 Receiving Yards: 83 vs. Northwestern, 11/22/03 and track Was a heavyweight state champi-

PBU: 1 twice (last time at Iowa, 11/1/03 Long Reception: 34 at Indiana, 11/8/03 on wrestler . . . Holds the school record for Touchdowns: 1 at Indiana, 11/8/03

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS most career pins . . . State runner-up in the YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS INT-YDS PBU RECEIVING STATISTICS shot put in 1999 ... Was the team MVP in all 2003 12 19 12 31 1-6 00 2 YEAR G NO YDS AVG Y/PG TD LP

2003 8 16 205 12.8 25.6 1 34 three sports his junior year.

Personal: Full given name is Patrick Ryan 4 ADE ADEYEMO Babcock . . . Nickname is "Bucky" . . . Born 70 BUCKY BABCOCK Jan. 17, 1982 in Freeport, 111. ... The son of WR, 6-0, 195, Sr. David and Laura Babcock . . . Majoring in OL, 6-4, 305, Sr. Chicago, Ill./St. Rita sports management . . . Graduared with a Stillman Valley, Ill./Stillman Valley GPA of 3.50, ranking 15th in his high school

2003: Saw action in class ... Member of the National Honor 2003: Started every reg- eight games, starring Society . . . Also a member of the student ular season game for a two ... Caught 16 passes council and sportsmanship committee ... third straight season ... for 205 yards and one Claims his parenrs are the biggest influence Made the switch to right touchdown ... Had on his arhletic career ... Lisrs winning the tackle from right guard I career-highs in catches state championship in football as his biggest ... Totaled 58 knock- (6) and yards (83) vs. thrill in sports after making the semifinals his downs and allowed three Northwestern ... Scored sophomore and junior seasons. sacks. ——^^ his first career touch- 2002: Srarted every down on a season-long 34-yard catch, at game for the Illini at right guard ... Helped Indiana and also had three receptions for 52 set school total offense record wirh 5,356 18 ALAN BALL yards ... Mademui. twoiwc catches(.di^ui.^ foriui 28^.c yardsyd vs. yards for an average of 446.3 per game, top- S, 6-X 175, So. Minnesota ... Caught tworwo passes for 21„. yards ping the 5,000 mark for the second-straight Detroit, Mich./St. Martin DePorres vs. Illinois> State ... Hauled in at least one pass season and only rwo times in school history in each of his last seven games .... Sat out four

. . . Total offense ranked ninth in the country 2003: Totaled 44 tack- games with a rib injury sustained at UCLA in and passing average of 282.3 yards per game les, four PBU's and one the Rose Bowl. ranked 16th ... Aided running back Antoineo forced fumble in seven 2002: Played in eight games at wide including five riiH n< Harris to single-season rushing record with games, receiver and on special teams . Did not

1,330 yards. starts . . . Made a career- record any stats. 2001: Started every game of the regular high 1 1 solo stops at 200101: Played in 73 snaps as a member ot

season at right guard before suffering a bro- Iowa . . . Had nine tack- the puntit block unitunir ... Also served as a back- ken wrist and missing the 2002 Nokia Sugar es and a forced fumble up wide receiver.

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forced passes as a senior . . . Set national record of 60 at Purdue . . . Added eight tackles vs. seven games before a back injury him

. . . passes in games ... Set state champi- Wisconsin and California . . . Had five tackles to miss the remainder of the season Began TD 14 onship game records for passes yards and two PBU's vs. Northwestern . . . Missed season on the Davey O'Brien Award watch TD (6), two games with a shoulder injury sustained at list. passing (493) and completions (29) ... Set Purdue. 2002: Led the Big Ten in passing yardage school and conference record for touchdown

High School: Intercepted 1 5 passes in with 228.3 yards per game and was third in passes in a game (7), completions in a season two years at St. Martin De Porres, including the conference in total offense with 228.9 (149) and career (232), and passing yards in a six in the postseason or his senior year ... yards per contest ... His 21 touchdowns were season ( 1 ,743) . . . Team offensive player of

Prep Star and SuperPrep All-Region selection second in the Big Ten only to Heisman the year and MVP . . . Special mention all-

...... Named to the Lansing State Journal'"Catch Trophy finalist of Iowa (26) . conference and all-state as a junior Career

22" list ... Helped lead his team to the 2001 Made seven starts and saw action in four totals include 3l6-of-504 passes for 5,492

... and yards with 79 TDs and 14 interceptions in 21 state championship . . . Named a Top-50 other games Averaged 306 yards 2.7 defensive back recruit nationally by touchdowns, while completing 61.8 percent games ... As a senior, led prep team to a per-

Rivals.com ... Won the 110-meter hurdles as of his passes in his seven starts ... Threw four fect 14-0 record and Illinois Class 6A state a junior ... Garnered all-state honors ... touchdown passes in his starting debut vs. title and completed 218-of-334 attempts for

Earned two varsity letters in football and Arkansas State and followed that up the next 3,939 yards, 60 TDs and only seven intercep-

...... team ranked 15th nationally by three in track . . . High school coach was Greg week with four TD's against San Jose State tions Prep

Carter. That was just the second time in school histo- USA Today . . .Also competed in basketball

Personal: Full given name is Alan ry that a quarterback has had back-to-back and ttack and field.

Sheffield Ball ... Born March 29, 1985 in four touchdown passes ... Also had rourTD Personal: Born Aug. 15, 1980 ... The son

Detroit, Mich. ... The son of Lorenzo and passes in a 37-20 win at Wisconsin, Illinois' of Nancy and Jim Beutjer ... Majoring in

Cheryl Ball ... Sister, Tracy, ran track at SMU first win in Madison since 1992 ... Finished speech communications ... Earned academic and holds the state high school record in the the season with 2,51 1 yards passing and 21 all-conference and all-state honors ...

200 and 400 meters ... A four-year honor roll scores ... His 2,518 total yards is 10th on the Attended same high school as legendary Illini

...... school coach was student . . . Lists favorite athlete as Michael Illinois single-season list His 21 touchdown High John

Jordan ... Biggest thrill in sports was winning passes ate fourth on the Illinois single-season Thorne. a state title in the 1 10-meter hurdles. charts and ranks him seventh on the Illinois CAREER HIGHS career charts ... Had four 300-yard passing Completions: 35 vs. California, 9/20/03 CAREER HIGHS days and his 426 yards passing vs. San Jose Attempts: 57 vs. California, 9/20/03 Tackles: 11 at Iowa, 11/1/03 Yards: 430 vs. California, 9/20/03 is the fourth highest single-game passing Solos: 11 vs. at Iowa, 11/1/03 State Long Pass: 72 vs. California, 9/20/03 PBU: 2 vs. Northwestern, 11/22/03 total in school history ... Nearly led Illinois to Touchdowns: 4, four times (last time vs Illinois State, Forced Fumble: 1 at Purdue, 10/4/03 9/6/03) a win over then No. 1 ranked Ohio State with Rushes: 10 vs. Ohio State, 11/16/02 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS a 306-yard passing performance and one TD long Rush: 18 vs. Wisconsin, 11/9/02 YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS INT-YDS PBU 2003 7 36 8 44 0-0 0-0 4 ... Entered the game in the third quarter PASSING STATISTICS against Penn State and threw for 1 57 yards on YEAR G ATT COMP PCT YDS TD INT. LP

19-of-28 passing and one touchdown ... Saw 2002 11 327 193 59.0 2511 21 11 51 2003 7 257 162 63 1597 10 9 72 back-up action vs. Indiana... Connected on 7 JON BEUTJER TOTAL 18 584 355 6t0 4108 31 20 72 28-of-38 passes for 426 yards against San Jose QB, 6-5, 21% Sr. (6th) State, a Memorial Stadium record and fourth- Wheaton, III. best passing game in school history ... That Wheaton-Warrenville South/Iowa 14 BRAD BOWER performance merited a passing efficiency rat- ing of 195.00, the 10th best passing efficiency QB, 6-2, 210, r-Fr. 2003: for Threw 1,597 Burr Ridge, III. /Hinsdale Central day in Illinois single-history ... Was 18-of-22 yards which gives him (82 percent) for 277 yards and four touch- 4,108 career passing downs against Arkansas State, earning him a 2003: Redshirted the yards and moved him to passing efficiency rating of 250.17 which is 2003 season. seventh on Illinois' all- the third best in school history ... Entered High School: time passing list ... per- the Missouti game at the start of the fourth Consensus All-State Averaged 228.1 yards quarter and began the second hall of the former at quarterback ... passing per game and USM contest. Named the Illinois threw for 10 touch- 2001: Sat out the 2001 season after trans- Player of the Year by downs ... Was 16-of-23 for 207 yards and ferring from the University ot Iowa. Chris Poole Recruiting

four TD's vs. Illinois State . . . Had a career High School: Illinois Playet of the Year ... Made the Sun-Times day vs. California, setting career-highs in by USA Today, Gatotade and Champaign Top-100 Chicago Area recruit list ... Set 10 completions attempts yards (35), (57), (430) high school records at Hinsdale Central for News-Gazette . . . First-team all-state by News- and long pass (72), also had three TD passes Gazette, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, both single-season and career passing . .

. . . His 430 yards marked the highest total in Daily Herald and Illinois High School Racked up 2,886 total yards and accounted Memotial Stadium history and ranks as the for 48 touchdowns as a senior ... Completed Coaches Association . . . Was a preseason Ail- fourth highest single-game passing total in American by SuperPrep and CNN/Sports 65 percent of his passes for 1 ,942 yards and school history ... Completed 63.0 percent of 23 TDs ... Rushed for 944 yards and 25 more Illustrated . . . Featured in Sports Illustrated his passes ... Completed 31 of 44 passes (70 10 yards per Faces in the Crowd in January, 1999 ... scores ... Averaged better than percent) for 284 yards and one touchdown in carry and 17.9 yards per completion his sen- Unanimous all-conference selection . . . Set season opener vs. Missouri ... Started the first state high school record with 60 touchdown ior season ... Led Hinsdale Central to a 28-6

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CO record as a three-year starter ... His 5,308 sive end at Florida A&M ... Cousin Brian yards of total 88 MELVIIU BRYANT offense and 43 touchdown pass- Johnson was a cornerback at Alabama A&M TE, 6-5, es top the Hinsdale Central career 235, So. o charts ...... Lists as his Fighting Illini Completed percent Muncie. Ind./Muncie Central or 56 of his passes for his hero ... Hopes to attend medical school fol- a. career (237-for-419) for 3,674 yards, also lowing his football career.

school records ... Scored 242 points in his 2003: Caught 12 passes LLI CAREER HIGHS career ... Named the West Suburban Tackles: 4 at Purdue, 10/4/03 for 1 14 yards to lead Solos: 3 at Purdue, 10/4/03 Conference and Suburban Life Player of the Illini tight ends ... Had

Q_ Year ... Led Hinsdale Central to back-to-back DEFENSIVE STATISTICS two catches for 29 yards YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS-YOS QBH titles and a pair of in season opener vs. 2003 7 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 Missouri, including a appearances in the state playoffs . . . Led

HinsdaJe Central to the semifinals as a senior season-long reception of ... High school coach was Ken Schreiner. 15 TIM BRASIC 2 1 yards . . . Set career- Personal: Full given name is Bradley highs in receptions (3)

QB, 6-2, 185, So. and yards vs. ... James Bower ... Born Aug. 25, 1984 in (33) Minnesota Had two Riverside, lll./Riverside-Brookfield catches for 22 yards vs. Hinsdale, 111. ... The son of William and Northwestern. 2002: Redshirted the 2002 Colleen Bower ... Has two brothers ... Brother season. High School: SupetPtep 2003: vs. . Robert played football at Iowa ... Brother Saw action Ail-American . Illinois State Tenth-ranked tight end in nation William played at Valparaiso ... Enjoys and according to

attempted pass. SuperPrep . . . Prep Star All-Region . . . , fishing and video games ... Was a volun- one Started teer coach for a local football 2002: Redshirted the at both tight end and defensive end as a jun- season. ior and senior ... team ... Favorite athlete is Joe Montana 2002 Three-year letterwinner at tight because he took the quarterback position to a High School: Earned end and defensive end for Muncie

nine varsity letters Central ... Versatile receiver new level of excellence ... Led his Pop Warner in who caught 49 passes team to a second place national finish. basketball, ttack and for 779 yards and six touchdowns ... football at Riverside Also starred on defense totaling 87 tackles, 15

High . . . sacks and School SuperPrep All-Region . . 12.5 more tackles for loss ... Was

Prep Star All-Region ... Set IHSA tecord for called "the best run blocker on the team" ... 92 ARTHUR BOYD III single-game passing yardage when he threw First team All-Indiana selection at tight end DL, 6-3, 265, So. for 589 against Joliet Catholic in the state by the Indiana Football Coaches Association Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker Heights quarterfinals in 2001 ... Named the Chicago ... Was named a first team Big State selection

Sun- Times 2001 Player of the Year . . . Passed by the Bloomington Herald ... Named the East Saw action in for 4,639 yards and 58 touchdowns as a sen- Central Indiana Defensive Player of the Year

seven games as a true ior, also state records . . . Earned Champaign in 2001 ... Ranked No. 13 nationally at tight freshman defensive line- News-Gazette Player of the Year honors in end by Tom Lemming ... Ranked the 24th-

man . . . Made four tack- 2001 ... In his two yeats as a starter, he best tight end in the country by Rivals.com ...

les at Purdue . . . Had passed for 7,906 yards and 94 touchdowns ... Also named to the East Central Indiana first one tackle vs. Michigan Chicago Tribune all-state team on offense ... First A . selection . . Led team Indiana Class State. his team to a 22-2 record in 2000 and 2001 4A selection in 2001 ... Two-time All-North High School: Listed . . . Two-time Suburban Prairie All-Conference Central Conference pick ... Caught 80 passes H2003:among the Top-50 preps pick and the 2001 conference Most Valuable for 1,254 yatds and 10 TDs as a starter at

in Ohio by Rivals.com as a fullback ... . . tight Player . IHSA all-state selection following end his junior and senior seasons ... Ranked the No. 1 fullback in Ohio by Future his junior and senior seasons ... Suburban Head coach was John Hochstetler ... Also a Stars magazine ... Was an outstanding defen- Life Player of the Year . . . High school coach standout basketball player at Muncie Central, sive lineman that registered 33 tackles and was Otto Zeman . . . Also earned all-confer- earning two letters ... Lists winning the sec- three sacks ... Named an All-Conference, All- ence honors in basketball and ttack. tionals in basketball as his greatest sports

Area and All-District selection as a senior ... Personal: Full given name is Timothy thrill. Named the Shaker Heights High School Most Christian Brasic ... Born July 30, 1983 in Personal: Full given name is Melvin Lynn

Outstanding defensive lineman ... Berwyn, III. ... The son of Dan and Caroline Bryant II ... Born Sept. 1, 1984 in Muncie, Participated in the National High School All- . . Ind. ... Brasic . Father played baseball at Northern The son of Tracie Johnson ... Has two Star Combine ... Was a three-year Illinois ... Plans on majoring in education ... brothers ... Enrolled in the College of Liberal in football, while spending two seasons as a A two-year honor roll student. Arts and Sciences . . . Listed to the Who's starter ... Also an outstanding track athlete Who among African American Students. competing in the shot put, discus and sprint- CAREER HIGHS

Attempts: 1 vs Illinois State, 9/6/03 ing events ... Competed at the district meet in CAREER HIGHS Receptions: 3 vs. Minnesota, 10/25/03 both the shot put and discus as a sophomore PASSING STATISTICS Receiving Yards: 33 vs. Minnesota, 10/25/03

and junior ... Also competed in the 200 YEAR G ATT COMP PCT YDS TD INT. LP Long Reception: 21 vs. Missouri, 1 /8/03

2003 2 1 meters ... High School coach was Dave RECEIVING STATISTICS Sedmak. YEAR G NO YDS AVG Y/PG TD LP

2003 11 12 114 9.5 10.4 21 Personal: Full given name is Arthur B.

Boyd 111 ... Born Feb. 24, 1985 in Shaker

Heights, Ohio ... Son of Aithur and Delphine

Boyd ... Has one sister ... Father was a defen-

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25 JAMES COOPER career long reception of 24 yards ... Played in 52 CYRUS GARRETT every game, starting the first two. LB, 6-3, 230, So. DB, 5-n 200, Jr. 2002: Played in five games as a true fresh- South Holland. lll./Thornton Township Bolinqbrook, lll./Romeoville man, grabbing a pair of touchdown recep-

tions ... First career catch went for a three- 2003: Played in 10 2003: Saw action in five yard score vs. Arkansas State ... Added 17 . . . two tack- games at running back games Had rushing yards on six carries vs. the Indians ... les vs. Illinois State ... and on special teams ... Caught his second TD pass at Wisconsin ... Had one carry for two Added one tackle vs. rl catches for yards and two carries Had two 21 yards at Iowa. Wisconsin. for nine yards vs. the Badgers ... Set career 2002: Saw action in 2002: Redshirted the highs in carries (8) and yards (38) vs. Indiana season. five games at running 2002 ... Had one catch for four yards vs. Ohio back and on special High School: Named State. to Lindy's Big Ten teams ... Got carries vs. High School: Four-year starter at Freshman of Influence team ... Made 89 Arkansas State and Indiana ... Had career Lindbergh High School ... Led his school to tackles in 10 games, including 18 sacks in highs in carries (5) and yards (29) vs. its first-ever district title and berth into the 2001 ... Also blocked four kicks as a senior Arkansas State ... Also had two carries for state playoffs ... Tallied 54 tackles and three

. . . to the . . . Ail-American Named three yards vs. Indiana. PrepStar intetceptions as a senior ... Named a second SuperPrep All-Midwest team ... Earned 2001: Redshirred the 2001 season ... Was team All-South selection by the St. Louis Post News-Gazette all-state special a sprinter for the Illinois track team during Champaign Dispatch as both a defensive back and wide the offseason. mention . . . Named a U.S. Army Ail- receiver ... Also played linebacker at 24-0 High School: Football letterwinner under American after leading the West to a Lindbergh ... Team's all-time leader in recep- All-American Bowl ... Coach Bill Mosel at Thornton Township win in the U.S. Army tions and receiving yards ... Was named a all-area, all-conference and all-state High School ... Chicago Sun-Times Top- 100 Garnered first-team all-conference pick both offensively accolades ... Had 16 sacks as a junior ... all-area athlete . . . Totaled 27 tackles and one and defensively ... Was recruited to Illinois to yards for a interception as a junior as well as 667 yards Returned an interception 70 play fullback ... Also statred on the Lindbergh letterwinner in rushing, five touchdowns and a kickoff return touchdown ... Four-time basketball team, earning two letters, and on foorball and basketball at Romeoville High for a touchdown ... An all-area performer . . the ttack team, winning one letter ... Was a

. . . was Helped lead his team to the 6A state playoffs School High school coach Jim part of the state champion 4x1 00m relay in 2000 and tallied four tackles and one Boudouris. team in 2000 ... High school coach was Tom the game. Personal: Full given name is William deflection in Beauchamp. Garrett ... Born Nov. 15, 1983 in Personal: Full name is James Edward Cyrus Personal: Full given name is Jason Sidney- Downers Grove, 111. ... The son of William Cooper . . . Born June 5, 1 983 . . . The son of Arthur Davis ... Born Nov. 2, 1983 in St. Beverly Garrett ... Has two sisters ... Byron and Sheryl Ellis ... An honor roll stu- and Louis, Mo. ... The son of Anthony and Julie his hobbies as drawing ... dent at Thornton High School ... Enrolled in Lists one of Davis ... Enrolled in the College of Liberal Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and the college of liberal arts and sciences . . Arts and Sciences ... Has one brother ... Was

. . . like to pursue a career as Biggest thrill in sports was winning the 2000 Sciences Would a two-time honor roll member. homecoming game on a 40-yard touchdown an FBI agent.

pass with two seconds remaining in the game CAREER HIGHS HIGHS Carries: 8 vs Indiana, 10/26/02 CAREER ... Member of the church choir. Tackles: 2 vs. Illinois State, 9/6/03 Yards 38 vs. Arkansas State, 9/14/02 Solos: 1 vs. Illinois State, 9/6/03 Long Rush: 13 vs Arkansas State, 9/14/02 CAREER HIGHS Receptions: 7 vs. UCtA, 9/13/03 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Carries: 5 vs. Arkansas State, 9/14/02 Receiving Yards: 40 vs. UCLA, 9/13/03 YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF-FR Yards: 29 vs. Arkansas State, 9/14/02 Long Reception: 24 vs. Michigan, 10/18/03 2003 5 12 3 00 0-0 0-0 Long Rush: 14 vs. Arkansas State, 9/14/02 Touchdowns 1 twice (last time vs. Wisconsin, 11/9/02)

RUSHING STATISTICS RUSHING STATISTICS YEAR G ATT YDS AVG Y/PG TD LP YEAR G ATT YDS AVG Y/PG TD LP 2002 5 7 32 46 6.4 14 2002 5 16 64 4.0 6.4 13 45 MIKE GAWELEK 2003 10 1 2 20 0.2 2 2003 12 1 2 2.0 0.2 8 TOTAL 15 8 34 4.3 2.3 14 TOTAL 17 17 66 3.8 38 13 LB, 6-2, 230, Sr.

RECEIVING STATISTICS Chillicothe, Ohio/Chillicothe YEAR G NO YDS AVG Y/PG TD LP 2002 5 4 28 7.0 56 2 12 34 JASON DAVIS 2003 12 14 114 81 9.5 24 2003: Played in 1 TOTAL 17 18 142 79 84 2 24 games, totaling 1 1 tack- FB, 5-n 220, Jr. St. Louis. Mo./Lindberqh les ... Had a career-high four tackles at Michigan

2003: Had 14 recep- and at Iowa ... Notched Missouri, tions for 114 yards and one tackle vs. Illinois State and 1 1 carries for 36 yards Wisconsin. ... Had a career-highs in action in receptions (7) and 2002: Saw

receiving yards (40) at nine games, recording five tackles and a

fumble ... a career-high two tack- I UCLA ... Made two forced Had catches for 34 yards at les vs. Indiana ... Also had two assists at Michigan, including a Southern Miss.

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2001: Played in 10 games as a special State pick on the diamond ... Led the Award for the state of New Jersey ... Named

teams standout ... Registered nine tackles Hinsdale Central baseball team to state semi- the Newark Star Ledger's Offensive Player of

including a cateet-high three in the season- finals while being named a first-team All-State the Year, gaining an average of 1 3.4 yards

opener at California ... Also had two tackles tournament pick ... High school coach was every time he touched the ball . . . Prep Star

in the win over Louisville. Ken Schreiner. All-American . . . SuperPrep All-American . .

2000: Redshirted the 2000 season. Personal: Full given name is Brian James No. 1 running back out of the East according

High School: Three-time all-state selec- Grzelakowski ... Born Nov. 14, 1984 in to Prep Star . . . Fourth-rated player from the

111. ... state to . . tion . . . Named to the All-Ohio Capital Hinsdale, Son of Edward and Maureen of New Jersey according SuperPrep

Conference team for three straight season ... Grzelakowski ... Has one brother ... Dad was Named to Ptep Star's Dream Team as the No.

Earned first-team All-Southeast District hon- an All-American baseball player at 6 running back nationally ... Rushed for

... 1 . . ors for two consecutive years . . . Named Northwestern Mother played for 1 ,303 yards and scored 5 touchdowns

Southeast District Defensive Player of the the Wildcats ... Hobbies include basketball, Recorded 24 catches for 464 yards and four

Year ... Led his Chillicothe squad with 189 music and skiing ... Plans to attend graduate scores ... Returned 14 punts and eight kicks

... tackles . . . Helped team to 8-4 record and first school following graduation Played in the for 908 combined return yards and scoring on

playoff berth in 12 years ... Amassed 451 Pop Warner World Championship in 1998 ... four total returns . . . Garnered all-county and

. . . career tackles . . . Registered 1 53 tackles as a Was a member of the Hinsdale Central all-conference accolades as a senior Helped

junior and 109 as a sophomore ... Three-year National Honor Society and Athletes lead Elizabeth High School to state champi-

starter and letterwinner ... Selected to play in Committed to Excellence Program ... Was a onships in 1999 and 2000 ... Earned eight the Ohio North/South game. Wendy's High School Heisman finalist. varsity letters in football, wrestling, basketball

Personal: Full given name Michael Lucas and track ... Averaged 9.4 yards per carry and

Gawelek ... Born Feb. 14, 1982 in Lake caught 26 passes for 411 yards and four

touchdowns . . . Scored on four kick returns to Forest, 111. ... The son of Randy and Marilyn 26 E.B. HALSEY Gawelek ... Has four brothers ... Majoring in win state offensive player of the year honors RB, 5-H 185, So. business administration ... An honor roll stu- . . . High school coach was Jerry Moore. Elizabeth, N.J./Elizabeth dent ... Admires former Ohio State line- Personal: Full given name is Ibrahim Q.

backer for his attitude and Halsey ... Born Oct. 13, 1983 in Newark, 2003: Selected as the toughness ... Lists his first interception which N.J. ... Enrolled in the College of Liberal team's Rookie of the he returned for a 65-yard touchdown as his Arts and Sciences ... The son of Donna Year ... Finished the biggest thrill in sports ... Plans on pursuing a Halsey and Andre Johnson . . . The nephew of season ranked fourth in career as a fireman after a stint in professional Brett and Phyllis Wyatt . . . Has six brothers the Big Ten in all-pur- football. and two sisters ... Nickname is E.B. ... pose yards, third in kick Favorite athlete is former run- return average and 1 Oth CAREER HIGHS ning back . Tackles: 4, twice (last time at Iowa., 11/1/03) in rushing ... Racked Solos 4 at Michigan, 10/18/03 up 1,285 all purpose Fum. Forced: 1 vs. Michigan, 9/28/02 CAREER HIGHS yards, including 525 rushing, 303 receiving Carries: 24 vs. UCLA, 9/13/03 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Yards: 139 vs. Missouri, 8/30/03 and 457 returning kicks ... Averaged 142.8 YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF-FR Long Rush: 30 vs. Missouri, 8/30/03 12 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 Touchdowns: 1 twice (last time vs. Northwestern, 11/22/03) 2001 5 4 yards per game to rank 1 9th nationally . . 2002 9 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 1-0 Receptions 7 twice (last time vs. Wisconsin, 9/27/03) Led the team in rushing yardage, kickoff 2003 11 8 3 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 Receiving Yards: 93 vs. California, 9/20/03 32 25 0-0 0-0 1-0 Long Reception: 29 vs. California, 9/20/03 TOTAL 15 10 returns and all purpose yardage . . . Became Touchdowns: 2 vs. California, 9/20/03 the first Illinois true freshman to top 100

yards rushing in his first game, after gaining RUSHING STATISTICS YEAR G ATT YDS AVG Y/PG TD LP yards on 20 carries vs. Missouri, also 35 BRIAN 139 2003 9 140 525 3.8 58.3 2 30

caught six passes for 46 yards . . . Scored the GRZELAKOWSKI RECEIVING STATISTICS first touchdown of his career on a 10-yard YEAR G NO YDS AVG Y/PG TD LP FB, 5-Tl 210, r-Fr. reception vs. California, also hauled in a 29- 2003 9 37 303 8.2 33.7 4 29 Clarendon Hills. Ill./Hinsdale Central yarder against the Bears . . . Caught seven

passes for 93 yards vs. California . . . Made 2003: Redshirted the seven receptions for 57 yards and one TD vs. 6 KELVIN HAYDEIU

2003 season. ... the first of his Wisconsin Had tushingTD WR/DB, 6-0, 198, Sr. High School: career vs. the Badgers ... Returned a punt 41 Chicago, lll./Hubbard/Joliet JC Consensus All-State yards for a TD at Purdue . . . Ran for 75 yards pick after rushing for on 19 carries vs. Michigan State and had six \^^^m 2003: Led the team in 2,355 yards and scoring receptions for 39 yards and one TD ... Had a receiving yards and

... Those totals . 27 TDs one yard touchdown run vs. Northwestern . .^ y receptions ... Sixth in were both school Started every game he played in except the H the Big Ten in recep- records ... Made the season opener vs. Missouri ... Missed three Mafl | tions per game ... 5HH-77?««Top-100 Chicago Area recruit list games with knee injury sustained at -^^^ W Caught 52 passes for ... Rushed for 3,775 yards and scored 38 Michigan. I 592 yards and rushed TDs in his career ... Set Illinois Class 8A sin- 2002: Joined the Illinois squad as a gray ^K Jfl six times for 54 yards ... gle-game playoff records with a 98-yard run ^ shirt in the spring of 2003. ^^i -^^ Had a career day vs. and 326 yards rushing ... West Subutban High School: Gatorade Player of the Year California, hauling in 1 1 passes for 158 yards Silver Conference Offensive MVP ... Won let- for New Jersey ... Won the Junior Heisman and one touchdown, including a 72-yarder ... ters in football and baseball ... Also an All-

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Pulled in nine passes for 97 yards vs. 63 DAVID 1 LONIMIE HURST

... catches for 63 yards Wisconsin Had eight WR, 6-3, 190, So. career touchdown HILDERBRAND at UCLA ... Scored his first Detroit, Mich./Univ. of Detroit Jesuit m vs. Missouri ... Led the team in receiving four OL, 6-3, 290, Sr.

California, vs. Wisconsin, at Purdue Naperville, lll./Naperville Central times, vs. 2003: Became the first and vs. Minnesota. Illinois player since O School: Phenomenal all-around ath- 2003: Played in all 12 High 1980 to start his first with Illinois out of games, earning starts on lete that originally signed collegiate game when he

... a four-year the offensive line the CO Hubbard High School Was started at wide receiver

the gridiron ... All-State selection as final five games ... starter on vs. Missouri ... Was

... Named to the Recorded 38 knock- a wide receiver as a senior third on the team in

senior ... downs, allowed only first-team All-Power Bar team as a receiving yards (315) and finished second in the state four pressures and one Led the team and fifth in receptions

freshman ... Threw sack. with 10 interceptions as a yards in his (27) . . . Made five catches for 76 touchdown passes, while rushing for seven 2002: Played in all 12 21 collegiate debut vs. Missouri ... Caught his

. . see more TDs as a sophomore ... Racked up games, primarily on special teams . Did first career touchdown, a 30-yarder, vs. 2,315 rushing yards and 33 scores as a junior time as a backup on the line, helped set Illinois State . . . Had six receptions for 65 yards ... Had 792 yards despite missing seven games school total offense record with 5,356 yards vs. California . . . Made a career-high

a senior ... Four-time All-Conference pick for an average of 446.3 per game, topping the as seven catches for 65 yards vs. Purdue ... Had and three-time All-Area selection as a prep ... 5,000 mark for the second straight season and two catches vs. Wisconsin and Michigan State

Champion in times in school history . . . Total Two-time City League Track only two yards vs. . . . Hauled in three passes for 35 55- 200-meter dashes indoors and the offense ranked ninth in the country and pass- the and Minnesota before suffering a season-ending 100- and 200-meter dashes outdoors. ing average of 282.3 yards per game ranked broken leg ... Started all nine games he Junior College: NJCAA National 16th. appeared in. Year ... Racked up 2001: Played in all 12 games along the Offensive Player of the High School: Listed among the top two yards and 13 TD's as a sophomore ... offensive line and on special teams ... Was a 1,297 wide receiver recruits in the Midwest by Prep

1 14 passes for 1,839 yards and 17 fixture along the front wall of the kickoff Caught Star Magazine and the 20th best receiver in scores, an average of 16.2 yards per catch dur- unit. the country by Rivals.com ... Named to the ing his junior college career ... Named Top- 2000: Redshirted the 2000 season. Prep Star and SuperPrep All-America teams ...

recruit by Rivals.com ... Earned first High School: First-team all-state . . 100 Named a three-time All-City, All-Conference team All-America accolades in his second sea- Named to the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times and All-Region pick ... Was an All-State selec-

. first son... Two-time All-Conference and All- all-state team . . Earned team DuPage tion as a junior ... Caught 39 passes for 890 offensive . . 1 Region pick ... Named conference Player of all-area honors . Rated the No. yards and 10 scores as a junior ... Added 25

Year ... of the 2002 Junior lineman in the Dupage Valley Conference by the Named MVP grabs for 390 yards and seven touchdowns as

College National Championship Game ... the Chicago Tribune . . . Recorded 74 knock- a sophomore ... Also a standout in basketball After losing his first junior college game, led down blocks, as well as 10 tackles and five for and track ... Won three lettets on the hard- Joliet Junior College to 21 consecutive victo- loss and two sacks on the defensive side of the wood and four in track ... Led Detroit Jesuit

year . . ries and the 2002 NJCAA National ball . . . Allowed no sacks his senior to conference and regional titles in track ... Is

... the first wide receiver allowed running back Ryan Clifford to Championship Was Line an outstanding student who won the Spirit of to ever win NJCAA Player of the Year honors. compile 2,671 yards rushing in 1999 and Detroit Award . . . High school coach was Personal: Full given name is Kelvin IHSA record 51 touchdowns ... Naperville Scott Merchant. Darnell Hayden ... Son of Kelvin and Central won the 6A state championship and Jr. Personal: Full given name is Lonnie

Lynette Hayden ... Born July 23, 1983 ... Has finished with a 14-0 record ... Naperville Edward Hurst ... Born Aug. 8, 1985 in one sister ... Plans to major in speech commu- Central set an IHSA playoff championship Detroit, Mich. ... Son of Michael and Geneva

nication ... Lists former Chicago Public record for most points scored in a game in Barnett ... Has one brother, who got him League standout Rocky Harvey as his their 56-31 win over Schaumburg ... Earned started in football by secretly signing him up

Fighting Mini hero and as four varsity letters in football and baseball . . ... Won his school spelling bee in 1999 ... favorite athlete. Catcher for Team Illinois Continental his Hopes to become a stockbroker. Amateur Baseball Association World Series. CAREER HIGHS Personal: Full given name is David CAREER HIGHS Receptions: 11 vs. California, 9/20/03 1981 in Receptions: 7 at Purdue, 10/4/03 Receiving Yards: 158 vs. California, 9/20/03 Patrick Hilderbrand ... Born Nov. 7, Receiving Yards: 76 vs. Missouri, 8/30/03 Long Reception: 72 vs. California, 9/20/03 Aurora, 111. ... The son of David and Paula Long Reception: 30 vs. Illinois State, 9/6/03 California, Touchdowns: 1, three times (last time vs. 9/20/03) State, at Touchdowns: 1 vs. Illinois 9/6/03 Hilderbrand . . . Father played football RUSHING STATISTICS Western Illinois and his cousin Rob Baxley RECEIVING STATISTICS G ATT YDS AVG Y/PG TD LP YEAR YEAR G NO YDS AVG Y/PG LP . . in 2003 10 6 54 9.0 5.4 16 was an Ail-American at Iowa . Majoring 2003 9 27 315 11.7 35.0 30 leisure studies/sports management ... A four- RECEIVING STATISTICS YEAR G NO YDS AVG Y/PG TD LP time honor roll student at Naperville Central 2003 10 52 592 114 59.2 3 72 ... Was a mentor for the D.A.R.E. program

for fifth graders . . . Worked as a fitness super-

visor during summer breaks ... Lists biggest

thrill in sports as winning the 1999 state championship at Memorial Stadium.

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21 TAIWAN JORDAN 10 KYLE KLECKIUER 71 BRYAN KOCH DB, 5-U 195, Sr. DB, 6-0, 195, Jr. OL, 6-3, 285, Sr.

Tempe, Ariz./Marcos De Niza Downers Grove, III. Wentzville, Mo. /Francis Howell Downers Grove North

2003: Started the first 2003: Started the first three games of the sea- 2003: Totaled 18 tackles seven games of the sea-

son and played in nine on the season . . . Set a son before being side-

games ... Totaled seven career-high with eight ined for the year with a

tackles and three PBU's tackles at Michigan . . herniated disk in his

... Had four tackles and Had three tackles vs. neck ... In seven games,

one PBU vs. Missouri ... Michigan State ... didn't allow a sack and Added one tackle and Added two tackles added 48 knockdowns

one PBU at UCLA. against Iowa . . . Played ... Academic All-Big

2002: Started the first seven games at in every game. Ten.

strong safety ... Finished the season with 30 2002: Member of the UI squad ... 2002: Played in five games . . . Helped set

tackles, including two TFL's and a sack ... Suffered a torn ACL in fall camp. school total offense record with 5,356 yards

Had four tackles, a sack and a 35-yard fumble 2001: Redshirted the 2001 season. for an average of 446.3 per game, topping the

return at Southern Miss. ... Had a career-high High School: All-state selection in three 5,000 mark for the second straight season and

nine tackles and a TFL vs. San Jose State. sports (baseball, football and basketball) ... only two times in school history ... Total

2001: Played in 1 1 games as a true fresh- Earned three football letters under Coach Pete offense ranked ninth in the country and pass-

man at safety and on nearly every special Ventrelli at Downers Grove North High ing average of 282.3 yards per game ranked

teams unit ... Recorded tackles against School . . . DuPage Male Athlete of the Year 16th ... Aided running back Antoineo Harris

Northern Illinois and Louisville. . . . Named to the Champaign News-Gazette, to single-season rushing record with 1,330

High School: Earned three varsity football Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune^ first- yards.

letters under Coach Tom Joseph at Marcos team all-state teams . . . Arlington Heights 2001: Member of the UI squad.

De Niza High School . . . Three-year starter Daily-Herald Player of the Year . . . Rushed for 2000: Redshirted the 2000 season.

... Registered 18 solo tackles, three intercep- 850 yards, threw for 1,032 and caught 10 High School: Mo-Kan Magazine's All-

tions and caused one fumble . . . Named passes for 1 86 yards . . . Against Lyons Midwest team ... Missouri/Kansas Super 35

Offensive Player of the Year for 5A central Township, scored six touchdowns and record- team . . . Three-time All-Gateway Athletic

region . . . Recorded 27 receptions for 564 ed two interceptions and 203 yards rushing South Conference team member ... All-

yards and 1 5 touchdowns as well as 77 carries ... Led team to conference title in 2000, elite Metro his senior year ... Named the team's

for 344 yards . . . Earned all-state honors as a eight in 1999 and final four in 1998 ... Most Outstanding Lineman ... Helped lead

senior ... An all-city and first-team all-region Named the West Suburban Silver Conference his Francis Howell team to a 27-8 record and

selection . . . Averaged over 25 yards per kick- Player of the Year . . . Earned Chicago Tribune three consecutive district titles . . . Set school

off return and 10 yards per punt return ... and Sun- Times all-area honors ... Also let- bench press record at 430 pounds and squats

Helped lead team to state quarterfinals as a tered in baseball and basketball ... All-Area 645 ... Earned eight varsity letters in football

junior ... Played in the Arizona All-Star game basketball selection ... Averaged 22.3 points and track ... Holds the school records in the

... Also lettered in basketball and track. per game and 6.3 rebounds ... Stole 27 bases, shot put and discus ... An all-conference and

Personal: Full name is Taman Rey Jordan second all-time in school history, as a center- all-metro selection in track ... Selected to

... Born on June 17, 1983 in Louisville, Ky. fielder. compete in rhe Lindberg Elite Meet in track.

. . . The son of Schmell Moore . . . Uncle, Jim Personal: Full name is Kyle William Personal: Full given name is Bryan James

Moore, played at Ohio State and for the Kleckner ... Born March 24, 1983 in Koch ... Born Feb. 9, 1982 ... The son of

Baltimore Colts ... Biggest thrill in sports was Hinsdale, 111. ... The son of Bill Kleckner and Louis and Diane Koch ... Majoring in

defeating arch-rival Corona Del Sol in 2000 Sue Doyle ... Father played football at Illinois speech communications ... Member of the

. . . . . Member of the Arizona Interscholastic from 1972-74... Favorite Fighting Illini ath- honor roll for seven consecutive semesters

Association and a scholar-athlete for three lete is Kendall Gill ... Majoring in speech Aspires to be a high school teacher and coach,

consecutive years ... Majoring in pre-journal- communication ... An honor roll student ... more specifically, at his alma mater Francis

ism ... Would like to pursue a career in sports Biggest thrill in sports was defeating No. 1 St. Howell ... Hobbies include weight lifting,

broadcasting after graduation ... Favorite ath- Charles in the Elite Eight round in 1998 and basketball, hunting and fishing ... Says his

lete is Randy Moss. catching two third-down catches tor 36 yards. uncle Jim Swanter most influenced his athlet-

ic career . . . Worked lor three summers build- CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS ing retaining walls with 180-pound railroad Tackles: 9 vs. San Jose State, 9/21/02 Tackles: 8 at Michigan, 10/18/03

Solos: 6 vs. San Jose State, 9/21/02 Solos: 7 at Michigan, 10/18/03

TFL: 1 at Southern Miss, 9/7/02 & vs. San Jose St., 9/21/02

PBU 1 five times (last time vs. Michigan State, 10/11/03) DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Fum. Recovered: 1 at Southern Miss. 9/7/02 YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS INT-YDS PBU 2003 12 10 8 18 0-0 0-0 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS INT-YDS PBU 2001 10 2 2 0-0 0-0 2002 9 23 7 30 2 13 0-0 2 2003 9 S 2 7 O-O 0-0 3 TOTAL 28 30 9 39 2-13 0-0 5

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19 MARK and Kevin Kornfeld played baseball at Caught 20 passes for 275 yards as a tight end Southeast Missouri and Southwest Missouri, ... Earned eight prep letters, three in both

KORNFELD respectively ... Majoring in speech communi- football and basketball, and two in track ...

WR, 64 200, Sr. cation . . . Lists Brett Favre as his favorite ath- High school coach was former Illini Jeff

St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis Univ. HS lete . . . Says his biggest thrill in sports was Hasenstab.

playing for his father/coach ... Enjoys lifting Personal: Full given name is Jeremy

2003: Second on the weights and playing basketball. Leman ... Born March 1, 1985 in

team in receptions (44) Champaign, 111. ... Son of Happy and Dianne CAREER HIGHS and receiving yards Leman ... Has three brothers and one sister ... Receptions: 7 vs. California, 9/20/03 (527) ... 31 of his 44 Receiving Yards: 79 at UCLA, 9/13/03 Active in the Vineyatd Christian Fellowship Long Reception: 32 vs. Illinois State, 9/6/03 receptions (70%) result- ... Worked for a family-owned lawn service Touchdowns \ three times (last time at Iowa, 11/1/03) ed in first downs ... over the summer, mowing 70 lawns in the RECEIVING STATISTICS Caught four passes for Champaign area ... Outstanding student who YEAR G NO YDS AVG Y/PG TD LP 73 yards and one Touch- 2003 12 44 527 12.0 43.9 3 32 earned two academic letters ... Hopes to

down, the first of his become a sports anchor following graduation

... First Champaign Centtal signee since Greg career, vs. inois State . . . Made six recep- 68 JIM LABOIUTE Boysaw in 1985 ... Lists Dana Howard as his tions for 79 yards at UCLA . . . Hauled in five OL, 6-7, 300, r-Fr. passes for 66 yards and one TD against Fighting Illini hero. Lombard, lll./Montini Catholic Michigan State . . . Caught five balls for 50 yards and one TD at Iowa . . . Had at least 2003: Redshirted the 67 MATT MADDOX one catch in every game ... Returned five 2003 season. OL, 6-4, 290, So. punts for 28 yards . . . Played in every game, High School: All- Manasquan, N.J./Manasquan earning eight starts ... Academic All-Big Ten State selection. selection by the 2002: One of the teams' more versatile Chicago Sun- Times and 2003: Named to the Illinois High School Rivals. coin's and college- athletes ... Saw action in nine contests on spe- Football Coaches footballnews. corn's 2003 cial teams and as a back-up wide receiver ...

Association ... Made the Freshman All-American Was also the third-team quarterback ... Made the move from quartetback to receiver during Sun- Times Top- 1 00 Team ... Started every preseason workouts. Chicago Area recruit list . . . Was a two time game at right guard ... 2001: Member of the UI squad. All-Confetence pick at tackle ... Honotable Was part of every offen- 2000: Redshirted the 2000 season. mention All-Area pick as a junior ... Two-year sive snap and allowed

starter for Montini Catholic ... Earned letters only two sacks ... High School: Prep Star all-region team . . Named the Metro Catholic Conference Player in football, wrestling and track ... High school Totaled 64 knockdowns and allowed only 12 coach was Chris Andriano. pressures. of the Year in both 1998 and '99 ... First- Personal: Full given name is James 2002: Redshirted the 2002 season. team all-state 5A quarterback ... Threw 19

... of Serena School: Prep Star All-American . . touchdown passes and only five intetceptions Lawrence LaBonte Son Don and High

...... first-team all-state honors the his senior year while totaling 2,417 passing LaBonte Born March 4, 1985 Has one Earned by

brother and one sister ... Member of National Newark Star Ledger, Gannett News Service and yards . . . Set the St. Louis area passing yardage

the Associated Press . . . Averaged 1 pancake record with 5,839 yatds, while also becoming Honot Society. blocks per game during junior and senior sea- the first local quarterback to amass 5,000 sons ... Eastern Recruiting Magazine All- yatds ... Compiled 755 yatds rushing as a 47 J LEMAN American ... Gridiron Greats All-American senior for an average of 5.4 yards per carry . . LB, 6-3, 220, r-Fr. . . . Was the first sophomore to start on the Three-time St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro Champaign, III. /Central offensive line at Manasquan in 10 years ... team . . . Named to the all-district first-team Didn't allow a sack in his career ... First-team for three consecutive years . . . Holds the 2003: Redshitted the All-Shore Conference, All-Monmouth school recotd for most passing yards in a

2003 season. County and All-Division . . . Led an offense career . . . Had 7,286 yards total offense and All- High School: that averaged total yards per game . . 84 touchdowns in three seasons at St. Louis 308 State selection by the 34-2 in his years as a University High School under his father Manasquan was four Champaign News- statter . . . Team won four straight state cham- Coach Gary Kornfeld . . . Won the Morris Gazette and the Illinois . . . 1 football, Henderson Award for outstanding high pionships Earned letters in High School Football basketball, baseball and track . . . Played in the school athlete at the 48th-annual MS Sports Coaches Association ... New Jersey North/South All-Star game and Celebrity Dinner ... Helped lead SLUH to Named the Area Player the York Governor's Bowl the final four at state his senior year and an New Jersey/New of the Year by the Champaign News-Gazette ... game ... High school coach was Vic Kubu. 11-2 record . . . Earned 1 1 varsity letters for Named among the Top- 100 inside linebackers football, baseball and basketball. Personal: Full given name is Matthew in the country by Rivals.com ... Also tabbed Aaron Maddox ... Born May 8, 1983 in Personal: Full given name is Mark an All-Conference and All-Area pick as a jun- Point Pleasant, ... The son of William Charles Kornfeld ... Born Oct. 17, 1981 in N.J.

ior ... Tallied career tackles, including 356 and Mary Anne Maddox . . . Majoring in St. Louis, Mo. ... The son of Gary and Karen 191 as a senior ... Added 26 tackles-for-loss, business administration ... Grandfathet Kornfeld ... Father, Gary, played football at nine sacks, three blocked punts, five forced played football and at Rutgers ... Southeast Missouri State . . . Sister, Kara, plays and an interception as a senior ... Father played his football career at Syracuse soccer at St. Louis University . . . Uncles Keith

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DEFENSIVE STATISTICS PBU: 2 vs California, 9/20/03 was a fourth-round pick for the San and YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF-FR Fumble recovery: 1 vs. California, 9/20/03 7 0-0 0-0 0-1 Diego Chargers . . . Brother, Mike, played 2002 11 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS 2003 11 1 6 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 football at Cincinnati for Illini offensive line YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS QBH TOTAL 18 1 7 8 0-0 u-0 0-1 6 8 9 17 1-2 0-0 2 coach Harry Hiestand ... An honor roll stu- 2002 2003 12 47 43 90 3-5 00 1

school . . . Enjoys dent all four years of high TOTAL 18 55 52 107 4-7 0-0 3 weight training and fishing. 46 ANTONIO MASON 23 MARCUS MASON LB, 6-0, 245, Jr. 74 MIKE MALOIUEY RB, 5-9, 200, So. St. Louis, Mo./Pattonville Potomac, Md./Georqetown Prep DL, 6-3, 280, Sr. Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic 2003: Tied for fourth 2003: Gained 214 yards on the squad in tackles on 64 carries and 2003: Played in 1 with 90, also had three returned 1 1 kickoffs for games, earning a start at tackle-for-loss, three 208 yards . . . Team's defensive lineman vs. PBU's, one fumble third leading rusher ...

Michigan State . . . Had recovery and one quar- Rushed for 102 yards on three tackles vs. ,1^^^^- terback hurry ... Led the 23 carries at Indiana . . Wisconsin ... Made 4 team in tackles at Iowa Had 42 yards at Iowa two tackles vs. f^Aa^l^M (16) and at Purdue (11) . Returned five kicks ... Added Minnesota ... Made a career-high 16 stops at Iowa and for 116 yards at Purdue ... Made two recep- one tackle vs. Missouri had oneTFL and one PBU ... Tallied 10 tack- tions for 10 yards ... Played in eight games,

and at Purdue . . . Recorded a quarterback les and one TFL at Indiana ... Had a fumble earning a start at Iowa. hurry vs. California. quarterback hurry, two PBU's and recovery, High School: All-time leading rusher in 2002: Saw action in seven games as a six tackles vs. California ... Played in every the state of Maryland ... Also tops on the reserve defensive lineman ... Had one tackle game, earning six starts. Maryland charts in career touchdowns and vs. Arkansas State ... Had a fumble recovery 2002: Emerged during the second half of points scored ... Totaled over 5,700 yards in and return for three yards vs. Michigan. the season and became a steady performer at his four-year career as a varsity starter ... vs. 2001: Saw action in the season-opener ... Finished the season with 17 linebacker Despite missing three games with an injury, California ... Did not record any statistics. tackles, a tackle-for-loss and two quarterback still racked up 1,532 yards and 29 scores as a

2000: Redshirted the 2000 season. hurries ... Had a career-high six stops vs. senior ... Named Area Player of the Year by All- High School: Earned Prep Star Ohio State ... Added five tackles and a tackle- the Gazette News ... Named the Metro

. SuperPrep America honors . . Named to the Wisconsin ... Had 14 of his 17 for-loss at Offensive Player of the Year by the All-Midwest team ... Recorded 89 tackles, 37 tackles in the month of November. Washington Post ... Also named to the Golden for loss and 12 sacks during senior season ... 2001: Redshirted the 2001 season. 1 1 All-State team ... Named the PowerBar Also picked off two passes, broke up 1 1 and High School: Had 128 solo tackles and East Region Athlete of the Week ... Rushed

. . . Three-year starter sacks, blocked two punts assists as a senior . . . Totaled four 67 for over 2,100 yards as a junior, scoring 26

totaled 146 career tackles, 40.5 sacks, 58 two fumble recoveries and an interception . . TDs on the ground and three more as a quarterback hurries and nine blocked kicks ... Earned two football letters under Coach receiver ... Was the metro area's leading rusher

Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times and Champaign Donald Greco at Pattonville High School . . as a junior ... Named the Journal and Gazette

News Gazette all-state selection . . . Named to St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro team first News Offensive Player of the Year in 2001 ... Illinois Prep Report 4A all- the IHSA and team selection . . . Named to the St. Louis Three time all-conference selection ... Rushed

state team . . . Catholic Metro White American "All-American" team . . . First-team for 1,359 yards as a sophomore, finding the

Defensive Player of the Year . . . Helped lead first-team all-conference and all-dis- all-state, end zone 20 times, 17 of which were on the Catholic to a 4A state championship tackles, 28 assists, Joliet trict . . . Registered 38 solo ground ... Also a standout defensive back and and a 14-0 season ... Had nine tackles, two one interception and three fumble recoveries kick rerurner ... Had eight career intercep- sacks and an interception return for a touch- as a junior ... Led team to state champi- tions, returning one for a score ... Had two down in championship game in Memorial onship game in 2000 ... Also earned two let- career kick off returns for scores and averaged Stadium ... Bench pressed 315 pounds in ters in track and field. 33 yards per return over his career ... Also high school. Personal: Full name is Antonio Mason . . averaged 15 yards per punt return ... Led Personal: Full given name is Michael 1982 in Little Rock, Ark. ... Born Aug. 8, Georgetown Prep to an amazing 36-3 record Joseph Maloney ... Born Jan. 24, 1982 in The son of Rickey Brown and Eyvonne coach in his four seasons . . . High school was

. Mary Beth . . and . . a 111. son of Dan . to Joliet, The Mason . . . Has five siblings Plans be Dan Paro. Maloney ... Grandfather pitched tor the civil engineer following graduation ... Lists Personal: Full given name is Marcus

. roll AAA ballclub . . Honor his pastor as biggest influence on his athletic Anthony Mason ... Son of Tarlton Barnett student at Joliet Catholic ... Majoring in career ... Enrolled in the College of Liberal and Patricia Mason ... Born June 23, 1984 ... kinesiology ... Has one brother, who is 13 Arts and Sciences ... Involved in the Has two sisters ... Hopes to major in business years younger than Mike ... Favorite athlete is Fellowship of Christian Athletes and enjoys finance ... Uncle, Mark Mason, played foot- ... Biggest sports thrill was win- listening to gospel music. ball at Maryland ... Lists Walter Payton as his ning the state championship with Joliet favorite athlete ... Appeared in Sports Catholic. CAREER HIGHS Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd". Tackles: 16 at Iowa, 11/1/03

Solos: 9 vs. at Iowa, 11/1/03

CAREER HIGHS TFL I four times (last time at Indiana, 11/8/03) Tackles 3 vs. Wisconsin, 9/27/03 QB Hurries: 2 at Penn State, 11/2/02

Solos: 1 at Purdue. 10/4/03

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CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS played fullback for Illinois from 1993-96 .. Carries: 23 at Indiana, 11/8/03 Tackles: 4. three times (last time at Purdue, 10/4/03) ... Yards 102 at Indiana, 11/8/03 Solos 4, twice (last time at Purdue, 10/4/03) Majoring in landscape architecture Past Long Rush: 15, twice (last time vs. Northwestern, 11/22/03) TFL: I twice (last time vs. Wisconsin, 9/27/03) summer jobs include working elementary Sacks: I twice (last time vs Wisconsin, 9/27/03)

RUSHING STATISTICS school basketball camps . . . Says NBA star LP DEFENSIVE STATISTICS YEAR G ATT YDS AVG Y/PG TD Vince Carter is his favorite athlete. 2003 9 64 214 3.3 23.8 15 YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS QBH 2002 7 8 2 10 1-7 1-7

2003 11 12 13 25 1-7 1-7 1 CAREER HIGHS

TOTAL 18 20 15 35 2-14 2-14 1 Receptions: 5 vs. Indiana, 10/26/02 Yards: 54 vs NIU, 9/8/01 97 RYAN MATHA Long Reception: 42 at Southern Miss, 9/7/02

Touchdowns: 1 vs. Ind , 10/26/02 & at N'western, 11/23/02 DT, 64 285, Jr. STATISTICS Dixon, III. /Dixon 81 ANTHONY RECEIVING YEAR G NO YDS AVG Y/PG TD LP MCCLELLAN 2001 12 8 122 15.3 12.2 30 2003: Returned from a 2002 12 11 156 14.1 13 2 42 TE, 6-3, 245, Sr. 2003 12 3 34 11.3 2.83 16 devastating 2002 knee TOTAL 36 22 312 14.2 8.7 2 42 O'Fallon, lll./O'Fallon Township injury to play 1 1 games, including starting the 2003: Played in all 12

final eight . . . Totaled games, earning four 53 JOE MELE III 25 tackles, one sack and starts ... Had thtee LB, 6-2, 225, r-Fr. one quarterback hurry receptions for 34 yards, Sea Girt. N.J./Manasquan

. . . Tied his career-highs one each vs. Missouri, in tackles (4) and sacks California and Michigan 2003: Earned the team's (1) vs. Wisconsin, and had one quarterback State. Scout Team Defensive hurry . . . Made four solo tackles at Purdue. 2002: Caught 1 and Special Teams 2002: Played in the first seven games, passes for 156 yards ... Player of the Year earning a start vs. Purdue, before missing the Eight of his catches came in the final four awards ... Redshirted the rest of the season with a knee injury ... Had games of the year ... Had a career-highs in 2003 season. two tackles and a sack vs. Michigan ... Had a catches (5) and yards (52) vs. Indiana ... Also High School: Was an career-high four tackles at Minnesota, while scored his first career touchdown vs. the all-state pick at line- adding three tackles at Southern Miss. . . Hoosiers ... Had two catches for 17 yards vs. backer as a senior after Named Academic All-Big Ten. Ohio State ... Had a 25-yard grab for a score recording 139 tackles, 29 of which were for a 2001: Redshirted the 2001 season. vs. Northwestern ... Had a career-long 42- loss including four sacks ... Also added three High School: Tallied 68 solo tackles, yard reception at Southern Miss. ... Had one interceptions, seven passes broken up and five eight sacks and six blocked kicks as a senior catch vs. Arkansas State and Michigan. forced fumbles ... Named the Monmouth ... Also had one interception, nine fumble 2001: Played in all 12 games for the Illini County Defensive Player of the Year and was recoveries and five forced fumbles . . . Earned ... Caught eight passes for 122 yards as a red- a two-time All-Monmouth County selection three letters for Coach Bill Lech at Dixon shirt freshman ... Hauled in catches in seven ... Registered over 300 career tackles during High School . . . Three-year all-conference

games . . . Was the top pass catcher among his three seasons as a starter ... Led selection, earning unanimous first-team hon- tight ends in receiving yardage ... A career- Monmouth to four consecutive state champi- ors as a senior . . . Dixon's Defensive Player of long 30-yard reception was one of his two onships on the gridiron ... Also starred as a the Year . . . Named to the all-area team as a catches for 54 yards against Northern Illinois tight end catching 12 passes for 160 yards sophomore, junior and senior ... Team co- ... Tied his career-long with a 30-yard recep- and a touchdown ... High school coach was captain ... Illinois Football Coaches tion at Michigan ... Caught a 21-yard pass at Vic Kubu. Association all-state team . . . Area Player of

Purdue . . . Recorded receptions against Personal: Full given name is Joseph P. the Year . . . Also lettered in track and Louisville (5 yds), Wisconsin (9 yds) and Mele III ... Born May 2, 1985 in Summir, wrestling . . . Placed fifth in the shot put at the Northwestern (4 yds). N.J. ... Son of Joe and Patricia Mele ... Has indoor state championships and third at the 2000: Redshirted the 2000 season. three brothers and one sister ... Father was a outdoor state meet . . . Personal best in shot High School: Averaged 22 yards per catch running back at Rutgers, helping the 1976 put is 55 feet, 9-inches. as a senior at O'Fallon Township High School team to an undefeated season and a No. 17 Personal: Full name is Ryan Thomas

. . . Earned first-team all-state as voted by the national ranking ... Lists Tampa Bay safety Ignatius Matha ... Born May 23, 1983 in Illinois Football Coaches Association . . and former Ron Turner player, John Lynch, as Hinsdale, 111. ... The son of Warren and Janis Three-time All- selec- his favorite athlete ... Was inducted into the Matha . . . Sister, Kristen is a two-year starter tion in football ... Named all-conference Manasquan High School Hall of Fame ... in basketball at St. Mary's College in Indiana

twice in basketball . . . Cleared a 6-7 high Hopes to attend law school following his . . . Favorite Illini athlete is Dick Butkus . . jump attempt ... Caught the winning touch- playing career ... Was his high school newspa- Four-year honor roll member with a 3.5 GPA down pass on a 67-yard strike in the fourth per editor-in-chief... Hobbies include surfing ... Biggest thrill in sports was winning first quarter against rival Carbondale ... Earned and reading. playoff game in school history as Dixon nine varsity letters in football, basketball and

defeated Rochelle in 2000 . . . Lists Warren

track . . . Lisred in the Who's Who Among Sapp as his favorite athlete . . . Majoring in American High School Students. speech communication ... Would like to Personal: Full given name is Anthony

coach football following graduation . . Horace McClellan ... Born Feb. 27, 1982 in Member of the Key Club. Belleville, 111. ... The son of Anthony and

Cassandra McClellan . . . Cousin Rodney Byrd

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both fullback and linebacker for Minooka MINNES 42 KEVIN MITCHELL yards 38 MATT Community ... Rushed for 2,300 career S, 6-0, 190, r-Fr. P, 6-2, 195, Sr. and 19 scores including 1,014 yards and 13 Ft. Wayne, Ind./Homestead Urbana. Ill./Urbana touchdowns as a junior from his fullback

position ... Caught passes for another 300 2003: Redshirted the 2003: Appeared in four career yards out of the backfield ... Saw exten- 2003 season. games for the Illini ... sive time along the defensive line in high High School: Was an Punted 1 5 times for 647 school amassing over 150 career tackles ... All-State pick by the yards for the season . . Was a two-time All-Suburban Prairie Red Indiana Football Had seven kicks for 322 selection at running back, an all-area fullback Coaches Association and yards at Michigan, selection by the Morris Herald and an all-area Bloomington Herald'at including a career-long linebacker/ defensive line selection by the defensive back after 58-yarder . . . Posted a Herald News ... Won the Class AA state cham- totaling 12 career inter- career-high average of pionship in the discus with a school-record Region ceptions as a senior . .. Was the IFCA 48.5 vs. Northwestern ... Booted five balls throw of 190'02.00" as a junior ... Also fin-

3 Most Valuable Player . . . Earned first-team 50+ yards ... Had four punts downed inside ished sixth in the shot put at the state meet ... All-North East Hoosier Conference honors the 20 ... Punted three times for 101 yards Four-year letterman in track ... Owns school

years in a row . . . Two-time All-State vs. Missouri. two weight-lifting records in the bench press (400 the "Tremendous 26" 2002: Opened the season as the starting selection . . . Named to pounds) and squat (575 pounds). football players in the state of punter and averaged 37.7 yards on 33 punts list among Personal: Full given name is Scott Robert career rushing a career- Indiana . . . Totaled 1 ,950 111...... Saw action in nine games ... Had Moss ... Born Jan. 8, 1984 in Joliet, yards, while scoring 34 touchdowns ... Was a long 55-yard punt vs. San Jose State ... The son of Chet and Cindy Moss ... three two-time All-Conference and All-Area selec- a Averaged a season best 42.0 yards on Majoring in finance . . . Sister Tracy was

. team's tion as a defensive back . . Was the punts vs. the Spartans ... Had six kicks member of the Illinois women's track team ... school coach was Drew Wood. downed inside the 20 including two at MVP ... High Was named an Illinois Academic All-State Personal: Full given name is Kevin T. Minnesota ... Also had 50+ yard punts vs. selection as a senior ... Was a two-time mem-

Mitchell ... Son of Stephen and DeVita Michigan and Minnesota ... Career-high nine ber of the National Honor Society.

Mitchell ... Born April 6, 1985 ... Has two punts at Minnesota. sister ... Brother Phil Hayes HIGHS 2001: Was a member of the UI squad ... brothers and one CAREER played Tackles 5 us. Minnesota, 10/25/03 a near-fatal played football at Arkansas ... Father Sat out the season after battling Solos: 4 at Indiana, 11/8/03 Northwestern, 11/22/03) Indiana . . . Uncle Jon Hayes 1 four times (last time vs. virus prior to the start of the season. football at Sacks: TFL: 2, vs Northwestern, 11/22/03 ... Lists NFL Hall of 2000: Redshirted the 2000 season. played football at Purdue athlete. High School: Was all-conference in base- Famer Ronnie Lott as his favorite DEFENSIVE STATISTICS YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS QBH ... Earned all-area baseball ball and football 2002 11 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 2003 12 22 12 34 6-33 4-30 Player of the Year ... Was a Big 12 scholar ath- TOTAL 23 24 13 37 6-33 4-30 ath- lete and also an IHSA all-state academic 90 SCOTT MOSS hitting lete ... Participated in IHSA baseball DL, 6-3, 260, Jr. eight total letters in derby ... Accumulated Minooka, lll./Minooka NORWELL football, baseball and . 73 CHRIS

Full given name is Matthew DL, 6-7, 270, r-Fr. Personal: 2003: Tallied 34 tackles, Ohio/Anderson Mason Minnes ... Born Jan. 22, 1982 in Cincinnati, six tackles-for-loss, four

... The son of Mason and Connie Champaign sacks and one forced Illini 2003: Redshirted the Minnes ... Father played football for the fumble ... Notched his fci;^ 1969-73 as a fullback and offensive line- I 2003 season. from first career sack vs ...... Majoring in agricultural finance man Illinois State in his first Excellent athlete that Was the Kiwanis student of the year ... f

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leading scorer and rebounder ... Led his con- Middle Tennessee. a senior ... A two-time all-state and all-con- ference in scoring and rebounding as a junior 1999: Sat out the bowl game due to a ference selection ... Made the Sun-Times Top-

— in final recruit list ...... Earned seven leners ar Anderson High broken fibula suffered the game of the 100 Chicago Area Named a

four in basketball and three in football ... season . . . Provided depth at defensive end . . first-team Riddell Ail-American . . . Earned

High school coach was Vince Suriano. Played in 10 games ... Totaled seven tackles, West Suburban Gold Conference Player of

Personal: Full given name is Christopher all solo stops . . . Registered two tackles at the Year honors . . . Also garnered conference

Reinhard Norwell ... Son of Ivar and Julia Louisville ... Recovered a fumble at Indiana lineman of the year accolades ... SuperPrep

Norwell ... Born Feb. 12, 1985 ... One of ... Ranked second on team with five QB hur- All-Region selection . . . Earned three varsity seven children ... Has four sisters and two ries ... Recorded one PBU. letters for football and three for the track

brothers ... Brother, Adam, played basketball High SchooL: An all-area selection by the team . . . High school coach was John Belskis. at Northern Kentucky. Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune ... Personal: Full given name is Martin

Named to All-Catholic League squad ... Edward O'Donnell ... Son of Michael and

Played defensive end tor Marist H.S. under Pamela O'Donnell ... Born Dec. 9, 1984 ... 93 MIKE O'BRIEN Coach Werner Emmrich ... Led team in sacks Biggest thrill in sporrs was winning the 2001 both junior and senior seasons, registering 8A state championship at Memorial Stadium DE, 6-6, 225, Sr. (6th)

nine and 10.5, respectively . . . Was second . . . Lists favorite athlete as Oak Lawn, lll./Marist leading tackier on team . . . Team went 7-5 in running back Jerome Bettis ... Has been an

Catholic League Metro Blue division ... honor roll student every year with a 4.0-plus

200 5: I lad nini i.i< ld< s,

Earned four letters in football and three in GPA . . . Plans to be a high school coach and ^•'-^^ J three tacldes-for-loss,

basketball . . . Led basketball team in scoring history teacher upon graduation . . . Was a "* I one sack and one quar- as a junior. member of Athletes Committed to 3 terback hurry vs. Personal: Full given name is Michael Excellence. '^' lss " lm betore tearing , i^S Patrick O'Brien ... Born March 15. 1981 in I his ACL in practice ... Oak Lawn, 111. ... Parents are Jack and Ruth I Granted a sixth season O'Brien . . . Has one brother and sister . . . ^^H of eligibility by NCAA. 16 CHRIS PAZAIU Made honor roll two semesters in high school ^^ ^^^^B 2002: Twice regis- QB, 6-2, 210, So. ... Majoring in leisure studies/ sports man- tered eight-tackle performances on the year, Chicago, III. /Brother Rice agement. once in the season-opener vs. Missouri and again vs. Ohio State ... Finished fourth on the CAREER HIGHS 2003: Was 49-of-82 for Tackles: 9 vs. Missouri, team with three sacks and seventh on the 8/30/03 5 1 1 yards and rwo Solos: 8 vs. Missouri, 8/30/03 team with 51 tackles ... His 1 1 tackles-for-loss touchdowns ... Threw Sacks: 1. six times (vs Missouri, 8/30/03)

3, twice (last time vs. Missouri, were third among Illini tackles this season ... TFL: 8/30/03) his first career touch- QB Hurries: 5 vs NIU, 9/8/01 three tackles and a sack against down pass vs. Michigan Had PBU 2 vs. San Jose State, 9/21/02

Forced Fum.: 1 vs Purdue, 10/12/02 Wisconsin . . . Recorded a TFL and four tack- State, while completing Fum. Recovered: 1 vs Purdue, 10/12/02 les in loss to PSU . . . Got TFL and first sack 7-of-l 1 passes for 67 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS of the season against Indiana ... Had six tack- yards . . . Had a touch- YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS QBH les a against . . down pass and a career- and recovered fumble Purdue 1999 10 7 7 0-0 0-0 5

2000 2 1 1 0-0 0-0 Recorded a TFL vs. Michigan . . . Had four long pass of 47 yards against Iowa ... Threw 2001 10 19 7 26 7-34 4-25 9 tackles, three for loss and two balls batted for a career-high 188 yards on 18-of-28 vs. 2002 12 31 20 51 11-38 3-22 3

2003 1 8 1 9 3-8 1-4 1 down at the line of scrimmage vs. San Jose Northwestern . . . Was a perfect 5-of-5 in his TOTAt 35 65 29 94 21-80 8-51 18 State. first collegiate action at Purdue ... Earned first

2001: Started 10 of 12 games at defensive career start at Michigan and also started vs. end ... Fourth on the team among defensive Minnesota ... Saw action in four other Big

64 MARTIN vs. linemen in tackles with 33 ... Tied for second Ten games, at Purdue, Michigan State, at on the team in tackles-for-loss with eight ... O'DONNELL Iowa and vs. Northwestern. Second on the team in sacks with five ... 2002: Redshirted the 2002 season. OL, 6-5, 290, r-Fr. Second on the team in quarterback hurries High School: Named to Lindy's Big Ten Downers Grove, III. with nine ... Had a career-high seven stops, Freshman of Influence team ... Prep Star All- Downers Grove South six solo, in the Nokia Sugar Bowl vs. LSU ... American ... SuperPrep All-Midwest team ...

Also had one sack for a 17-yard loss ... Had Student Sports All-American ... Named to 2003: Redshirted the six tackles in the win at Purdue ... Finished the Chicago Tribune and Sun- Times All-State, 2003 season. the season with at least one TFL in the last all-conference and all-area teams . . . Passed for High School: Earned five games ... Had five tackles, one sack, two 1,880 yards, completing over 50 percent of Parade All-American TFLs and three quarterback hurries in the his passes and rhrew 21 touchdown strikes, honors and was named win over Penn State ... Had two tackles for with only one interception . . . Set school top offensive lineman in loss, including one sack in the season opener records for yards in a game, season and career country ... Top- 100 at California ... Had a career-high five quar- ... Passed for 4,600 career yards and threw 35 recruit according to terback hurries in the win vs. Northern touchdown passes . . . Earned Champaign

Chicago Sun- Times . . Illinois. News-Gazette all-state special mention . . . Prep Prep Star Dream Team member and All- 2000: Played the first two games before Football Report All-Midwest team ... Three- American ... Named Top- 100 recruit and sec- suffering a stress fracture in his foot ... Took a year letterwinner in both football and baseball ond-best offensive lineman nationally by medical redshirt . . . Had one tackle against at Brother Rice ... Bench presses 350 pounds Rivals.com ... Recorded 55 pancake blocks as

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CAREER HIGHS . . . Coach was Steve Nye. Born June 12, 1982 in San Diego, Calif. ... Tackles: 5 vs. Minnesota, 10/25/03

Personal: Full given name is Christopher The son of Raymond and Susan Preston . . Solos: 3 at Michigan, 10/18/03

Sacks: 1 vs. California, 9/20/03 AJan Pazan ... Born Oct. 21, 1983 in Father played for nine years with the San Tackles: 1 at Iowa, 11/1/03 Chicago, 111. ... The son of Ken and Jean Diego Chargers and was a Kodak All- DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Pazan ... Majoring in kinesiology ... American for . . YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS QBH Stepmother, Barb, played at Majoring in speech communication ... Lists 2003 12 22 12 34 5-33 4-30

Pepperdine University ... Four-year honor Muhammad Ali as favorite athlete because of

roll student ... Hobbies include weightlifting, his tremendous drive for greatness . . . Four- reading and watching movies. year member of the Mt. Carmel All-Academic 79 JAMES RYAN

team . . . Two-time member of the San Diego OL, 6-6, 310, r-Fr. CAREER HIGHS Union-Tribune All-Academic team ... Completions: 18 vs Northwestern, 11/22/03 Batavia. Ill./Batavia Attempts: 28 vs Northwestern, 11/22/03 Hobbies and activities include FCA, basket- 188 Northwestern, 11/22/03 Yards: vs. ball, golt, surfing and billiards. Long Pass: 47 at Iowa, 11/1/03 2003: Selected as the Touchdowns: X twice (last time at Iowa 11/1/03) scout team Offensive

Player of the Year ... PASSING STATISTICS YEAR G ATT COMP PCT YDS TD INT. LP 95 LEE ROBINSON Redshirted the 2003 2003 6 82 49 59 511 2 2 47 DE, 6-5, 265, Sr. season. Naperville, Ill./Colleqe of DuPaqe High School: Preseason All-America

75 DUKE PRESTON 2003: Had 19 tackles, selection on the offen-

OL, 6-5, 305, Sr. 1.5 tackles- for-loss, one sive line as a senior ...

San Diego. Calif. /Mt. Carmel sack and one PBU . . Four-year varsity letterwinner . . . Ranked

Registeted a sack, .5 among the top-25 offensive linemen in the

2003: Started every TFL and one PBU vs. country and the No. 22 guard in the country

game for the Fighting I California . . . Tallied a by Rivals.com ... Four-year starrer at Batavia

Illini at center ... Took I career best five tackles High School ... Made the Sun-TimesTop-\00 every snap and allowed jtft^ vs. Minnesota ... Saw Chicago Area recruir list ... A rwo-time cap- ^^ffiSH^H only one sack ... ^m. action in 10 games tain and the only junior to be elected captain

Registered 71 knock- 2002: Enrolled at the University of in the last 25 years ... Three-time All-

downs and gave up six Illinois, but was ineligible to compete due Conference and All-Area pick ... Two-way

pressures. NCAA academic rules. starter as a prep ... Recorded more than 136 2002: Started every College of DuPage: Listed as one of the tackles, 32 tackles-for-loss and five forced

game for the Illini at center ... Helped set top-five defensive line prospects in the juniot fumbles as a defensive lineman ... Also an

school total offense record with 5,356 yards, college ranks by JC Grid Wire ... Was an hon- outstanding wrestler ... Was an All-State selec- an average of 446.3 per game, topping the orable mention All-America selection as a tion at 275 pounds finishing eighth as a jun-

5,000 mark for the second straight season and freshman ... Listed as the 63rd-best junior iot ... Earned 12 letters in high school ...

only two times in school history ... Total college prospect in the country by High school coach was Mike Gaspari.

offense ranked ninth in the country and pass- JuniorcolIege.com ... Was a unanimous all- Personal: Full given name is James

ing average of 282.3 yards per game ranked conference and all-region pick. Christopher Ryan ... Son of Jim and Robin

1 6th ... Aided running back Antoineo Hams High School: Won seven varsity letters Ryan ... Born March 19, 1985 ... Has one

to a single-season rushing record with 1,330 during his career at Naperville North, includ- brother ... Grandfather, Donald Ryan, played

yards. ing two in football ... Was a unanimous All- football at Notte Dame ... Cousin, Katie

2001: Played in two games as the backup DuPage Valley Conference selection as a sen- Ryan, played volleyball at DePaul ... Lists

to All-American center Luke Butkus ... ior ... Led Naperville North in tackles for loss Bruce Smith as his favorite athlete.

Logged playing time in the season-opener at en route to being named a two-time selection

California and at Putdue. to the City All-Defensive team by the 2000: Redshirted the 2000 season. Naperville Sun ... Was a first team all-area 66 BRIAN

High School: Prep Star All-West team . . pick by the Daily Herald ... Was an honorable

Allowed only two sacks in two years . . . First- mention all-state selection by Chicago Sun- SCHAEFERING

team All-Palomar League in both 1998 and Times and an all-state special mention selec- DL, 6-5, 280, Jr. '99 . . . Was first-team all-county and all- tion by the Chicago Tribune ... As a juniot led St. Louis, Mo./Hazelwood East

North county as voted by the North County Naperville North to the semifinals of the state

Times and the San Diego Union- Tribune . . playoffs ... Also led his high school to the 2003: Redshirted the

Cal-Hi Top 1 00 player . . . Accepted invita- regional title in basketball ... Earned two var- 2003 season.

tions to the North/South San Diego all-star sity letters on the hatdwood. 2002: Played in all- 12

game and the Cal-Hi/Texas all-star game ... Personal: Full given name is Lee Albert games earning rwo starts

Named team's Most Valuable Player in 1 999 Robinson ... Botn on May 27, 1982 in ... Finished the season

... Voted team lineman of the year for junior Winfield, 111. ... Majoring in speech commu- third on the team with

and senior seasons ... Earned four varsity let- nication ... The son of John Robinson and four sacks and fifth in

ters for football and baseball. Janet Sumner-Griffin. tackles-tor-loss with five

Personal: Full given name is Raymond ... Registered 34 tackles

Newton Preston III ... Goes by Duke ... on the season, seven of which came in an

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varsity letters- overtime win over Purdue ... Also added a his senior year ... Earned eight 44 MATT SINCLAIR sack and a fumble recovery vs. the Boilers ... two in football, three in track and three in LB, 6-3, 240, Sr. Had sacks vs. Michigan, San Jose State and soccer ... High school coach was Marc St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis University HS Northwestern ... Had five tackles at Arthur.

Minnesota ... Forced a rumble vs. Missouri. Personal: Full given name is Dominic 2003: Earned honorable 2001: Played the final nine games or the Magoulias Shafer ... Son of Charles and mention All-Big Ten season along the defensive line as a true fresh- Teena Shafer ... Born Aug. 15, 1984 ... Has honors ... First on team man ... Finished the season with eight tackles one brother ... Biggest sports thrill was going in tackles with 1 29 ... and one sack ... Had a career-high three tack- to the state playoffs as a senior because it was Led the Big Ten in tack- les in his first game at Michigan ... Had two the first time the school went in 22 years . . les during conference tackles and a quarterback hurry at Indiana ... Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan . . games with 98 and fin- Got the first sack and PBU of his career vs. Member of the National Honor Society ... ished third overall ... Wisconsin ... Had two tackles in the Nokia Senior class president and member of the Set a career-high in Sugar Bowl vs. LSU. Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... Majoring tackles with 21 vs. Wisconsin ... Had double- High School: Earned three football letters in general engineering . . . Lists his parents as digits in tackles each of the final four games under Coach Rick Gorzynski at Hazelwood being most influential in his athletic career ... and six times overall . . . Made seven tackles

East High School . . . First-team all-state, two- Fighting Illini hero growing up was Dike and had two sacks at UCLA ... Recorded 17 time first-team all-Suburban North and first- Eddleman who is from his hometown. tackles vs Minnesota ... Posted 14 tackles at team North district selection . . . Two-time all- Iowa ... Made 10 tackles and had a sack at conference selection . . . Had seven quarter- Indiana ... Opened the season with 12 tack- back sacks, 130 tackles and two interceptions 57 JJ SIMMONS les, one sack and one quarterback hurry vs. as a senior . . . Named a Prep Star Ail- OL, 6-6, 290, So. Missouri . . . Had a fumble recovery at Purdue

American . . . Recorded 22 solo tackles in a Mishawaka, Ind./Penn ... Led the team in tackles three times ... single game in 2000 . . . Averaged 46.9 yards Started every game at linebacker ... Rushed per punt ... SuperPrep All-Midlands team ... 2003: Played in all 12 for five yards and a first down on a fake punt Posted 60 tackles and six blocked punts as a games, primarily on spe- vs. Northwestern junior ... Also earned letters in track. cial teams. 2002: Started the final eight games of the Personal: Full name is Brian Schaefering 2002: Redshirted the year at linebacker ... Finished the season ... Born Aug. 20, 1983 in St. Louis, Mo. ... 2002 season. fourth in tackles with 56, five of which were The son of Janice Schaefering ... Enrolled in High School: tackles-for-loss . . . Had eight tackles, two the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences . . Garnered first-team all- TFL's and a sack in the season finale vs. Past jobs include remodeling bathrooms, lawn state honors from the Northwestern ... His five TFL's were fourth care and working at a grocery store . . . Lists ... Associated Press . . . Prep on the team Posted three tackles against his mother as biggest influence in his athletic Star All-Region Bloomington Herald first- Wisconsin . . . Recorded seven tackles vs. Penn career ... Is the first member of his family to

. . . 1 1 team all-conference and all-area . . . Earned State Had a tackles and two TFL's play a Division I sport. Bloomington Herald's Big 33 team honors . . against Michigan ... Had eight solo tackles

to Football Coaches vs. Purdue . . . Led the team with seven tackles CAREER HIGHS Named the Indiana

Tackles: 7 vs. Purdue, 10/12/02 Association Top-50 team . . . Selected as the in win over Arkansas State. Solos: 5 vs. Purdue, 10/12/02 Region 2 Most Valuable Player as voted by 2001: Saw time at linebacker and as a Sacks: \ five times (last time at N'western, 11/23/02) TFL: 2 vs. San Jose State, 9/21/02 the IFCA ... Recorded 58 "pancake" blocks member of the special teams as a ttue fresh- QBH: I three times (last time vs. Wisconsin, 11/9/02) as a senior ... Earned three letters in football man ... Played in the final 1 1 games of the Fum. Forced: 1 vs. Missouri, 8/31/02 Fum. Recovered: 1 vs. Purdue, 10/12/02 and one in basketball at Penn High School ... season ... Recorded a career-high two stops at

Team state championship in 2000 ... Michigan ... Also recorded tackles vs. DEFENSIVE STATISTICS won YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS QBH Received invitation to play in the Indiana Louisville, Indiana, Wisconsin and Purdue.

2001 9 3 5 8 1-5 1-5 1 North/ South All-Star game in July ... High High School: Earned three football letters 2002 12 22 12 34 5-21 4-19 2 TOTAL 21 23 17 42 6-26 5-24 3 school coach was Chris Geesman. under Coach Gary Kornfeld at St. Louis

Personal: Full given name is John Joseph University High School ... Honorable men-

Simmons ... Born Aug. 30, 1984 in tion All-USA team by USA Today . . 14 assists, two 99 DOMINIC Wheeling, 111. ... The son of Robert and Recorded 121 solo tackles, Jacqueline Simmons ... Enrolled in the fumble tecoveties and two interceptions . .

. . SHAFER College of Liberal Arts and Sciences . . . Goes Averaged 1 2 tackles a game . Conference

PK, 5-10, 180, So. . . . the SuperPrep by "JJ" ... Grandfather, Jack, played football Player of the Year Named

Centralia, Ill./Centralia for the Chicago Cardinals and Detroit Lions Midwest Defensive Player of the Year . .

... St. Louis Post- . . Ail-American . . . Aspires to be a college football coach SuperPrep

2003: Member of the UI squad. Favorite athlete is former Lion and Buffalo Dispatch Metro Defensive Player of the Year

. . High School: All-confetence as a senior Bills linebacker Chris Speilman ... Volunteers . . . Prep Star All-American . Recorded 25

. . . Holds school record for most field goals in for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program. catches for 530 yards as a tight end . . . Ended

a season and longest made field goal . . . Made cateer second on SLUH career tackles list . .

62 consecutive PAT's . . . All-conference selec- Helped lead team to two district champi-

tion in soccer as a junior ... Practiced with onships ... Selected to play in the Missouri

the 16-under Olympic development soccer Lions All-Star Game . . . Team reached 5A

team in 2000 . . . Qualified for the state track state semifinals as a junior . . . Also earned

meet as a member of the 1 ,600 meter relay

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three letters in basketball. rushing yards in a single game last season ... the 2000 track season . . . Helped lead team to

Personal: Full name is Matthew Had 27 100-yard rushing games, including the state finals in 2001 ... High school coach

Christopher Sinclair ... Born July 24, 1982 1 1 with over 200 yards . . . Scored five touch- was Dan Darlington.

. . . The son of Carol Sinclair . . . Favorite downs in back-to-back contests as a junior ... Personal: Full given name is Joshua Cody

Fighting Illini athlete is Dick Butkus and Rated the No. 1 player in the SICA Orange Tischer ... Born March 31, 1984 in River

favorite athlete is , the St. Conference in 2002 . . . Earned All-Area and Forest, 111. ... The son of Stan and Janis

Louis Rams linebacker who has persevered All-Conference honors as a sophomore, junior Tischer ... Majoring in education ... Father,

despite his 5-9 height ... Is involved in men- and senior ... Also earned Player of the Year Stan, played football for the Concordia St.

toring program for young children, serves as honors from Thornton Fractional South High Paul Golden Bears ... A four-year honor roll

secretary for SLUH Cultural Enrichment School ... High school coach was Tom student and member of the National Honor

Program and as a Student Ambassador ... Padjen. Society ... Plans on majoring in physical edu-

Majoring in speech communication ... Did Personal: Full given name is Charles cation ... Enjoys fishing and hunting ...

not play organized football until high school Pierre Thomas Jr. ... Born Dec. 18, 1984 in Favorite athlete is Chicago Bears linebacker

... Wants to own a restaurant following grad- Chicago, 111. ... The son of Charles and Greta Brian Urlacher.

uation . . . Scholar-Athlete finalist four consec- Jo Thomas ... Has one sister ... Enjoys playing CAREER HIGHS utive years and was on the honor roll every video games and collecting sports cards ... Tackles: 3, three times (last time vs. Minnesota, 10/25/03) semester of high school. Favorite athlete is Barry Sanders. Solos: 2, twice (last time at Indiana, 11/8/03)

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS QBH Tackles: 21 vs. Wisconsin, 9/27/03 Carries: 15 vs. Minnesota, 10/25/03 2002 12 6 4 10 0-0 0-0 Solos: 9 vs. Indiana, 11/8/03 Yards: 78 vs. Illinois State, 9/6/03 2003 8 7 7 14 0-0 0-0 Sacks: 2 at UCLA. 9/6/03 Long Rush: 35 vs. Illinois State, 9/6/03 TOTAt 20 13 11 24 0-0 0-0 TFL: 2, twice (last time at UCLA, 9/6/03) Touchdowns 2 vs. Michigan, 10/18/03

PBU: t three times (last time at Michigan, 10/18/03) QB Hurries X four times (last time at Iowa, 11/1/03) RUSHING STATISTICS YEAR G ATT YDS AVG Y/PG TD LP DEFENSIVE STATISTICS 2003 6 43 233 5.4 38.8 2 35 20 VIRGIL YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS QBH MORRIS 2001 10 4 2 6 1-9 1-9 DB, 5-10, 195, Sr.

2002 12 42 14 56 5-16 1-10 1 Urbana, Ill./Urbana 2003 12 61 68 129 4-26 4-26 3 TOTAt 34 107 84 197 10-51 6-45 4 36 JOSH TISCHER

LB, 64 215, Jr. 2003: Played in 10

Morris. III. /Morris games on the season ...

30 PIERRE THOMAS Had 2 1 carries for 118 2003: Tallied 14 tackles yards and one RB, 5-n 190, So. touch- Lynwood, lll./Thornton Fractional South in eight games ... Had a down ... Caught two season-high three tackles passes for nine yards and

vs. Illinois State and vs. returned three kicks for 2003: Team's second

Minnesota ... Recorded 68 yards ... Rolled up leading rusher with 233 two stops vs. Missouri, 84 yards and one touch- yards on 43 carries . . at Michigan and at down vs. Illinois State ... Ran six times for 22 Caught three passes for Indiana ... Made one yards vs. California ... Made one catch for 12 yards and returned tackle at UCLA and at four yards and retutned one kick for 25 yards seven kicks for 134 Iowa. at UCLA. yards . . . Scored two 2002: Played in all 12 games as a true 2002: Played in the first seven games as a touchdowns at freshman at linebacker and on special teams backup to Antoineo Harris and as a kick Michigan . . . Rushed for ... Had tackles in seven games including at returner ... Illinois' team leader in kickoff 78 yards on nine carries in his collegiate Penn State, where he had a season-high three returns, with 332 yards ... Third on the team debut vs. Illinois State, including a career- stops ... Added two tackles vs. Arkansas State in all purpose yards with 78.3 ... Was the long run of 35 yards ... Gained 70 yards on ypg ... Had solo stops vs. Ohio State, Indiana and Illini's change-of-pace back that showed his 15 carries vs. Minnesota. Michigan and an assist vs. San Jose State. breakaway ability in the home-opener vs. High School: Named a national Top- 100 High School: Garnered Most Valuable Arkansas State ... Had a career-high 12 carries recruit by the Chicago Sun-Times ...

Player accolades for the Suburban Prairie for a career high 131 yards ... Also had a 69- Champaign News-Gazette Player of the Year (Red) Conference ... Prep Star All-Region ... yard TD tote that at the time was the longest . . . Named to the USA Today Old Spice Red SuperPrep All-Midwest team ... Named to scoting run for the Illini since 1988 ... Also ZoneTop-50 National Team ... Earned the Champaign News-Gazette first-team all- scored three touchdowns and had 1 78 all-pur- Offensive Player of the Year honors from the

state team . . . Averaged 1 5 stops per game . . pose yards vs. the Indians ... Had six carries Daily Southtown ... Made the Sun-TimesTop- Recorded over 300 tackles combined during for 42 yards vs. Michigan ... Had a career- 100 Chicago Area recruit list ... Named to his junior and senior seasons ... Named the long 36-yard kick return vs. the Wolverines ... SuperPrep Ail-American team ... Two-time

all-area MVP by the Morris Daily Herald . . Suffered a season-ending leg injury vs. All-State selection at running back by the Joliet Herald All-State team member as a line- Purdue. Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune... backer and punter ... First-team all-confer- 2001: Redshirted the 2001 season as a Totaled over 5,522 rushing yards for his ence linebacker ... Earned eight varsity letters partial qualifier. career and found the end zone 88 times ... in football, wrestling and track at Morris High School: Earned three football letters Gained over 3,200 yards as a sophomore and High School ... Also earned all-conference under Coach Alec Anderson ... Rushed for junior, before racking up 2,365 yards and 38 honors in the shot put and discus following 1,585 vards and 29 touchdowns as a senior scores last season ... Had a career-high 304

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letters in basketball and field goals in a career, best punting avetage . . . Broke school records for most rushing athlete who won

yards, most touchdowns and most points track as well as football ... Averaged 16 points, and longest field goal made (55 yards vs.

scored in a season, as well as for total career six assists and five boards for Southfield as a Lawrence North) . . . Made 37-of-40 extra

yards... USA Today honorable mention Ail- juniot ... Also registered a 10.8 100-meter- point attempts ... Converted on seven field

... goals over yards ... Averaged 45.4 yards American . . . Earned first-team all-conference dash time on the track High school coach 40

per punt and had a 4.26 second hang time ... honors . . . Scored five touchdowns (two punt was David Reese.

returns, one kickoff return and two rushing Personal: Full given name is Dajuan Earned all-state honors as a kicker for two

...... consecutive years . . . Named to the all-confer- TDs) against Champaign Central . . . Named Avery Warren Born March 9, 1984 The

to the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times son of David and Mary Warren ... Has one ence team . . . Also played strong safety and

... interceptions, one for a touchdown all-state team . . . Earned all-state honors from brother Is a member of the Positive Peer had two

...... a three-time all-county forward in the Champaign News-Gazette . . . Rated as a Influence Program Enjoys cooking and Also

top running back by Tom Lemming, shopping ... Lists Terrell Owens as his favorite soccer ... Earned 10 letters in track, basket-

ESPN.com and Rivals.com ... Played in the athlete because of his rise to stardom despite ball and soccer . . . Named to the all-state

track three times ... Set a junior All-State Shrine All-Star game . . . Also earned going unnoticed during the early part of his team

record in the 4x800 meters ... Also four track and field letters . . . Ran the 1 00 career. Olympic

meters in 10.3, an Urbana High School track set school record in the 300-meter hurdles

record . . . Finished fourth in the 200 meters (39.34). (22.24) and fifth in the 100 meters (10.79) at 37 STEVE Personal: Full name is Steven Thomas the 2001 IHSA Outdoor Track Meet. Weatherford ... Born Dec. 17, 1982 in

Personal: Full name is Morris Virgil- WEATHERFORD Crown Point, Ind. . . . The son of Sam and

Winston ... Born April 5, 1983 in Chicago P, 6-4, 205, Jr. Lisa Weatherford . . . Lists as his

favorite athlete . . . Past summer jobs include . . . The son of Lloyd Winston . . . Two-year Terre Haute. Ind./Terre Haute North

member of honor roll ... Enrolled in the being a lifeguard and a camp counselor . .

of the Key Club ... Majoring in . Member College of Liberal Arts and Sciences . . Lists 2003: Honorable men-

kinesiology ... Plans to a chiropractor fol- Peter Warrick as his favorite athlete . . tion All-Big Ten selec- be

... Three-year of Greatest thrill in sports was rushing for 110 tion ... With 43 kicks lowing graduation member yards and five touchdowns against cross-town for 2,045 yards, he aver- the honor roll ... Biggest thrills in sports are

rival Champaign Central High School to win aged 44.5 yards per hitting a 55-yard field goal, being named

Big 12 East Conference and a berth in the kick, to break the school MVP of basketball and setting a national jun- ior record in the 4x800 meters. state playoffs . . . Has one younger brother. record for average yards Olympic per kick of 43.0 ypp set CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS by Dike Eddleman in Carries: 12 vs. Arkansas State, 9/14/02 Punts 8 at Penn State, 11/2/02 Yards: 131 vs. Arkansas State, 9/14/02 1948 ... Ranked second in the Big Ten and Yardage: 333 at UCLA, 9/13/03 Long Rush: 69 vs. Arkansas State, 9/14/02 Average: 50 at Wisconsin, 11/9/02 12th in the nation in punting average ... Touchdowns: 3 va. Arkansas State, 9/14/02 Long Punt: 66 vs Minnesota, 10/25/03 Booted 16 kicks of 50 yards or more ... Had Inside 20: 3 vs. Minnesota, 10/25/03 RUSHING STATISTICS eight punts downed inside the 20-yard line ... YEAR G ATT YDS AVG Y/PG TD LP PUNTING STATISTICS 2002 7 28 216 7.7 30 9 3 69 Voted the team's Special Teams Player of the YEAR NO YDS AVG LG TB FC 120 BK

912 7 3 4 1 2003 10 21 118 5.6 11.8 1 35 2002 23 39 57 Year ... Handled punting duties in nine games TOTAL 17 49 334 6.8 19.6 4 69 2003 46 2,045 44 5 66 6 9 8 and had an average over 45.0 six times ... Had TOTAL 69 2,957 42.9 66 9 9 12 1

a career day vs. Minnesota, punting seven 8 DAJUAIU WARREN times for 315 yards, including a career-long 66-yard kick, tour punts of 50+ yards and 61 ADAM WILK WR, 6-3, 195, r-Fr. three kicks downed inside the 20 ... Piled up DL, 6-5, 275, So. Southfield, Mich./Southfield a career-high in yardage at UCLA, punting Lake Zurich, III. /Lake Zurich seven times for 333 yards, averaging 47.6 2003: Redshirted the | yards per kick ... Had six punts for 285 yards 2003: Played in seven I 2003 season. vs. California, including three of 50 yards or games as a defensive High School: Three- more ... Two of his four punts vs. Michgan lineman ... Did not year starter at quarter- I State were downed inside the 20 ... Had seven record any stats. I back for Southfield kicks for 317 yards at Iowa. High School: Led I High School ... Threw 2002: Moved into the starting punting Lake Zurich to the for 4,400 yards and role vs. Indiana ... Had two punts for a 40.5- semifinals of the state scored 42 in his TDs yard average vs. the Hoosiers ... Averaged 39.7 playoffs as a senior ... prep career ... Threw for yards on 23 punts ... Career long 57-yard kick Was an all-state selec- 1,400 yards and scored 10 TDs as a senior ... came at Northwestern ... Averaged 44.7 yards tion by the Chicago Tribune from his defen- Six of those scores came on the ground ... on six kicks vs. Northwestern ... Had 50+ sive line position ... Made the Sun-TimesTop- 30 tackles on defense ... Racked up Also made yard punts vs. Indiana and Wisconsin ... Four 1 00 Chicago Area recruit list . . . All-area pick 1,500 yards passing and 16 touchdowns dur- punts were downed inside the 20 ... Had by the Chicago Sun- Times, Daily Herald and ing both his sophomore and junior campaigns three touchbacks on 19 kickoffs. the Northwest Herald ... Named to the Great ... Listed among the Top-30 dual-threat quar- 2001: Redshirted the 2001 season. Northwest All-Defense team by the Pioneer terbacks in the country by Rivals.com ... Was High School: Earned three football letters Press ... Was a two-year letterman in football an all-conference, all-area, all-region and all- for Coach Wayne Stahley at Terre Haute ... Holds the Lake Zurich High School record quarterback senior ... Outstanding state as a North High School ... Set records for most

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varsity with a hang clean of 325 pounds ... High Gazette all-state team ... Earned 10 school coach was Mike DiMatteo. letters in football, basketball and track at East

Personal: Full given name is Adam Alton-Wood River High School ... Named

Valuable Player . . . Also an Anthony Wilk ... Born March 1 1, 1985 ... the team's Most basketball The son of Mitchell and Barbara Wilk ... Has all-conference performer in and triple in track, one brother and one sister ... Enjoys working track ... A long and jumper respectively at state on cars and is currently restoring a 1979 Ford placing third and second for state in the 100 Bronco ... Past summer jobs included working in 2000 ... Also qualified

as a caddy at the Twin Orchard Country and 200 meters . . . High school football Club. coach was Gary Carter. Personal: Full given name is Travis Jacob

Williams ... Born Oct. 14, 1983 in Alton, 111.

. Carolyn 28 TRAVIS . . The son of Rory Williams and Johnson ... Enrolled in the College of Liberal WILLIAMS Arts and Sciences ... Hobbies include fishing

... Favorite athlete is St. Louis DB, 64 185, Jr. and hunting back ... A four- East Alton, III. Ram running

East Alton-Wood River year honor roll student . . . Member of the Fellowship of Chtistian Athletes and pet-

2003: Third on the formed with a show choir. with team in tackles 9 CAREER HIGHS ... Made a career-high Tackles: 14 vs. Wisconsin, 9/27/03 Solos: 7 vs. Purdue, 10/12/02 & vs. Wisconsin, 9/27/03 14 stops vs. Wisconsin Interceptions: 1 at Wisconsin, 11/9/02 &

vs. Northwestern. 11/22/03 . . . Returned a blocked PBU: 2 at Penn State. 11/2/02 field goal 66 yards for a Forced Fumble: 1 vs Missouri, 8/30/03

touchdown vs. Illinois TFL. 1 at Indiana, 11/8/03 Touchdown: \ on three occasions (int. return 32 yards vs. State . . . Tallied 1 3 tack- Northwestern, 11/22/03) les vs. Minnesota ... DEFENSIVE STATISTICS recovery, a Had nine tackles, a fumble PBU YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS INT-YDS PBU and returned an interception 32 yards for a 2002 8 23 15 38 0-0 1-30 2 2003 12 50 41 91 1.5-1 1-32 2

. 1 touchdown vs. Notthwestetn . . Made TOTAL 20 73 56 129 1.5-1 2-62 4 tackles and had one PBU vs. Michigan State

... Had six tackles, including one TFL vs.

Indiana ... Forced a fumble and made six

stops vs. Missouri . . . Made eight tackles at

both Michigan and Iowa ... Statted every

game at one of the safety positions. 2002: True freshman that had an immedi-

ate impact as a free safety and as a kick

returner ... Earned the team's Rookie of the

Year Award . . . Went 90 yards on the opening

kickoff vs. Purdue to set the tone fot the over-

time victory ... Also had seven stops vs.

Purdue ... Started five games at safety, includ-

ing the final four of the year ... Finished with

38 tackles, an interception and two passes

broken up ... Had eight tackles vs. Michigan

and Penn State ... Had seven tackles vs.

Purdue ... Picked off one pass in the end zone

at Wisconsin, teturning it 30 yatds. High School: Alton Telegraph All-Metro

Player of the Year ... PrepStat All-Region

selection ... Set a school tecord for career rushing yards with 2,722 as well as a single-

season record of 1,503 yards ... Also broke

school record for points scored ... Earned all-

state honors by the Illinois High School

Football Coaches Association ... South Central Conference first-team all-conference

as both an offensive and defensive back ... Named to the Tom Lemming 2001 Reebok

All-American team ... St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Area Player of the Year . . . Champaign News-

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2003 SCHEDULE/RE OrO DATE OPPONENT W SCORE REC ATTEN. O ILLIAJi HONORS GO Aug 30 vs. Missouri 15-22 0-1-0 63,576 1-1-0 Sept. 6 Illinois State \ 49-22 56,304 Jon Beutjer Davey O'Brien Award Watch List Sept. 13 at UCLA 3-6 1-2-0 5X118 Sept. 20 California 24-31 1-3-0 58,363 Sean Bubin: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten, Illinois Offensive 20-38 1-4-0 58,495 Sept. 27 Wisconsin Player of the Year, Illinois Wright Commitment to Success CO Oct. 4 at #22 Purdue 10-43 1-5-0 64,139 Award. 14-49 1-5-0 47,509 Oct. 11 #21 Michigan State $ 14-56 1-6-0 Oct 18 at #17 Michigan 110,231 E.B. Halsey: Illinois Rookie of the Year CO Oct. 25 #24 Minnesota 10-36 1-8-0 46,407 10-41 1-9-0 70,397 Nov. 1 at #13 Iowa Brad Haywood: Academic All-Big Ten o CO Nov. 8 at Indiana 14-17 1-10-0 24,102 Nov. 22 Northwestern 20-37 1-11-0 38,688 Bryan Koch: Academic All-Big Ten

2003 TEAM STATISTICS Mark Kornfeld: Academic All-Big Ten ILLINOIS OPPONENT All-Freshman team, collegefootball- Scoring 203 398 Matt Maddox: Rivals.com Points Per Game 16.9 33.2 news.com All-Freshman team

First Downs 230 283 Rushing 81 163 Eric McGoey: Academic All-Big Ten Passing 132 109 Illinois Defensive Special Teams Scout Team Penalty 17 11 Joe Mele: and Rushing Yardage 1328 2681 Player of the Year Yards Gained Rushing 1541 2924 Yards Lost Rushing 213 243 Scott Moss: Academic All-Big Ten Rushing Attempts 375 574 Player of the Year Average Per Rush 3.5 4.7 James Ryan: Illinois Offensive Scout Team Average Per Game 110.7 223.4 TDs Rushing 5 32 Matt Sinclair: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten Passing Yardage 2756 2428 Att-Comp-Int 451-274-16 313-189-2 Derrick Strong: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten, Illinois Most Player, Illinois Defensive Player of the Year, Illinois Average Per Pass 6.1 7.8 Valuable Award, Ted Hendricks Award Watch List. Average Per Catch 10.1 12.8 Bruce Capel Average Per Game 229.7 202.3 Illinois Scholar-Athlete Award TD Passing 15 15 JJ Tubbs: Academic All-Big Ten, Total Offense 4084 5109 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten, Big Ten Total Plays 826 887 Steve Weatherford: Special Average Per Play 4.9 5.8 Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 27), Illinois Average Per Game 340.3 425.8 Teams Player of the Year. Kick Returns #-Yards 43-840 40-840 Punt Returns#-Yards 21-163 31-396 John Young: Academic All-Big Ten Int Returns #-Yards 2-32 16-210 Kick return Average 19.5 21.0 Punt Return Average 7.8 12.8 Int Return Average 16.0 13.1 Fumbles-Lost 14-10 18-6 Penalties-Yards 61-477 73-629 Average Per game 39.8 52.4 Punt Yards 62-2729 59-2264 Average Per Punt 44.0 38.4 Net Punt Average 37.6 35.6 Time of Possession/Game 28:09 31:51 3rd Down Conversions 69/172 72/163 3rd Down Pet 40% 44% 4th Down Conversions 8/17 12/17 4th Down Percent 47% 71% Sack By Yards 24-157 21-149 Misc Yards 56 Touchdowns Scored 23 52 Field Goal Attempts 14-23 13-16 PAT- Attempts 21-21 45-49 Attendance 305766 319987 Games/ Avg. Per Game 6/50961 5/63997

Score By Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Totals

Illinois 41 50 47 65 - 203 Opponents 100 96 90 112 - 398

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CO Rushing CP Att Cain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/C Punt Returns No. Yds Avg TD Long o Halsey 9 140 537 12 525 3.8 2 30 58.3 Morton 8 56 7.0 16 1 CO Thomas 6 43 238 5 233 5.4 2 35 38.8 Halsey 8 79 9.9 1 41 Mason 8 64 225 11 214 3.3 15 26.8 Kornfeld 5 28 5J> g 12 1 Davis, C 9 44 203 5 198 4.5 29 22.0 Total 21 163 7.8 1 41 CO Virgil 10 21 126 8 118 5.6 1 35 11.8 Opponents 31 396 12.8 2 74 <1 Hayden 10 6 54 54 9.0 16 5.4 Davis, J 12 11 39 3 36 3.3 8 3.0 Interceptions No. Yds Avg TD Long a McGoey 12 3 30 30 10.0 20 2.5 Williams 1 32 32.0 1 32 > Sinclair 12 1 5 5 5.0 5 0.4 Jackson 1 g go g g a Kornfeld 12 1 5 5 5.0 5 0.4 Total 2 32 16.0 i 32 Cooper 10 1 2 2 2.0 2 0.2 Opponents 16 210 13.1 1 69 Pazan 6 5 7 23 -16 -3.2 5 -2.7 OCO Ward 5 11 24 42 -18 -1.6 7 -3.6 Kick Returns No. Yds Avg. TD Long O Beutjer 7 22 46 87 -41 -1.9 15 -5.9 Halsey 16 378 23.6 g 66 Team 6 2 17 -JZ -8.5 g -2.8 Mason 11 2g8 18.9 g 31 Totals 12 375 1541 213 1328 3.5 5 35 T10.7 Thomas 7 134 19.1 29 Opponents 12 574 2924 243 2681 4.7 32 42 223.4 Virgil 3 68 22.7 29 McGoey 2 28 14.0 22 Passing CP Effic Att-Comp-Int Pet Yds Td Lng Avg/C Davis, C 2 21 10.5 12

Beutjer 7 121.07 257-162-9 63.0 1597 10 72 228.1 McClellan 1 g 0.0

Ward 5 108.64 108-63-5 58.3 648 3 47 129.6 Gawelek 1 3 30 g 3 Pazan 6 115.27 82-49-2 59.8 511 2 47 85.2 Total 43 840 19.5 66 Brasic 2 0.00 1-0-0 0.0 g 0.0 Opponents 40 840 210 39 Team 5 0.00 3-0-0 go g go Total 12 H5.97 451-274-16 60.8 2756 15 72 229.7 Fumble Returns No. Yds. Avg TD Long Opponents 12 140.08 313-189-2 60.4 2428 15 80 202.3 Williams g g go 1 g Total 0.0 1 Receiving CP Mo. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/C Opponents 3 56 18.7 2 52 Hayden 10 52 592 11.4 3 72 59.2 Kornfeld 12 44 527 12.0 3 32 43.9 FC Sequence Illinois Opponents - Davis, C 9 39 236 6.1 1 24 26.2 Missouri (44),(48),(31) Halsey 9 37 303 8.2 4 29 33.7 Illinois State (4g),(28) (27),49,(28),

Hurst 10 27 315 11.7 1 30 31.5 (28)

Adeyemo 8 16 205 12.8 1 34 25.6 UCLA (29),43 (28),(48)

McGoey 12 15 230 15.3 1 47 19.2 California 51,(34) (32)

Davis, J 12 14 114 8.1 24 9.5 Wisconsin (27), (47) (18)

Bryant 11 12 114 9.5 21 10.4 Purdue (28) 23,(50) - Haywood 11 5 28 5.6 1 9 2.5 Michigan State 48,51

McClellan 12 3 34 11.3 16 2.8 Michigan 45 -

Thomas 6 3 12 4.0 8 2.0 Minnesota (27) (31) Payne 4 2 18 9.0 9 4.5 Iowa 48,43,(24) (23),(24) Mason 8 2 10 5.0 6 1.2 Indiana 39,36 (40) Virgil 10 2 9 4.5 5 0.9 Northwestern (37),(45) 38,(38)

Jones 10 1 9 SO 9 gj> - Numbers in (Parentr eses) indicate field goals was made Total 12 274 2756 10.1 15 72 229.7 Opponents 12 189 2428 12.8 15 80 202.3

Scoring TD FCs Kick Rush Rev Pass DXP Saf Pts Gockman 14-22 21-21 OO OO 63 Halsey 7 00 00 OO OO 42

Hayden 3 00 00 oo 1 oo 20 Kornfeld 3 0-0 00 oo 00 18 Thomas 2 0-0 oo oo oo 12 Williams 2 00 oo oo oo 12 Haywood 00 oo oo oo 6 McGoey 00 oo oo oo 6 Davis, C 00 oo oo oo 6 Adeyemo 00 oo 00 00 6 Virgil 00 oo oo oo 6 Hurst 00 oo oo oo 6 Tubbs 0-1 oo oo oo Team oo oo oo 0-1 Beutier go QO 00 H g g Total 23 14-23 21-21 0-0 1 1-2 203 Opponents 52 13-16 45-49 1-1 0-2 398

Field Goals FCM-FCA Pet. 31-19 20-29 30-39 40-4950-99 Lg Blk Gockman 14-22 53.6 0-0 6-6 3-4 5-10 0-2 48 Tubbs 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

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Rec KOR IR Tot Avg. K> Total Offense C Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/C All Purpose C Rush PR 9 525 303 79 378 1285 142.8 O Beutjer 7 279 -41 1597 1556 222.3 Halsey 10 54 592 646 64.6 o Ward 5 119 -18 648 630 126.0 Hayden Co 12 5 527 28 560 46.7 Halsey 9 140 525 525 58.3 Kornfeld 198 236 21 455 50.6 Pazan 6 87 -16 511 495 82.5 Davis, C 9 10 208 432 54.0 Thomas 6 43 233 233 38.8 Mason 8 214 g 6 233 12 134 379 63.2 Mason 8 64 214 214 26.8 Thomas < Hurst 10 315 315 31.5 Davis, C 9 44 198 198 22.0 288 24.0 o 11.8 McGoey 12 30 230 28 Virgil 10 21 118 118 cz Adeyemo 8 205 205 25.6 Hayden 10 6 54 54 5.4 > 36 3.0 Virgil 10 118 9 68 195 19.5 Davis, J 12 11 36 I 12 36 114 150 12.5 McGoey 12 3 30 30 2.5 Davis, J CO 114 .4 Bryant 11 114 10.4 Kornfeld 12 1 5 5 5.1 .4 Morton 11 56 56 Sinclair 12 1 5 5 34 2.8 1 2 .2 McClellan 12 34 Cooper 10 1 2 CO 32 32 2.7 Team 6 5 -17 -17 -2.8 Williams 12 28 28 2.5 Total 12 826 1328 2756 4084 340.3 Haywood 11 18 4.5 o Opponents 12 887 2681 2428 5109 425.8 Payne 4 18 CO Jones 10 9 9 0.9 Sinclair 12 5 5 0.4 Punting No. Yds Avg Long TB FC 120 Blkd Gawelek 12 3 3 0.2 2 0.2 Weatherford 46 2045 44.5 66 6 9 8 Cooper 10 2 6 -16 -16 -2.7 Minnes 15 647 43.1 58 2 4 Pazan Team 6 -17 -17 -2.8 Gockman 1 37 37.0 37 1 -18 -18 -3.6 Total 62 2729 44.0 66 7 Tt 12 Ward 5 -41 -5.9 Opponents 59 2264 38.4 63 8 7 18 Beutjer 7 :41 Total 12 1328 2756 163 840 32 5TI9 426.6 Opponents 12 2681 2428 396 840 210 6555 546.2

| | -FUMBLES- | -PASS DEF-| | TACKLES- -SACKS- — KICK DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT TOTAL FOR LOSS NO- YDS INT-YDS BRUP QBH RCV-YDS FF BLKD 4-26 3 1-0 44 Sinclair, Matt 12 61 68 129 4.0-26 3-8 1 2 54 Taylor, Winston 12 52 56 108 4.5-11 1-32 1-0 1 28 Williams, T. 12 50 41 91 1.5-1 1-0 46 Mason, Antonio 12 47 43 90 3.0-5 1 5.0-17 2-4 2-0 1 Jackson, Marc 12 59 31 90 1 98 Strong, Derrick 12 27 20 47 11.0-28 4-16 1 18 Ball, Alan 7 36 8 44 4.0-28 2-21 V 2 27 Myers, Ty 11 23 14 37 1 90 Moss, Scott 12 22 12 34 6.0-33 4-30 1-8 10 5 Morton, Christ. 11 24 10 34 2.0-9 22 Abdullah, Shar. 12 19 12 31 1.0-6 2 33 Bevis, Joe 12 15 13 28 1.5-5 2-5 91 Gilstrap, Char. 12 15 12 27 1-7 97 Matha, Ryan 11 12 13 25 1.0-7 3 McGoey, Eric 12 17 8 25 3.0-3 58 Ruffin, Jeff 9 13 9 22 2.0-2.6 2-26 2 Ray, Darnell 6 17 3 20 95 Robinson, Lee 10 9 10 19 1.5-6 10 Kleckner, Kyle 12 10 8 18 36 Tischer, Josh 8 7 7 14 45 Gawelek, Mike 12 8 3 11 49 Haywood, Brad 11 4 5 9 1-4 93 O'Brien, Mike 1 8 1 9 3.0

74 Maloney, Mike 11 1 6 7 21 Jordan, Taman 9 5 2 7 4 Adeyemo, Ade 8 4 1 5 92 Boyd, Arthur 7 3 2 5 31 Brosnan, Brian 12 3 2 5 6 Hayden, Kelvin 10 4 4 80 Hood, Estus 12 2 2 4 37 Weatherford, S. 11 2 1 3 56 Gray, Zach 6 2 1 3 52 Garrett, Cyrus 5 1 2 3 TM Team 6 2 2 30 Thomas, Pierre 6 2 2 71 Koch, Bryan 7 1 73 Bubin, Sean 12 1 70 Babcock, Bucky 12 1 83 Gomez, Mike 12 1 67 Maddox, Matt 12 60 Hodges, Aaron 11 4# Young, John 3

34 Davis, Jason 12 1 24 Davis, Carey 9 26 Halsey, E.B. 9 1 96 Burk, Andrew 1

14 6-0 10 Total 12 592 430 1022 55-220 24-157 2-32 42 10-56 Tl Opponents 12 515 322 837 52-216 21-149 16-210 60 18

-35- % 2004 ILLINOIS SPRING FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS uCO GAME-BY CAME STATISTICS r— CO RUSHING GAME-BY-GAME (att./yds/td) PLAYER MU ISU UCLA CAL WIS PUR MSU MICH MINN IOWA IND NW — t1 C/0 Jon Beutjer 2/-10/0 2/14/0 1/-7/0 8/-15/0 4/-14/0 3/-8/0 2/-1/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP LU James Cooper DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1/2/0 DNP DNP < Carey Davis 2/7/0 DNP DNP DNP 2/23/0 3/7/0 4/14/0 3/16/0 5/15/0 6/19/0 12/46/0 7/51/0 Jason Davis 5/11/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0-0-0 V-1/0 0/0/0 4/18/0 1/8/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0

E.B. Halsey 20/139/0 20/73/0 24/76/0 19/51/0 10/44/0 5/7/0 19/75/0 8/12/0 DNP DNP DNP 15/49/1 >^ 1/16/0 1/2/0 DNP DNP CO Kelvin Hayden 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/6/0 1/10/0 0/0/0 2/20/0 0/0/0 i Mark Kornfeld 0/0/0 1/5/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 i ii Marcus Mason DNP DNP DNP DNP 2/2/0 5/16/0 5/2/0 2/8/0 4/10/0 14/42/0 23/102/0 9/32/0 < Eric McGoey 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/30/0 0/0/0 Chris Pazan DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0/0/0 1/-7/0 3/-1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 DNP 1/-8/0

Pierre Thomas DNP 9/78/0 DNP 1/2/0 DNP 0/0/0 8/57/0 10/30/2 15/70/0 DNP DNP DNP CO o Morris Virgil 4/-5/0 9/84/1 0/0/0 6/22/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/16/0 DNP DNP DNP o Dustin Ward DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0/0/0 V-7/0 5/-4/0 4/0/0 V-7/0 CM

RECEIVING GAME-BY-GAME (rec /yds/td) PLAYER MU ISU UCLA CAL WIS PUR MSU MICH MINN IOWA IND NW

Ade Adeyemo 0/0/0 2/21/0 1/4/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 1/9/0 2/28/0 1/8/0 3/52/1 6/83/0 Melvin Bryant 2/29/0 0/0/0 DNP 0-0-0 1/11/0 0/0/0 2/10/0 1/6/0 3/33/0 0/0/0 1/3/0 2/22/0 Carey Davis 10/66/0 DNP DNP DNP 2/7/0 3/37/0 4/18/0 1/2/0 2/6/1 5/25/0 2/31/0 10/44/0 Jason Davis 2/18/0 1/5/0 7/40/0 0-0-0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/34/0 1/2/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/15/0

E.B. Halsey 6/46/0 3/5/0 2/15/0 7/93/2 7/57/1 0/0/0 6/39/1 1/2/0 DNP DNP DNP 5/46/0

Kelvin Hayden 4/16/1 2/53/1 8/63/0 11/158/1 9/97/0 5/40/0 4/30/0 4/25/0 3/93/0 DNP DNP 2/17/0 Brad Haywood 0/0/0 3/20/1 0/0/0 2/8/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 DNP

Lonnie Hurst 5/76/0 1/30/1 1/11/0 6/65/0 2/17/0 7/65/0 2/16/0 0/0/0 3/35/0 DNP DNP NDP

Mark Kornfeld 1/18/0 4/73/1 6/79/0 7/59/0 2/18/0 2/11/0 5/66/1 5/77/0 3/21/0 5/50/1 2/30/0 2/25/0 Marcus Mason DNP DNP DNP DNP 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/6/0 1/4/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 Anthony McClellan 1/15/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/3/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/16/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0

Eric McGoey 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/44/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 4/119/0 7/47/1 3/20/0 Franklin Payne 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 2/18/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0

Pierre Thomas DNP 0/0/0 DNP 0/0/0 DNP 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/8/0 2/4/0 DNP DNP DNP

Morris Virgil 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/5/0 DNP DNP DNP

PASSING GAME-BY-GAME (comp./yds/int/td) JON BEUTJER ATT. CO MP. YDS INT TD

Missouri 44 31 284 1

Illinois State 23 16 207 1 4

UCLA 42 26 216 3

California 57 35 430 1 3

Wisconsin 41 23 207 1 1

Purdue 23 12 107 1

Michigan State 27 19 146 2 1

TIMBRASIC ATT. CO MP. YDS INT TD

Illinois State 1

CHRIS PAZAN ATT. CO MP. YDS INT TD

Purdue 5 5 46

Michigan State 11 7 67 1

Michigan 23 11 100 1

Minnesota 6 4 12

Iowa 9 4 98 1

Northwestern 28 18 188 1

DUSTIN WARD ATT. CO MP. YDS INT TD

Michigan 5 5 63

Minnesota 32 17 221 1 1

Iowa 23 12 108

Indiana 21 15 163 1 2

Northwestern 27 14 93 3

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TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS ol\3 Rushing Passing Pass Total Time O (Rank) Team Score Att.-Yd.-TD A-C-lnt.-TD Yards Offense Punt Fum. Pen. Poss Co Illinois 15 34-127-0 45-31-0-1 284 411 3-33.7 2-1 7-33 32:54 vs. Missouri 22 41-121-1 18-12-0-2 102 223 7-42.4 1-0 2-10 27:06 > 0-0 Illinois 24 35-66-0 57-35-1-3 430 496 6^7.5 0-0 3-40 33:20 vs. California 31 32-105-2 37-20-0-1 263 368 7-36.4 1-1 5-26 26:40 m CO Illinois 20 21-64-1 41-23-1-1 207 271 4-36.0 0-0 5-40 23:03 — vs. Wisconsin 38 63-307-5 13-7-0-0 131 438 2-39.5 0-0 3-25 36:57 £ CO Illinois 10 17-38-0 28-17-1-0 153 191 7^0.9 1-1 6-46 20:25 — vs. #22/23 Purdue 43 67-324-5 20-13-0-1 209 533 2^10.0 1-1 9-69 39:35 o CO Illinois 14 43-158-0 39-26-2-2 213 371 4-42.0 2-1 3-28 35:09 vs. #21/23 Michiga nSt. 49 29-102-4 31-23-0-2 317 419 4-45.3 3-0 6^18 24:51

Illinois 14 29-89-2 28-16-1-0 163 252 7-46.0 1-1 5-49 26:56 vs. #17 Michigan 56 49-275-5 34-22-0-2 244 519 5-39.0 2-0 8-71 33:04

Illinois 10 27-106-0 38-21-1-1 233 339 7-45.0 0-0 2-2 25:53 vs. #24 Minnesota 36 57-338-2 16-12-0-3 237 575 4-31.8 0-0 4-44 34:07

Illinois 10 26-59-0 32-16-0-1 206 265 7-45.3 4-2 6^14 23:49 vs. #13/14 Iowa 41 50-244-2 25-16-0-2 261 505 4-39.8 1-1 10-88 36:11

Illinois 14 42-178-0 21-15-1-2 163 341 5-45.2 1-1 9-79 27:39 vs. Indiana 17 51-195-2 24-17-0-0 161 356 6-38.8 3-0 8-92 32:21

Illinois 20 34-122-1 56-32-4-0 281 403 2-48.5 2-2 4-26 28:16 vs Northwestern 37 70-444-4 9-3-1-0 24 468 3-24.3 4-1 5-45 31:44 GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS OFFENSE GAME TE LT LG C RG RT FL HB QB SE FB Missouri McClellan Bubin Koch Preston Maddo> Babcock H ayden Virgil Beutjer Hurst J. Davis ISU Kornfeld Bubin Koch Preston Maddo Babcock H ayden Halsey Beutjer Hurst J. Davis UCLA Kornfeld Bubin Koch Preston Maddo> Babcock Hayden Halsey Beutjer Hurst J. Davis California McClellan Bubin Koch Preston Maddo> Babcock H ayden Halsey Beutjer Hurst Haywood

Wisconsin McClellan Bubin Koch Preston Maddo) . Babcock H ayden Halsey Beutjer Hurst Kornfeld Davis Purdue Kornfeld Bubin Koch Preston Maddo) t Babcock H ayden Halsey Beutjer Hurst C. Michigan State Bryant Bubin Koch Preston Maddo) Babcock Hayden Halsey Beutjer Hurst C. Davis

Michigan Bryant Bubin Hilderbrand Preston Maddo c Babcock H ayden Halsey Pazan Hurst C Davis

Minnesota Bryant Bubin Hilderbrand Preston Maddo) c Babcock Kornfeld Thomas Pazan Hurst C. Davis

Iowa Bryant Bubin Hilderbrand Preston Maddo>t Babcock Kornfeld Mason Ward Adeyemo C. Davis

Indiana Bryant Bubin Hilderbrand Preston Maddo>; Babcock Kornfeld McGoey Ward Adeyemo C. Davis

Northwestern Bryant Bubin Hilderbrand Preston Maddo)c Babcock Kornfeld Halsey Ward Adeyemo C. Davis

Consec. Starts 6 36 5 24 12 24 4 ; 3 3 7 Career Starts 6 36 5 24 12 36 8 7 9 3 31

DEFENSE GAME DE DT DT DE LB LB LB CB FS SS CB Missouri Strong Ruffin Gilstrap O'Brien Taylor Mason Sinclair Morton Williams Jackson Jordan ISU Strong Ruffin Gilstrap Moss Taylor Myers S nclair Morton Williams Jackson Jordan UCLA Strong Ruffin Gilstrap Moss Taylor Myers Sinclair Morton Williams Jackson Jordan California Strong Ruffin Gilstrap Moss Taylor Myers Sinclair Morton Williams Jackson Ray Wisconsin Strong Matha Gilstrap Ruffin Taylor Myers Sinclair Morton Williams Jackson Ball Purdue Strong vlatha Gilstrap Moss Taylor Myers Sinclair Morton Williams Jackson Ball Michigan State Strong Matha Maloney Moss Taylor Mason S nclair Morton Williams Jackson Abdullah Michigan Strong vlatha Ruffin Moss Taylor Mason Sinclair Williams McGoey Jackson Abdullah Minnesota Strong Matha Gilstrap Moss Taylor Mason S nclair Morton Williams Jackson Abdullah Iowa Strong Matha Gilstrap Moss Taylor Mason S nclair Ball Williams Jackson Abdullah Indiana Strong Matha Gilstrap Moss Taylor Mason s nclair Ball Williams Jackson Morton Northwestern Strong Matha Gilstrap Moss Taylor Bevis Sinclair Ball Williams Jackson Morton

Consec. Starts 24 8 4 7 12 / 18 3 17 19 2 Career Starts 24 9 11 10 12 17 20 5 18 31 27

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GAME 1 Fourth Quarter nil. IL: Hayden 6 yard pass from Beutjer (Pass failed), Missouri 22 10:36 (8 pi., 39 yds, 2:54) SCORING BY QUARTER MU: Outlaw 6 yard pass from Smith (Smith run), Team 1 2 3 4 F Illinois 15 4:12, (12pl., 78yda„ 6:24) Illinois State 3 16 3 22 Illinois 21 10 7 11 49 Aug. 30, 2003 - St. Louis, Mo. - 63,576 TEAM STATISTICS CATEGORY ILL MIZZOU SCORING SUMMARY 12 Despite outgaining Missouri 41 1-223, the First Downs 23 First Quarter Rushes-Yards 34-127 41-121 IL: Kornfeld 32 yard pass from Beutjer Illinois football team opened the season with a 22- Passing Yards 284 102 (Gockman kick), 7:32 (4 pi., 63 yds, 1:47) 1 5 loss to the Tigers at the Edward Jones Dome. Comp-Att-Int 31-45-0 12-18-0 IL: Hayden 41 yard pass from Beutjer True-freshman E.B. Halsey gained 139 yards on 20 Total Yards 411 223 (Gockman kick), 4:28 (5 pi., 58 yds. 1:43) carries in his first career game and senior Jon Punts-Avg 3-33.7 7-42.4 IL: Hurst 30 yard pass from Beutjer Beutjer completed 21-of-44 passes for 284 yards, Kickoff Returns 3-66 4-62 (Gockman kick), 2:03 (3 pi., 41 yds, 1:11) but the lllini were unable to score more than one Penalties-Yards 7-33 2-10 touchdown. Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Second Quarter Illinois' defense held the Tigers' to just 223 Sacks bv 2-6 2-10 ISU: Carroll 27 yard FG, 7:35 (14pl. 59 yds, 6:53) yards of total offense and allowed Missouri's soph- Third-down Conv. 8-of-16 5-of-13 IL: Gockman 40 yard FG, 1:18

omore quarterback Brad Smith to gain just 168 Time of Possession 32:54 27:06 (15 pi., 63 yds., 6:17) yards. Last year. Smith shocked the lllini, gaining IL; Williams 66 yard missed FG return 290 total yards to lead Missouri past Illinois. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (Gockman kick), 0:00

- 5- Illinois scored on its first possession with a RUSHING: ILL E.B. Halsey 20-139; J. Davis 2-7; Virgil 4-(-5); Beutjer 2- (-10). - Third Quarter 44-yard field goal by John Gockman, the first of 13; C. Davis MU Smith 17-73; Abron 21-70-1; Nashl-(-l); Team 2-(-4) ISU: Smith 10 yard pass from Souza (Carroll kick), three by the lllini senior. PASSING: ILL - Beutjer 31-44-0-284-1; TeamO- 7:28 (13pl., 78 yds., 5:26) After a Missouri punt, the lllini were forced 1-0-0. MU - Smith 12-18-0-102-2. ISU: Carroll 28 yard FG, 5:38 (5pl. 32 yds, 1:50) to punt, but were unable to get the punt off as RECEIVING: ILL - C. Davis 10-66; E.B. Halsey IL: Virgil 35 yard run (Gockman kick) 3:13 Missouri's Derrick Ming tackled lllini punter Matt 6-46; Hurst 5-76; Hayden 4-16-1; Bryanr 2-29; J. (5 pi. 65yds., 2:25) Minnes to give Missouri the ball at the Illinois Davis 2-18; Kornfeld 1-18; McClellan 1-15. MU - ISU: Smith 74 yard pass from Souza (pass railed), three-yard line. On fourth and goal from the one Outlaw 4-33-1; Abron 3-34; Sesay 2-3; Mccoy 1-14- 1:13 (4pl., 80 yds., 2:00) yard line, Zack Abron scored to give Missouri a 7- 1; Omboga 1-12; Coffey 1-6. advantage. 3 TACKLES: ILL - Sinclair 12, 1-2; O'Brien 9, 1-4; Fourth Quarter a 14-yard pass from Smith Missouti scored on Strong 8; Mason 7; Ruffin 6; Williams 6; McGoey 6; IL: Haywood 4 yard pass from Beutjer

to tight end J.D. Mccoy with 5:31 to go in the Taylor 4; Jordan 4. MU - Kinney 16; Barnes 10; (Hayden pass from Beutjer), 10:06 half to go up 14-3. Gockman added his second Harden 8; Williams 7; Harrington 7; Mosley 7; Smith (8 pi., 59 yds, 3:53)

field goal just before halftime to cut the Tigers' 5; Washington 4; Bell 4. IL: Gockman 28 yard FG, 1:58

lead to 14-6. (12 pi., 78 yds., 5:33) A six-yard scoring strike from Beutjer to jun- ISU: Carroll 28 yard FG, 5:38 (12pl. 58 yds, 1:58)

ior Kelvin Hayden gave Illinois its first lead of the TEAM STATISTICS game at 15-14 with 10:36 remaining in the game, Category ILL ISU but the rwo-point conversion attempt failed. GAME 2 First Downs 23 27 Missouri answered however, with a 13-play 78- Illinois 49 Rushes-Yards 41-254 29-133 yard scoring drive that culminated in Smith's six- Passing Yards 207 385 yard pass to Darius Outlaw. The Tigers were suc- Illinois State 22 Comp-Art-Int 16-24-1 33-56-0 cessful on their two-point attempt to make it 22- Total Yards 461 511 Sept. 6, 2003 - Champaign, 111. - 56,304 15 with 6:24 left to play. Punts-Avg 3-45.0 5-41.2 its yard line Illinois got the ball back on 10 Kickoff Rerurns 2-14 6-151 Missouri's line, with 2:03 left and drove to 23 yard Jon Beutjer threw four touchdown passes and Penal ties-Yards 5-50 6-70 but the drive stalled as a Beutjer pass intended for Travis Williams returned a blocked field goal 66 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2

Melvin Bryant was broken up by Nino Williams. yards for a score as Illinois defeated Illinois State, Sacks by 2-7 0-0 49-22. Third-down Conv. 7-of-12 7-of-17 30:37 SCORING BY QUARTER Beutjer connected with Mark Kornteld tor a Time of Possession 29:23

Team 1 2 3 4 F 32-yard score, Kelvin Hayden for a 41 -yard TD INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Missouri 8 22 and Lonnie Hurst for a 30-yarder on successive 6 15 RUSHING: ILL - Virgil 9-84-1; Thomas, 9-78; Illinois 3 3 3 Illinois drives in the first quarter after Illinois State Halsey 20-73; Beutjer 2- 14; Kornfeld 1-5;. ISU - marched down the field on the opening drive only SCORING SUMMARY Souza 16-71; Johnson 8-38; Edwards 5-17 to iumble at the end zone. - Beutjer 16-23-1-207-4; Brasic 0- First Quarter PASSING: ILL The Redbirds rolled up 51 1 yards in total 1-0-0. - 33-56-0-385-2. IL: Gockman 44 yard FG, 8:47 ISU Souza offense and Dwayne Smith, who transferred from ILL - Kornfeld 4-73-1; Haywood (9 pi., 43 yds, 4:21) RECEIVING: last caught 14 passes for 243 Illinois before season, 3-20-1; Halsey 3-5; Hurst 1-30-1; Hayden 2-53-1; MU: Abron 1 yard run (Matheny kick), 0:40 play. yards and two touchdowns, one a 74-yatd 2-21; Davis 1-5. ISU - Smith 14-243-2; (4 pi.. 3 yds, 1:34) Adeyemo J. Tailback Morris Virgil led the lllini with 84 Barber 6-37; Massengale 5-48; Johnson 4-28; Larson Second Quarter yards on nine carries, one ol them 35 yards for a 2-28; Jones 1-2; Edwards 1- (-2). Halsey - 8; Taylor 8; Sinclair 7; MU: McCoy 14 yard pass from Smith score in the third quarter. Freshman E.B. TACKLES: ILL Mason 7; Morton 6; Ray 6; McGoey 5. ISU (Matheny kick), 5:31 (9 pi., 47 yds, 3:40) ran the ball 20 times for 73 yards. Jackson 7; Myers - 10; Pappoccia 9; Larick 8; Colvin IL: Gockman 48 yard FG, 0:07 Illinois built a 31-3 halftime lead after defen- Grigsby 18; Gilot 5; Robinson 5; Temple 5. (4 pi., 15 yds., :24) sive end Derrick Strong blocked a field goal

attempt and Williams ran it back for a touchdown

Third Quarter as time ran out. IL: Gockman 31 yard FG, 9:03 Beutjer's fourth TD pass of the game was a 4- (13pl.,51 yds., 5:57) yarder to Brad Haywood with 10:06 remaining. |ohn Gockman kicked two field goals for the

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TEAM STATISTICS sacked as time ran out. GAME 3 Category ILL UCLA UCLA 6 Firsr Downs 16 12 SCORING BY QUARTER Rushes-Yards 26-67 35-110 Team 1 2 3 4 V Illinois 3 Passing Yards 216 94 California 7 14 7 3 31 Comp-Att-Int 26-42-3 11-31-1 Illinois 7 7 10 24 Sept. 13, 2003 - Pasedena, Calif. -51,118 Total Yards 283 204 Punts-Avg 7-47.6 10-37.9 SCORING SUMMARY

Kickoff Returns 2-43 2-48 First Quarter In its first game at the Rose Bowl since 1984, Penalties-Yards 6-40 7-51 IL: Halsey 10 yard pass from Beutjer (Gockman the Illinois defense was outstanding, limiting Fumbles-Losr 1-1 0-0 kick), 7:46 (14 pi, 68 yds, 5:06) UCLA to 204 total yards, including just 94 yards Sacks by 5-35 1-7 CAL: Arrington 5 yard run (Fredrickson kick), passing. The Illini kept pressure on Bruins quarter- Third-down Conv. 7-of-16 5-of-17 3:31 (9 pi., 61 yds, 4:15) back all night, coming away with five Time of Possession 31:01 28:59 sacks and allowing Olson to complete just 35 per- Second Quarter cent of his passes. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS CAL: McArthur 14 yard pass from Rodgers Unfortunately, the Illinois were held wirhout RUSHING: ILL - E.B. Halsey 24-76; Beutjer 1- (- (Fredrickson kick), 7:16 (7pl. 54 yds, 2:09) first time since a 27-0 loss at a touchdown for the 7); Team l-(-2); UCLA - White 18-102; Ebell 8-44; CAL: Strang 68 yard punt return, Penn State in 1998. Drew 2-4; Olson 6-(-38); Team 1- (-1) (Fredrickson kick), 0:23

Illini quarrerback Jon Beutjer was 26-of-42 PASSING: ILL - Beurjer 26-42-3-216-0: UCLA - for 216 yards and running back E.B. Halsey car- Olson 11-31-1-94-0. Third Quarter - 8-63; ried the ball 24 times for 76 yards, but Illinois' RECEIVING: ILL Kornfeld 6-79; Hayden IL: Hayden 72 yard pass from Beutjer 7-40; Halsey 2-15; Hursr 1-11; Adeyemo 1-4; kick), 14:40 (lpl, 78 yds. 0:20) offense never got on track. J. Davis (Gockman 1-4. - Bragg 4-39; Ebell 2-14; Moss 1- yard run (Fredrickson kick), Trailing 6-0, the Orange and Blue got on the Virgil UCLA CAL: Echemandu 5 16; Smith 1-11; White 1-5; Taylor 1-5; Norton 1-4. 9:29 (4 pi, 26 yds, 1:13) board in the third quarter on a 29-yard John TACKLES: ILL - Jackson 8; Taylor 7, 1-3; Gockman field goal, his sixth ot the season. The Sinclair 6, 1-7; Ray 5; Morton 4; Myers 4, 1-11; Fourth Quarter score was set up by safety Marc Jackson's second Williams 3; Strong 2, 1-6; McGoey 2; Mason 2; Moss CAL: Fredrickson 32 yard FG, 11:07 career interception, an acrobatic grab at the Illinois 2, 1-8; Robinson 2. UCLA- Chillar 13; Emanuel 10; (12 pf, 70 yds, 5:13) 42-yard line. Wirh three quick first downs, the London 7; Havner 5; Shorr 4; D. Ball 3; Page 3; Link IL: Halsey 29 yard pass from Beurjer (Gockman Illini offense was able to march to UCLA's seven 3; Ware 3; Boschetti 2; M. Ball 2, 1-7. kick), 7:27 (8 pi, 80 yds, 3:40) yard line, where they were facing a third and two, IL: Gockman 34 yard FG, 1:44 whistled for a delay of game penalty. After but was (16 pi., 76 yds., 2:39) the five yard loss, a Beutjer pass intended for Mark TEAM STATISTICS Kornfeld fell incomplete and the Illini were forced Category ILL CAL to settle for Gockman's field goal. GAME 4 22 First Downs 26 Starting from their own 1 5 with 3:02 to go, Rushes-Yards 35-66 32-105 Beutjer led the Illini to the Bruin 29, hitting California 31 Passing Yards 430 263 three times for yards, fullback Jason Kornfeld 30 35-57-1 20-37-0 Illinois 24 Comp-Att-Int Davis twice for 1 5 yards and Halsey once for a five Total Yards 496 368 Attempts by Beutjer on first and sec- yard pickup. Sept. 20, 2003 - Champaign, 111. -58,363 Punts-Avg 6-47.5 7-36.4 ond down to hit receivers in the end zone were KickofT Rerurns 4-91 4-94 incomplete. On third down, he found Kelvin Penalties- Yards 3-40 5-26 Jon Beutjer set a Memorial Stadium record Hayden for an eight-yard gain ro set up a potential Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 and a career-high passing mark, throwing for 430 game-tying field goal attempt tor Gockman. Sacks by 2-9 5-40 yards, but it wasn't enough as the Fighting Illini After timeouts by both teams and an Illini Third-down Conv. 13-of-23 5-of-13 fell 31-24 to California in their final non-confer- false start penalty that pushed the attempt to 43 Time of Possession 33:20 26:40 ence game. yards, Gockman's kick sailed wide left. The Bruins Trailing 21-7 ar halftime, the Illini started LEADERS took over and ran out the clock. INDIVIDUAL after halftime as Beutjer found wide receiv- quickly RUSHING: ILL - E.B. Halsey 19-51; Virgil 6-22; 72- er Kelvin Hayden deep down the middle for a 1-6; 1-2; Beutjer 8- (-15); CAL - SCORING BY QUARTER Hayden Thomas yard scoring strike on the second play ol the half. Echemandu 16-70-1; Arrington 10-27-1; Rodgers 5- Team 12 3 4 The pass was the longest Illini pass since a 73-yard 17;0'Keith 1-0. UCLA 3 3 connection from Johnny Johnson to Jasper Strong PASSING: ILL - Beutjer 35-57-1-430-3; CAL- Illinois 3 in the 1994 Liberty Bowl. Hayden finished with Rodgers 20-37-0-263-1. highs. RECEIVING: ILL - Hayden 11-158-1; Halsey 7- SCORING SUMMARY 1 1 catches for 158 yards, both career 93-2; Kornfeld 7-59; Hurst 6-65; Haywood 2-8; First Quarter After a California field goal made the score McGoey 1-44; McClellan 1-3. CAL- McArthur 10- UCLA: Medlock 28 yard FG, 2:52 31-14 with 1 1:07 to go, the Illini mounted a furi- 155-1; Makonnen 4-68; Toler 3-28; Strang 1-7; Hall (11 pl„ 38 yds., 4:13) ous comeback, starring with an eight play, 80-yard 1-5; Cross 1-0. drive that ended when Beutjer found running back TACKLES: ILL - Taylor 16, 1-6; Ball 8; Myers 7; Second Quarter E.B. Halsey along the sideline for a 29-yard touch- Williams 5; Sinclair 5; Ray 4; Jackson 4, 1- UCLA: Medlock 48 yard FG, 8:45 Mason 6; down pass. 1; McGoey 3; Bevis 3. CAL - Hunrer 15, 3-26; (4 pi., 2 yds., 1:59) Aftet the Illini defense forced a Golden Bear McCleskey 12, 1-6; Gutierrez 9; Foltz 6; Hall 5; Slater punt, the Illini pulled to within seven on a 34-yard Alexander 4; McGrath 4; Blay-Miezah 4; Bethea 3; Third Quarter 5d field goal Gockman. by John Hughes 3; Beckham 3. IL: Gockman 29 yard FG, 4:15 On the ensuing kickoff, the Illini recovered (lOpl.. 45 yds., 5:00) an onside kick at the 50-yard line with 1:44 remaining. Facing a fourth and three, Beutjer found wide receiver Lonnie Hurst for six yards to

give the Illini the ball at the eight-yard line with

17 seconds left. With no timeouts remaining, 1 seconds ticked off the clock as Beutjer's pass

attempt to Mark Kornfeld in the end zone fell incomplete. On the game's final play, Beutjer was

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GAME 5 TEAM STATISTICS SCORING SUMMARY Category ILL WIS Firsr Quarter Wisconsin 38 First Downs 20 26 PUR: Void 2 yard run (Jones kick), 12:48 Rushes-Yards 21-64 63-307 (6 pi.. 71 yds., 2:12) Illinois 20 Passing Yards 207 131 PUR: Void 4 yard run (kick blocked), 6:50 Comp-Art-Inr 23-41-1 7-13-1 (9 pi., 54 yds., 3:57) Sept. 27, 2003 - Champaign, 111. - 58,495 Total Yards 271 438 PUR: Williams 20 yard pass from Orron (Jones

Punts-Avg 4-36.0 2-39.5 kick), 3:20 (7 pi., 77 yds., 2:32) Kickoff Returns 7-179 4-94 The return of Illinois' star fullback, Carey Penalries- Yards 5-40 3-25 Second Quarter Davis was not enough to lift the Illini past Fumbles-Losr 0-0 0-0 IL: Gockman 28 yard FG, 13:41 Wisconsin, as the Fighting Illini opened the Big

Sacks by 1-7 2-15 ( 1 1 pi., 60 yds., 4:39) Ten season at Memorial Stadium with a 38-20 loss Third-down Conv. 4-of-12 10-of-15 PUR: Void 5 yard run (Jones kick), 5:57 to the Badgers. Time of Possession 23:03 36:57 (5 pi., 45 yds., 1:18) Davis, who missed the previous three games with a staph infection, was limited to five touches, INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Third Quarter rushing twice for 23 yards, catching rwo passes for RUSHING: ILL - E.B. Halsey 10-43-1; C. Davis PUR: Void 1 yard run (Jones kick), 10:35 seven yards and returning one kick for 12 yards. 2-23; Hayden 1-10; M. Mason 2-2; Virgil 1-1; J. (6 pi., 19 yds., 3:12) Trailing 21-0 in the second quarter, the Illini Davis l-(-l); Beutjer 1- (-14); WIS -Smith 34-193-3; PUR: Jones 50 yard FG, 6:13 (7 pi., 18 yds., 2:45) fought back, closing to 21-10 at the end of the sec- Stanley 12-55; Bernstein 5-29; Pettus 6-20; Sorgi 4-

ond quarter on a John Gockman field goal fol- 24; Team l-(-l); Morse l-(-6) Fourth Quarter

lowed by an E.B. Halsey 4-yard TD pass from PASSING: ILL - Beutjer 23-41-1-207-1; WIS - IL: Halsey 41 yard punr return quarterback Jon Beutjer, who finished the day 23- Sorgi 7-12-0-131-0; Schabert 0-1-0-0-0. (Gockman kick), 13:34 of-41 for 207 yards and one TD. RECEIVING: ILL - Hayden 9-97; Halsey 7-57-1; PUR: Jones 5 yard run (Jones kick), 0:35 1- Halsey added another touchdown, a 4-yard Kornfeld 2-18; Hursr 2-17; C. Davis 2-7; Bryant (7 pi., 38 yds., 3:07) 11. WIS - Evans 4-45; Williams 1-75; Bernstein 1-6; run with 5:14 left in the third quarter. The score Pociask 1-5. TEAM STATISTICS was Halsey's first rushing touchdown ot his career. TACKLES: ILL - Sinclair 21; Williams 14; Taylor CATEGORY ILL PUR The freshman compiled 21 1 all purpose yards, 13: Jackson 10; Mason 9; Ball 8; Morton 6; Strong 5; Firsr Downs 11 28 including a 66-yard kickoff return that led to Bevis 4; Myers 4; Matha 4, 1-7. WIS- Mack 9; Rushes-Yards 17-38 67-324 Gockman's second quarter field goal. Gockman Leonhard 6; Catalano 6; Lewis 6; Aiello 6; Starks 5; Passing Yards 153 209 added a 47-yarder in the third quarter. Jones 4, 2-15; Hawthorne 4. Comp-Att-Inr 17-28-1 13-20-0 Halsey's performance was not enough as the Total Yards 191 533 gers ran 63 times for 307 yards and five TD's. Punrs-Avg 7-40.9 2-40.0 Kickoff Returns 6-138 3-71 SCORING BY QUARTER Penalries-Yards 6-46 9-69 Team 1 2 3 4 F GAME 6 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Wisconsin 14 7 7 10 38 Sacks by 1-8 2-9 Illinois 10 10 20 Purdue ..43 Third-down Conv. l-of-9 12-of-18 Time of Possession 20:25 39:35

SCORING SUMMARY Illinois . .10 First Quarter INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Oct. 4, 2003 - West Lafayette, Ind. 64,139 WIS: Smith 19 yard run (Allen kick), 12:32 RUSHING: ILL - M. Mason 5-19; Hayden 1-16;

(4 pi., 45 yds., 1:14) C. Davis 3-7; E.B. Halsey 5-7; Beutjer 1- (-8); PUR - WIS: Smith 2 yard run (Allen kick), 8:02 Freshman E.B. Halsey returned a punt 41 Void 25-1 19-4; Brooks 20-82; Jones 12-57-1; Orton

(9 pi., 68 yds., 3:04) yards for a touchdown and the Fighting Illini 7-49; Stubblefield 1-11; Williams 1-3; Kirsch 1-3

blocked two Boilermaker kicks as the Illini special PASSING: ILL - Beutjer 12-23-1-107-0; Pazan 5-

- 0-1- Second Quarter teams performed well in Illinois' 43-10 loss at 5-0-46-0. PUR Orton 13-19-0-209-1; Kirsch WIS: Sorgi 8 yard run (Allen kick), 12:30 Purdue. 0-0-0. pi., yds., 8:00) RECEIVING: ILL - Hurst 7-65; Hayden 5-40; C. (14 80 Defensive end Derrick Strong blocked a PAT IL: Gockman 27 yard FG, 10:54 Davis 3-37; Kornfeld 2-11. PUR - Srandeford 6-101; in the first quarter, his second blocked kick on the (4pl„ 14 yds., 1:36) Srubblefield 3-56; Williams 3-38-1; Ingraham 1-14. season and cornerback Christian Morton blocked IL: Halsey 4 yard pass from Beurjer TACKLES: ILL - Mason 1 1; Ball 9; Taylor 8; the second kick of his career, a 23-yard attempt at (Gockman kick), 0:32 (18 pi, 75 yds, 6:32) Jackson 7; Morton 6, 1-8; Sinclair 6; Ray 5; Williams the end of the second quarter. 4; Myers 4; Marha 4; Bevis 4; Boyd 4. PUR - The Boilermakers overcame Illinois' special Third Quarter Johnson 7; Reeves 6, 1-4; Gardner 6; Schweigerr 4; teams heroics and went on to a 43-10 victory, IL: Gockman 47 yard FG. 1 3: 1 Pollard 3; Terrill 3; Philips 2, 1-5. rushing for five touchdowns. (4pl.. -5 yds., 0:19) track, WIS: Smith 5 yard run (Allen kick), 9:19 Illinois' offense was not able to get on

(2 pi., 80 yds., 0:16) racking up a season-low total of 191 yards. IL; Halsey 4 yard run (Gockman kick), 5:14 Quarterback Jon Beutjer finished 12-23 for 107 (10 pi, 68 yds, 4:05) yards. GAME 7 The Illini's lone scoring drive, an 1 1 play, 60- Fourth Quarter yard march, culminated in a John Gockman sec- Michigan State 49 WIS: Sorgi 4 yard run (Allen kick), 12:59 ond quarter 28-yard field goal, his 10th on the sea- (14 pi., 69 yds., 7:15) son. Illinois 14 WIS: Allen 18 yard FG 3:54 (12 pl„ 75 yds., 7: 12) Redshirt-freshman quarterback Chirs Pazan Oct. 11. 2003 - Champaign, 111. - 47.SQ9 made his Illinois debut, going 5-of-5 for 46 yards

in the fourth quarter. Illinois got its running game back on ttack against the nation's third best run defense, gaining SCORING BY QUARTER 1 58 yards on the ground. The Illini's run defense Team 1 2 3 4 F was much improved, allowing the Sparrans just Purdue 20 7 10 6 43 102 yards, but Michigan State handed the Illini Illinois 3 7 10 their third straight Big Ten loss, 49-14.

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Trailing 7-0, Illini quarterback Jon Beutjer led Cobb 1-9. MICH: Jackson 1 yard run (Rivas kick), 1:47 - 11; (10 pi.. 76 yds., 3:46) the Illini on a season long, 92-yard drive which TACKLES: ILL Williams Abdullah 10; Sinclait 9; Mason 7; Jackson 6; Taylor 6, .5-1; Ruffin ended with a 1 0-yard touchdown pass from 1-2; Morron 3; Kleckner 3; Strong 2, 1-4; Myers 2; TEAM STATISTICS Beutjer to wide receiver Mark Kornfeld. 3, Gilstrap 2, .5-1; Moss 2. MSU - Smith 13, 1-7; Category ILL MICH The game's momentum swayed to the Stanley 1 1; Harmon 8; Dukes 8, 1-6; Labinjo 8; First Downs 13 30 Spartans' side when, after a Michigan State touch- Maples 7; Barnett 6; Watson 5; Mitchell 5; Cooper 4; Rushes-Yards 29-89 49-275 down, a Beutjer interception deep in Illini territory Flagg 4. Passing Yards 163 244 was returned to the two-yard line. After three Comp-Att-Int 16-28-1 22-34-0 Illini defensive stops, Tyrell Dortch was able to Total Yards 252 519 squeeze into the end zone on fourth down to put Punrs-Avg 7-46.0 5-39.0 the Spartan's ahead 14-7. Kickoff" Rerurns 7-121 3-64 Illinois next scored when Chris Pazan con- GAME 8 Penalries-Yards 5-49 8-71 nected with E.B. Halsey on a six-yard scoring Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0 strike with 1:05 to go in the game. The touch- Michigan ..56 Sacks by 1-13 1-8 down was the first of Pazan's career. Third-down Conv. 1 -of- 1 1 9-of-15 Illinois ..14 Time of Possession 26:56 33:04 SCORING BY QUARTER Oct. 18, 2003 - Ann Arbor, Mich. 110,231 Team 1 2 3 4 F INDIVIDUAL LEADERS - 10-30-2; 2-20; Michigan St. 7 14 7 21 49 RUSHING: ILL Thomas Hayden Redshirt freshman Chris Pazan his first 3-16; 8-12; 1-8; Illinois 7 7 14 made C. Davis Halsey J. Davis M. Mason career start in Illinois' 56-14 setback at Michigan. 2-8; Pazan 3-(-l). MICH -Perry 24-140-3; Jackson 8- SCORING SUMMARY Pazan was starting for Jon Beutjer who missed the 54-1; Bracken 8-52-1; Underwood 4-17; Rembert 2- First Quarter game due to a back injury. 15; Navarre 3-(-13). MSU: Hayes 1 yard run (Rayner kick), 8:15 PASSING: ILL - Pazan 1 1-23-1-100-0; Ward 5-5- Pazan finished the game 1 1 -of-23 for 1 00 (6 pi., 69 yds., 2:23) 0-63-0. MICH - Navarre 18-27-0-203-1; Gutierrez 4- yards with one interception. He became the first 7-0-41-1. freshman to start at quarterback for the Illini since Second Quarter RECEIVING: ILL - Kornfeld 5-77; Hayden 4-25; teammate Dustin Ward, who started the final 1 pass from Beutjer IL: Kornfeld yard 1-9; 1-8; 1-6; J. Davis 2-34; Adeyemo Thomas Bryant ol the 2000 season as a redshirt freshman. (Gockman kick), 14:56 (15 pi., 92 yds, 8:19) game Halsey 1-2; C. Davis 1-2. MICH - Avant 4-71; run- 1 run (Rayner kick), 9:52 Illinois' Pierre Thomas, a true freshman MSU: Dortch yard Thompson 4-37; Massaquoi 3-37-1; Edwards 3-25; (4 pi., 2 yds., 2:17) ning back scored the first two touchdowns of his Bell 1-43; Mignery 1-9-1; Perry 1-6; Dudley 1-6; yard pass from Smoker career. The first, a one-yard plunge, capped an MSU: Scott 15 Bracken 1-5; Breasron l-4;Tabb 1-3; Rembert l-(-2). (Rayner kick), 5:30 (8 pi., 68 yds., 3:13) Illini drive that covered 81 yards in eight plays on TACKLES: ILL - Kleckner 8; Williams 8; Jackson half. their second possession of the second 6; Sinclair 6; Mason 5; Taylor 5; Gawelek 4; Abdullah Third Quarter Thomas' second touchdown was a seven-yard 4; Myers 4; Robinson 4. MICH - Burgess 5; Diggs 5, MSU: Dortch 4 yard run (Rayner kick), 7:34 run, which finished an 80-yard drive engineered by 1-8; Reid 5; LeSueur 5; McClintock 5; Barringer 5; (8 pi., 93 yds., 3:39) senior Dustin Ward. On the drive. Ward was a Harrison 4. perfect 4-of-4 for 53 yards, hitting wide receiver Fourth Quarter Mark Kornfeld with three passes for 44 yards. MSU: Alexander 1 5 yard pass from Smoker Ward finished the day 5-for-5 for 63 yards. (Rayner kick), 14:27 (2 pi., 12 yds., 0:50)

MSU: Smoker 1 yard run (Rayner kick), 8:25 SCORING BY QUARTER GAME 9 (5 pi., 55 yds., 2:05) Team 1 2 3 4 F MSU: Harmon 52 yard fumble return Michigan 14 21 7 14 56 Minnesota 36 (Rayner kick), 6:29 Illinois 7 7 14 IL: Halsey 6 yard pass from Pazan Illinois 10 (Gockman kick), 1:05 (15 pi., 80 yds., 5:24) SCORING SUMMARY Oct. 25, 2003 - Champaign, 111. - 46,407 TEAM STATISTICS First Quarter Category ILL MSU MICH: Perry 25 yard run (Rivas kick), 12:28 Senior quarrerback Dustin Ward relieved red- First Downs 23 23 (8 pi., 71 yds.. 2:32) shirt freshman Chris Pazan at the start of the sec- Rushes-Yards 43-158 29-102 MICH: Perry 2 yard run (Rivas kick), 5:24 ond quarter and finished 17-of-32 for 221 yards Passing Yards 213 317 (11 pi., 61 yds., 5:27) Comp-Att-Int 26-39-2 23-31-0 and one touchdown in Illinois' 36-10 Total Yards 371 419 Second Quarter Homecoming loss to Minnesota at Memorial Punts-Avg 4-42.0 4-45.3 MICH: Breaston 74 yard punt return Stadium. Kickoff Rerurns 1-16 3-33 (Rivas kick), 7:39 Ward connected with senior Carey Davis on a Penalties-Yards 3-28 6-48 MICH: Mignery 9 yard pass from Navarre four-yard touchdown toss in the second quarter to 2-1 3-0 Fumbles-Lost (Rivas kick), 2:14 pull the Illini to 17-7. After thtee punts, the Sacks 3-9 2-13 by (8 pi., 84 yds., 3:04) Fighting Illini got the ball back and drove to the

Third-down Conv. 8-of-17 2-of-7 1 yard run (Rivas kick), 0:1 MICH: Perry Gophers' 10-yard line, but the dtive ended when a Time of Possession 35:09 24:51 (10 pi., 67 yds.. 1:27) Ward pass was intercepted in the end zone. In the third quarter. Ward appeared to have INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Third Quarter his second touchdown pass, a 10-yarder to Mark - 8- RUSHING: ILL E.B. Halsey 19-75; Thomas IL: Thomas 1 yard run (Gockman kick), Kornfeld, but the official's ruled that Kornfeld 57; J. Davis 4-18; C. Davis 4-14; M. Mason 5-2; 7:44 (11 pi.. 81 yds., 4:52) stepped out of the end zone and the penalty nulli- Beurjer 2- (-1); Pazan l-(-7). MSU - Hayes 12-56-1; MICH: Bracken 27 yard run (Rivas kick), 5:32 fied the score. Instead, senior John Gockman Dortch 6-35-2; Cobb 2-9; Teague 2-7; Shabaj 1-3; (9 pi., 74 yds., 2:12) Smoker 6-(-8)-l. kicked a 27-yard field goal. rushed for yards PASSING: ILL - Beutjer 19-27-2-146-2; Pazan 7- Fourth Quarter Freshman Pierre Thomas 70 11-0-67-1. MSU -Smoker 23-31-0-317-2. MICH: Massaquoi 21 yard pass from Gutierrez (Riv on 15 carries before leaving the game with a leg

RECEIVING: ILL - Halsey 6-39-1; Kornfeld 5- kick), 9:44 (2 pi., 23 yds., 0:39) injury.

66-1; Hayden 4-30; C. Davis 4-18; Payne 2-18; Hurst IL: Thomas 7 yard run (Gockman kick), 5:33 The Illini also lost their two starting receivers,

2-16; Bryant 2-10; McClellan 1-16. MSU - Trannon (10 pi., 80 yds.. 4:11) as Kelvin Hayden, after catching three balls for 93

6-6; Hayes 3-55; Alexander 3-47-1; Randall 3-42; yards, left with an ankle injury and freshman Knott 2-52; Brown 2-34; Shabaj 2-3; Scott 1-15-1;

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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Lonnie Hurst was knocked out by a leg injury. GAME 10 RUSHING: ILL- Mason 14-42, Davis 6-19, 41 Coopet 1-2, Ward 5-(minus 4). IA-, Russell 23-94, SCORING BY QUARTER Iowa Lewis 9-61, Cervantes 6-27, Brownlee 2-18, Tate 1- V 1 2 3 4 Davis Team 10 17, Chandler 3-15, Schnoor 3-12, Sherlock 1-5, 6 13 36 Illinois Minnesota 10 1-0, Bradley l-(minus 5). 7 3 10 4-9-0- Illinois Nov. 1, 2003 - Iowa City, Iowa - 70,397 PASSING: ILL- Ward 12-23-0-108, Pazan 98. IA- Chandler 14-23-0-243, Tate 2-2-0-18. SCORING SUMMARY RECEIVING: ILL- Kotnfeld 5-50, Davis 5-25, Senior Dustin Ward became the third Illinois First Quarter McGoey 4-119, Adeyemo 1-8, Mason 1-4. IA- Davis starting quartetback of the season in the Mini's 41- MN: Maroney 6 yard run (Lloyd kick), 5-109. Melloy 2-44, Brown 2-31, Holloway 2-21, 10 loss to Iowa at Kinnick Stadium. 6:18 (12 pi., 89 yds., 4:57) Jensen 2-21, Hinkel 1-23. Ochoa 1-11, Jackson 1-1 Ward finished the day 12-of-23 for 108 yards TACKLES: ILL - Mason 16; Sinclair 14; Ball 11; and split time with redshirt freshman Chris Pazan, Second Quartet Williams 8; Taylor 8; Abdullah 6; Jackson 6; Gawelek 14:17 4-of-9 for 98 yards and one touchdown. MN: Lloyd 31 yard FG, who went 4. IA- Hodge 9; Greenway 8; Roth 6, 2-10; Johnson yds., 4:33) his second scoring strike of the (10 pi., 45 Pazan threw 6; Allen 5; Neubauer 5; Robinson 5; Lewis 4. MN: Hosack 80 yard pass from Abdul-Khaliq season when he found wide receiver Mark yds., 0:13) (Lloyd kick), 12:28 (1 pi., 80 Kornfeld in the end zone from three yards out in 4 yard pass from Watd(Gockman 1L: C. Davis the fourth quarter. Kornfeld hauled in five passes kick), 9:03 (7 pi., 80 yds., 3:25) for 50 yards. Eric McGoey In addition, Pazan and receiver GAME 11 Third Quarter connected on a 47-yard pass that set up a 24-yard MN: Ellerson 21 yard pass from Abdul-Khaliq 17 field goal by senior John Gockman. The pass was a Indiana (kick failed), 1 1:51 (8 pi., 89 yds., 3:09) career-long for both McGoey and Pazan. IL: Gockman 27 yard FG. 2:00 Illinois 14 McGoey, filling in on a receiving corps (9 pi., 80 yds., 2:59) depleted by injuries, led the Orange and Blue with Nov. 8, 2003 - Bloomington, Ind. - 24, 102 four catches, his first 100-yard receiv- Fourth Quarter 119 yards on MN: Maroney 2 yard run (pass failed), ing game. Freshman running back Marcus Mason ran 2:04) 14:56 (5 pl„ 80 yds., for 102 yards on 25 carries and quarterback from Abdul-Khaliq SCORING BY QUARTER MN: Posthumus 1 yard pass Dustin Ward thtew two touchdown passes, but the F Team 1 2 3 4 (Lloyd kick), 6:52 (1 1 pi.. 78 yds., 6:18) Fighting Mini fell 17-14 to Indiana. Iowa 7 10 17 7 41 toss was the end 10 Ward's first touchdown TEAM STATISTICS Illinois 10 result of a 49-second drive to close out the first Category ILL MINN SUMMARY half. On first and goal from the six-yard line, First Downs 19 28 SCORING Ward floated a pass to the left side of the end zone Rushes-Yards 27-106 57-338 First Quarter in for his first touchdown 1 yd pass from Chandler, (Kaeding which McGoey hauled Passing Yards 233 237 IA: Jackson pi., 77 yds, 9:06) catch of the season. Comp-Att-Int 21-38-1 12-16-0 kick), 5:54 (18 In the third quarter. Ward found junior wide Total Yards 339 575 Quarter from 34 yards out to give Punts-Avg 7-45.0 4-31.8 Second receiver Ade Adeyemo yd FG, 12:43 Kickoff Returns 3-59 1-11 IA: Kaeding 23 the Mini a 14-7 lead. pi., yds., 2:17) open Penalties-Yards 2-2 4-44 (9 75 Illinois had a chance to break the game Russell 2 yd run (Kaeding kick) 0:52 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 IA: at the start of the fourth quarter, but a 52-yard 80 yds., 6:02) Sacks by 0-0 1-7 (11 pi., punt return for a touchdown by Christian Morton 2-of-9 Third-down Conv. 3-of-12 was called back due to a holding penalty. After the 34:07 Third Quarter Time of Possession 25:53 penalty, the Mini were held to 27 yards on their IA: Kaeding 24 yd FG, 10:16 next three possessions. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (7 pis., 43 yds., 2:44) Indiana scored on its' first possession of the yd fumble recovery RUSHING: ILL - Thomas 15-70; Virgil 1-16; C. IA: Sanders 3 game, but was unable to mount any more substan- (Kaeding kick), 5:56 Davis 5-15; M. Mason 4-10; Hayden 1-2; Ward l-(- tial drives until the fourth quarter. 24-129; IA: Russell 14 yd run (Kaeding kick) 2:48 7). MINN - Maroney 22-179-2; Barber III an Indiana field goal made the score 14- pis., 57 yds., 0:51) After Ellerson 2-9; Abdul-Khaliq 3-7; Tapeh 1-5; Kamrath (3 10, the Mini were forced into two straight three- 1-5; Team l-(-2). setting 4-6- Quarter and-out possessions, with the second one PASSING: ILL - Ward 17-32-1-221-1; Pazan Fourth with IL: Kotnfeld 3 yd pass from Pazan (Gockman up Indiana's game-winning drive that ended 0-12-0. MINN - Abdul-Khaliq 12-15-0-237-3; pis., 80 yds., 1:45) quarterback Matt LoVecchio. Kamrath 0-1-0-0-0. kick), 12:22 (6 an eight-yard run by 24 yd FG, 7:58 seconds to try and tie the RECEIVING: ILL - Hayden 3-93; Hurst 3-35; IL: Gockman The Mini had 24 yds., 1:57) line Bryant 3-33; Kotnfeld 3-21; Adeyemo 2-28; C. Davis (6 pis., 57 game, but, aftet moving to their own 38-yatd kick), IA: Melloy 13 yd pass from Tate(Kaeding call, Ward's 2-6-1; Thomas 2-4; M. Mason 1-6; Virgil 1-5; J. following a defensive pass interference 3-112- 3:18 (8 pis., 73 yds., 4:39) Davis 1-2. MINN - Ellerson 4-87-1; Hosack final pass was intercepted deep in Indiana's territo- 1-6; Posthumus 1; Utecht 2-22; Wallace 1-9; Spaeth ry as time expired. 1-1-1. TEAM STATISTICS CATEGORY ILL IOWA TACKLES: ILL - Sinclait 17; Taylot 15; Williams SCOR1N G BY QUARTER 12 24 9; A. Mason 8; Robinson 5; Moss 5; First Downs F 13; Jackson Team 1 2 3 4 26-59 50-244 - Isom 8; West 7; Dozier 6; Rushes- Yards Strong 5. MINN Sims 9; Indiana 7 10 17 206 261 5; Reese 5; Fraley 3; Ward 3. Passing Yards McKenzie 6; Banks Illinois 7 7 14 Comp-Att-Int 16-32-0 16-25-0 265 505 Total Yatds SCORING SUMMARY Punts-Avg 7-45.3 4-39.8 First Quarter 4-64 3-72 Kickoff Returns kick), IN: Green-Ellis, B. 1 yd run (Robertson Penalties-Yatds 6-44 10-88 9:41 (12 pi. 76 yds., 5:19) Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-1 Sacks by 0-0 2-10 Third-down Conv. 5-of-14 6-of-14 Time of Possession 23:49 36:11

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STATISTICS Second Quarter The Illini scored the game's first points TEAM Category NW ILL O IL: McGoey 6 yd pass from Ward (Gockman when John Gockman kicked a 37-yard field 26 25 O kick), 0:08 (6pl., 62 yds., 0:49) First Downs goal to cap a 59-yard drive with 8:25 left in CO Rushes-Yards 70-444 34-122 the first quarter. It was the first time in nine 281 Third Quarter Passing Yards 24 Illinois scored first. Comp-Att-Int 9-3-1 56-32-4 IL: Adeyemo 34 yd pass from Ward (Gockman games that > Total Yards 468 403 kick), 2:32 {8 pi., 69 yds., 3:34) On the next drive, faced with third-and- Punts-Avg 3-24.3 2-48.5 m 22, Basanez tried a pass to the right flat, but 4-96 1-9 Fourth Quarter Kickoff Returns CO Illini safety Travis Williams stepped in front Penalties-Yards 5-45 4-26 IN: Robertson 40 yd FG,8:56 (8 pi., 56yds., 2:41) of the Wildcats' Roger Jordan to intercept 4-1 2-2 IN: LoVecchio 8 yd run (Robertson kick), Fumbles-Lost Illini 2-15 4-38 0:24 (12pl., 66 yds., 2:28) and ran 32 yards for a touchdown. The Sacks scored twice within 1:01 for a 10-0 lead, Third-down Conv. 5-of-12 8-of-18 > Time of Possession 31:44 28:16 TEAM STATISTICS theit biggest lead since the second game of 52 CATEGORY ILL IND m the season when they beat Illinois State 49- CO First Downs 19 24 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 22. RUSHING: ILL - C. Davis 7-51; Halsey 15-49-1; Rushes-Yards 42-178 51-195 together Mason 9-32; Davis 1-5; Ward l-(-7); Pazan l-(- Passing Yards 163 161 But Northwestern got things M. J. - Wright 42-251-4; Herron 17-163; Horn 2- Comp-Att-Int 15-21-1 17-24-0 on the next drive, handing the ball to Wright 8). NW 49; Basanez 9-(- 19). Total Yards 341 356 four times on a seven-play drive. Wright car- - Pazan 28-18-1-188-0; Ward 27- Punts-Avg 5-45.2 6-38.8 PASSING: ILL ried for 55 of the 59 yards on the drive, scor- 14-3-93-0. - Basanez 9-3-1-24-0. Kickoff Returns 3-40 3-44 NW ing the touchdown on a 1-yard run. RECEIVING: ILL - C. Davis 10-44; Adeyemo 6- Penalties-Yards 9-79 8-92 Halsey 5-46; 3-20; Kornfeld 2-25; Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-0 Dustin Ward left in the third quarter 83; McGoey Bryant 2-22; Hayden 2-17; Davis 1-15; Jones 1-9. Sacks by 2-15 1-15 after hitting 14-of-27 attempts for only 93 J. NW - Patrick 3-24. Third-down Conv. 4-of-12 4-of-14 yards and three interceptions. Freshman INTERCEPTIONS: ILL - Williams 1-32. NW - Time of Possession 27:39 32:21 Pazan replaced him and finished 1 8-of- Chris Ward 2-69; Heinz 2-0. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 28 for 188 yards. TACKLES: ILL - Jackson 17, 2-10; Taylor 17, 2-2, 1-1; Williams Bevis Ball 5; Strong 5. RUSHING: ILL- Mason 23-102; C. Davis 12-46; Fullback Carey Davis rushed for 5 Sinclair 15; 9; 7; - Heinz McGarigle 13, 2-4; Ward 8; Durr 8, McGoey 3-30; Ward 4-0. IND- Grenn-Ellis 25-98-1; yards and caught 10 passes for 44 yards for NW 15; 1-7; Pickens 6, 2-2; Stuckey 6, 1-8; Castillo 5, 1-1. 14-36-1; 1 1). Taylor 11-62; LoVecchio Team (minus Illinois. E.B. Halsey ran for 49 yards on 15 PASSING: ILL- Ward 15-21-1-2-163. IND- carries and scored a touchdown. LoVecchio 17-24-0-0-161. RECEIVING: ILL- McGoey 7-47-1; Adeyemo 3- TEAM 1 2 3. 4 F 52-1; C. Davis 2-31; Komfeld 2-30; Bryant 1-3. Northwestern 7 13 17 37 IND- Roby 8-81; Halterman 3-19; Spencer 1-20; Illinois 10 3 7 31 Haney 1-15; Taylor 1-15; Thompson 1-5; Pannozzo 1-4; Green-Ellis 1-2. SCORING SUMMARY TACKLES: ILL - Sinclair 10, 1-14; Mason 10; First Quarter Strong 8, 1-1; Jackson 7; Williams 6; Moss 3; Matha IL: Gockman 37 yd field goal, 8:25 3; Gilstrap 3. IND- Killion 10; Meyers 9; Henry 9; (11 pi., 59 yds., 4:10) Stone 8; Jones 5; Powers 5; Adeyanju 4; Gonzalez 3. IL: Williams 32 interception return (Gockman kick), 7:24

NW: Wright 1 yd run (Huffman kick), 5:20 GAME 12 (7 pi., 59 yds., 1:55)

Northwestern 37 Second Quarter

IL: Gockman 45 yd field goal, 13:43 Illinois 20 (15 pi., 52 yds., 6:46)

Nov. 22, 2003 - Champaign, 111. - 38.688 Third Quarter

NW: Wright 1 yd run (Huffman kick failed), 1 1 :49 ran for 25 1 yards and four (9 pi., 61 yds., 3:11) touchdowns to lead Northwestern to a 37-20 NW: Wright 3 yd run (Huffman kick), 3:49 victory over Illinois in the season finale for (10 pi., 97 yds., 4:08) both teams. Fourth Quarter Noah Herron also carried for 1 63 yards NW: Huffman 38 yd field goal, 11:19 as Wildcats turned entirely to their run- the (11 pi., 42 yds., 4:47)

ning game in the second half. Quarterback IL: Halsey 1 yd run (Gockman kick), 8:37 Brett Basanez's only pass attempt after half- (10 pi., 65 yds., 2:42) NW: Wright 4 yd run (Huffman kick), 4:59 time was nullified by an Illinois penalty. (9 pi., 80 yds., 3:38) The Illini ledat halftime 13-7, but the NW: Ward 69 yd interception return in the third quarter Wildcats took over (Huffman kick), 3:19 behind Wright and Herron. The two carried

the ball for 1 54 yards on the next two drives

as the Wildcats grabbed a 20-13 lead. Brian Huffman kicked a 38-yard field goal and Marvin Ward returned an intercep- tion 69 yards for Northwestern's other scores. Basanez was 3-of-9 for 24 yards.

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® 2004 ILLINOIS SPRING FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS LU SEPT. 4 OCT. 2 NOV. 13 1 3 Florida A&M at Illinois Illinois at Wisconsin Penn State at Indiana XLU Central Michigan at Indiana Michigan at Indiana Iowa at Minnesota U Kent State at Iowa Michigan State at Iowa Northwestern at Michigan go Michigan State at Rutgers Penn State at Minnesota Wisconsin at Michigan State

GO Toledo at Minnesota Ohio State at Northwestern Ohio State at Purdue o Northwestern at TCU Purdue at Notre Dame Illinois idle ^ Cincinnati at Ohio State o Akron at Penn State OCT. 9 NOV. 20 y Central Florida at Wisconsin Illinois at Michigan State Illinois at Northwestern

LXJ Indiana at Northwestern Indiana at Purdue 1 SEPT. 5 Minnesota at Michigan Wisconsin at Iowa CD Syracuse at Purdue Wisconsin at Ohio State Michigan at Ohio State "3 o Purdue at Penn State Michigan State at Penn State CM SEPT. 11 Iowa idle Minnesota idle UCLA at Illinois Indiana at Oregon OCT. 16 Iowa State at Iowa Michigan at Illinois

Michigan at Notre Dame Ohio State at Iowa

Rutgers at Michigan State Minnesota at Michigan State Minnesota TBA Wisconsin at Purdue Arizona State at Northwestern Indiana idle

Marshall at Ohio State Northwestern idle

Penn State at Boston College Penn State idle

Ball State at Purdue UNLV at Wisconsin OCT. 23 Illinois at Minnesota SEPT. 18 Indiana at Ohio State Western Michigan at Illinois Iowa at Penn State

Indiana at Kentucky Michigan at Purdue

Iowa at Arizona State Northwestern at Wisconsin

San Diego State at Michigan Michigan State idle

Notre Dame at Michigan State Minnesota at Colorado State OCT. 30 Kansas at Northwestern Iowa at Illinois

Ohio State at N.C. State Minnesota at Indiana

Central Florida at Penn State Michigan State at Michigan

Wisconsin at Arizona Purdue at Northwestern

Purdue idle Penn State at Ohio State

Wisconsin idle SEPT. 25 Purdue at Illinois NOV. 6 Michigan State at Indiana Indiana at Illinois

Iowa at Michigan Purdue at Iowa

Northwestern at Minnesota Ohio State at Michigan State

Penn State at Wisconsin Minnesota at Wisconsin

Ohio State idle Northwestern at Penn State

Michigan idle

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2004 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS RECRUITING CLASS Name Ht Wt. Pos. Hometown High School/JC

Charles Bailey Jr. 6-1 195 DB Ft. Wayne, Ind. Northrop Brock Bolen 6-1 230 RB Springboro, Ohio Valley View Anthony Brodnax 6-1 180 DB Lithonia, Ga. Lakeside

Sam Carson III 6-1 225 LB Woodridge, III. Downers Grove South

Bryant Creamer 6-3 190 WR Chicago, III. Simeon

Jody Ellis 6-1 180 DB Evanston, III. Evanston Township Kisan Flakes 6-1 190 QB Lovejoy, Ga. Lovejoy

Xavier Fulton 6-5 270 DL Flossmoor, III. Homewood-Flossmoor

Billy Garza 6-2 195 QB Brownsville, Texas Porter

Justin Harrison 5-11 205 DB Bloomington, III. Bloomington

Kyle Knezetic 6-1 195 LS Channahan, III. Minooka JR Kraemer 6-5 220 TE Wildwood, Mo. Lafayette Ryan McDonald 6-4 270 OL Holland, Mich. West Ottawa

Walter Mendenhall 6-0 200 RB Skokie, III. NilesWest Dan Motuliak 6-4 270 DL Lafayette, Ind. Jefferson Jarvis Newson 6-0 185 DB Decatur, Ga. Columbia

Jason Reda 6-3 190 PK Rock Island, III. Rock Island Jeff Sobol 6-4 250 DL Pevely, Mo. Herculaneum Tony Spa rkman 6-4 280 OL Brooklyn Park, Minn. Wayzata Alex Stroud 6-1 185 WR Danville, Calif. De La Salle

Derek Walker 6-5 245 DL Glendale Heights, III. Glenbard East

Russ Weil 6-0 240 FB/LB Minooka, III. Minooka

Remond Willis III 6-0 220 LB Lilbourn, Mo. New Madrid Andre' Young 6-5 190 WR North Augusta, S.C. North Augusta

CHARLES BAILEY JR. BROCK BOLEN ANTHONY BRODNAX 6-t 195, DB 6-t 230, RB 6-t 180, DB Ft. Wayne, Ind./IMorthrop Springboro, Ohio/Valley View Lithonia, Ga./Lakeside

High School: Named All-state and All-region High School: Named a Top- 100 recruit by the High School: As a senior recorded 48 tackles as a senior ... Finished his career with 1 13 solo Chicago Sun-Times ... Carried the ball for 2,087 and five passes broken up as well as 9 1 1 yards rush- tackles and 42 assists as well as 14 tackles- for-loss yards and scored 40 times as a senior ... Rushed for ing and 286 receiving ... Finished his career with

. . interceptions ... and nine sacks ... Forced seven career rumbles and 2,287 yards and 43 touchdowns as a junior . For 137 tackles, 18 PBUs and three

recovered five, while breaking up 15 passes ... Is his career, totaled 6,099 yards and 108 touchdowns Earned letters in football, track and basketball ...

the school's all-time rushing leader and set school ... Ranked the No. 1 fullback in the country by High school coach was Bill Harris.

record for career rushing touchdowns ... Rushed Tom Lemming ... Named the team's Most Valuable Personal: Full name is Anthony Curtis

for 2,335 yards and 30 scores ... Three-time All- Player for three straight years ... Earned first-team Broadnax ... Born on Dec. 29, 1985 in

Conference selection ... Earned three letters each All-State by the Dayton Daily News and Wuerzburg, Germany ... The son of Lemuel and

in football and track ... All-State performer in Middletown Journal Herald ... Garnered first-team Sonja Leach ... Cousin, Jamal Wilson, currently

track ... Recipient of rhe Euell Wilson Award, All-District, All-League and All-Conference honors plays football at Purdue . . . Lists as

given ro the exceptional football player who also ... PrepStar All-Region selection ... Set seven his favorite athlete.

excels in the classroom and community ... Team school rushing and scoring records ... As a junior, Turner on Brodnax: "Anthony is extremely

placed second at state in track as a junior ... Set was the Middletown Journal's Player or the Year, quick and has great acceleration to the football. He

national indoor record in the 55-meter hurdles first-team All-Conference, first-team All-District is physical and aggressive, especially for a corner-

with a 7.4 mark ... Named the "Fastest Hurdler in and second-team All-Ohio ... During his sopho- back. He has the potential to be a great cover cor-

the Nation." ... High school coach was Matt more year, was first-team All-Area by the Dayton ner, who can also be very effective in run support." Stinson. Daily News and Middletown Journal, first-team

Personal: Full name is Charles Allen Bailey Jr. All-Conference and second-team All-District ...

. . . Born on Oct. 26, 1 985 . . . The son of Charles Played football at Fenwick High School and was SAM CARSON III and Patricia Bailey ... Father, Charles Sr., played honorable mention All-League and All-District as a 6-t 225, LB football at Michigan State from 1966-70 ... Lists freshman ... Four-time Scholar-Athlete Award win- Woodridge, lll./Downers Grove South

Mike McKinzie as his favorite athlete ... Honor ner . . . High school coach was Jay Niswonger.

roll student. Personal: Born on March 24, 1985 ... The son High School: Two-time All-State selection ...

Turner on Bailey: "Charles is a very athletic of Gail and Jim Bolen . . . Has one sister, Stephanie Named All-State by the Champaign News-Gazette football player who excelled at both running back ... Enrolled at Illinois in Jan. 2004 and will go

. . . Finished his career with a school record 366 and defensive back during his high school career. through spring practices. tackles ... Earned All-Conference honors at inside We are projecting him as a safety here at Illinois. Turner on Bolen: "Brock is a very versatile linebacker in both 2002 and 2003 . . . Registered He has outstanding speed which is evidenced by his football player with great running skills. One of his 127 tackles, including 83 solo stops as a senior ... great track times." greatest assets is his ability to catch balls out of the Twice named the West Suburban Gold Defensive backfield. He is also a tremendous blocker and a Player of the Year . . . SuperPrep All-American . . physical player who fits the mold of what we are PrepStar All-American ... Helped lead team to a looking for at running back." state championship in 2003 ... Recorded 120 tack-

les and four interceptions as a junior ... High

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CO school coach CO was John Belskis. KISAIU FLAKES District 32-4A Most Valuable Personal: Full name is Samuel Player ... Earned a Carson III . . total of 1 Born 6-t 190, QB 1 letters in football, baseball on March 10, 1986 ... The son of Sam and and basket- Gwen Carson Loveiov. Ga./Loveioy ball ... All-District performer in both u ... Father, Sam, played football at baseball and Eastern basketball ... High school coach Illinois with current Illinois assistant coach was Jim Helms. High School: Personal: Full name is William Greg McMahon ... Cousin, Roosevelt Brown, Earned All-State Offensive Michael Ball Garza ... played for the Player of the Year honors ... Goes by "Billy" ... Born on Oct. Chicago Cubs ... Lists Ray Lewis as Named the Southern 6, 1985

Crescent . . Coached by his favorite athlete Offensive Player-of-the-Year . Jim Helms, former Illinois ... Biggest thrill in sports was . . . PrepStar running All-Region backs coach ... The son winning a state title in football. ... First-team All-Area ... Team of William Garza and CO captain Turner ... Lovejoy High School Marilyn Ball-Garza. on Carson: "Sam is just an outstanding Offensive Player of the Turner Year . . Garnered on Garza: "Billy has athlete. What I like most . All-Region Offensive an outstanding o about Sam is the instinc- Player of feel the Year accolades for the game. He is extremely o tive nature he has to get to the football. He can run ... Three-year letterwinner in accurate with CM sideline-to-sideline football ... High school good touch on his passes, but at the and is a great leader. His athleti- coach was Al Hughes. same time has the strength cism is very Personal: Full name is to make all the throws you obvious by the fact that he is an excel- Garrett Kisan Flakes ... want to Born make. He is also lent basketball player." on July 28, 1986 in Buffalo, N.Y. ...The son a tremendous leader with that of Garrett Flakes aura you are looking for in a and Rayshonne Jones ... Brother, quarterback. He is also a standout Julius Page, plays basketball for the University of basketball and baseball player." Pittsburgh BRYANT ... Earned a 3.4 GPA in an accelerated CREAMER college prep program ... Lists Michael Vick as his 6-3, 190, WR favorite athlete. JUSTIN Chicago, Ill./Simeon HARRISON Turner on Flakes: "Kisan has great instincts in 5-U 205, DB the pocket. I was impressed with his awareness and Bloominqton, lll./Bloominqton High School: Named a national Top-100 presence. He has the ability to hurt you not only recruit by the Chicago Sun-Times . . . Earned first- with his arm, but also with his feet. He can make High School: Earned team All-State honors by the Champaign News- All-State honors from the the first pass-rushers miss and then has the uncan- Chicago Sun-Times, Champaign Gazette ... Named to the Chicago Sun-Times News-Gazette, All- ny instincts to know when to pull the ball down Illinois High School Area team ... PrepStar Coaches Association and the Ail-American ... Named and run, or wait and make a play to an open Bloomington Public League Most Valuable Pantagraph ... PrepStar All-Region Player . . . Caught 63 receiver." passes, for ... Made 119 tackles, 21 tackles-for-loss and caused 23 touchdowns . . . First-team All-City four fumbles ... Averaged as a senior ... Also picked off three 21.2 yards per reception ... SuperPrep passes All-Region and blocked two punts ... As a running ... Football team captain ... Basketball back, team has twice XAVIER FULTON he recorded 1,077 yards, scored 24 touch- won the city championship and is downs currently ranked No. 6-5, 270, DL and averaged 28.3 yards per reception 3 in the . state . . High school Named to coach was Al Scott. Flossmoor, M./Homewood-Flossmoor the Big 12 All-Conference team on both offense Personal: and defense ... Finished his career with Born on April 7, 1986 ... Lives with 236 tackles, three his great-grandfather, Paul Creamer. High School: Named to All-State teams by sacks and three interceptions the Chicago Sun-Times, Selected to play in the Illinois Shriners Turner on Creamer: "Bryant is a big-play Champaign News-Gazette All-State receiver and Illinois High School game ... Earned eight letters in football, who can double as both a possession Coaches Association ... baseball

and track . . receiver Recorded 98 tackles, . High school coach was Rigo and a down-the-field vertical threat. He has 58 solo stops and 7.5 sacks as Schmelzer. great leaping a senior ... Also had 17 ability and good ball skills. We expect quarterback hurries, three him blocked field goals, Personal: Full name is Justin Lavelle to be an impact player here at Illinois very three fumble recoveries and five Harrison ... Born on Aug. early." PBUs ... All-Area performer by Chicago Sun- 22, 1986 ... The son of Michael and Nicola Harrison . Times, Daily . . Father, Southtown and Star Newspapers ... Michael, played Ranked in football and baseball at the lists of top-25 Illinois recruits by Millikin University ... Rivals, ESPN and The Uncle, Eric Wright, played cornerback for JODY ELLIS Insiders . . . SuperPrep All- the for Region . . 12 years ... . Lettered in football and wrestling Illinois football 6-X 180, DB hero is Dana . High school coach was Tom Bailey. Howard . . Originally from East St. Evanston, lll./Evanston Township Louis, his parents played Personal: Full name is Xavier Allen Fulton on teams with Jackie Born Joyner-Kersee, Kellen on April 18, 1986 ... The son of Winlsow and Jerome High Glen and School: Named to the 2003 IHSA All- Heavens Alma Fulton. ... Biggest thrill in sports was scoring a

State team . . . Earned All-State honors from the Turner on Fulton: "Xavier touchdown in the IHSA state championship game Champaign excelled on both News-Gazette and Chicago Sun-Times and hitting sides of the ball in high school. He has tremendous a walk-off homerun to win a national ... Central Suburban South Conference Player of quickness Khoury League Championship and strength. He was productive in every game. the Year . . . Recorded 1 1 5 career tackles, five inter- facet of Turner on Harrison: the game, blocking kicks and tackling for "Justin is a physical play- ceptions and three fumble recoveries ... As a senior, loss. er. When he hits you, He just has a knack for making plays around you know you've been hit. he had 85 tackles and three picks ... Also caught the ball." We are really excited about his future contributions 67 passes for 870 yards and 19 touchdowns ... to the secondary, primarily as a safety. He never Lettered in football and basketball . . . High school came off the field in high school, playing offense, coach was Tony Johnson. defense and special teams." Personal: BILLY GARZA Full name is Joseph Leo Ellis . . 6-2, Goes by "Jody" ... 195, QB Born on July 14, 1986 ... The Brownsville, son of Keith and Mona Ellis Texas/Porter ... Lists Deion KYLE Sanders as his KNEZETIC favorite athlete ... Honor roll stu- 6-t 195, LS dent. High School: Passed for 3,185 yards and 38 Turner touchdowns as well as seven Channahan. Ill./lylinonka on Ellis: "Jody Ellis is just a football touchdowns rushing player. When you watch his ... Holds single-game school record with film you see No. 1 fly 404 yards High School: across the screen passing and seven touchdowns Earned All-Conference honors as — whether he is making plays as a against Hatlingen

a senior . . Also South . . . made Joliet receiver or defensively . Garnered All-State and Morris' All-Area making interceptions and big honors from the teams as both a safety Associated and tight . hits. He seems Press and end . . Recorded to always be around the ball and has Dave Campbell's Texas High School Magazine 58 tackles, one sack, three interceptions, tremendous instincts and outstanding all-around ... Named the All- Valley four recov- Offensive ered fumbles and three forced in abilities." Most Valuable Player by the RGV 2003 . . . Played outside linebacker Newspapers and the Bay Area Sports as a junior and had 42 tackles, Newspaper . . two sacks, three fumble recoveries, two forced turn-

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bles and two interceptions ... Lettered in both Earned letters in football and basketball ... High school newspaper ... Spent time as a volunteer at

football and basketball ... High school coach was school coach was Jim Caserta. The Boys and Girls Club ... Enjoys hunting, fish- Mike Briscoe. Personal: Born Aug. 21, 1985 in Toledo, Ohio ing and horse racing.

Personal: Full name is Kyle Robett Knezetic ...... The son of Phil and Jan McDonald . . . Father, Turner on Motuliak: "Dan is another two-way

Born on Nov. 5> 1985 ... The son of Kenneth and Phil, played center tor the Illini from 1974-76 ... player that we had in camp. We really liked his

Teena Knezetic ... Favorite Fighting Illini hero was Would like to pursue a career in engineering ... toughness. He has that mentality you need to have

Dick Butkus ... Biggest thrill in sports was beating Member of the National Honor Society with a 3.99 for a defensive lineman. He is very aggressive and

Providence in the 2003 quarterfinals, 14-7. GPA ... Won the school's scholar-athlete award physical. He is also an outstanding wrestler."

Turner on Knezetic: "Whenever you sign three consecutive years ... Lists Tony Boselli as his someone you look for that special quality and we favorite athlete. have found that in Kyle. We had him in camp so Turner on McDonald: "Ryan is a good athlete. JARVIS NEWSON we have seen first-hand what he can do. He gets He was a two-way player who really has a passion 6-0, 185, DB the ball back as quickly as I have seen at this level. for football at the University of Illinois, with his Decatur, Ga./Columbia He was also productive linebacker, but has dedicat- father as a former player. He is the kind of guy you ed himself to being the best long snapper in the like to have in the program because of his under- High School: Earned first-team All-Dekalb country and we believe he is." standing of the tradition of Illini football. He is County honors as a senior in 2002 ... Also all- also an outstanding student-athlete." state, all-city and all-metro ... As a senior, recorded JR 56 tackles, caused 13 fumbles and intercepted four KRAEMER passes ... Had 33 tackles, 1 1 interceptions and 6-5, 220, TE WALTER MENDENHALL three fumbles as a junior ... Earned three letters in

Wildwood, Mo./Lafayette 6-0, 200, RB football, basketball and track ... High school coach Skokie, lll./Niles West was Keith Johnson.

High School: Earned All-State honors in 2003 Personal: Born on Dec. 9, 1984 ... The son of as a punter ... Named to the 2003 St. Louis Rams High School: Averaged 7.7 yards per carry as a Lewis and Lunell Newson ... Brother, Kendall

All-Metro team as a tight end ... All -Conference senior at Niles West, rushing for 1,158 yards on played football at Middle Tennessee State and just performer as a linebacker, punter and tight end ... 151 attempts for 14 touchdowns ... PrepStar All- completed his first season with the Miami

SuperPrep All-American ... PrepStar All- Region ... Region selection ... SuperPrep All-Region ... Also Dolphins ... Brother, Keon, is a junior defensive

Team captain ... Finished second at state in the caught 10 passes for 189 yards and recorded 38 back at Bowling Green ... Hobbies include basket-

1 1 0-meter hurdles . . . Named to the All- tackles and two interceptions ... Finished his career ball, bowling and golf.

Conference team as a defensive back, punter and with over 3,600 all-purpose yards . . . Named a Turner on Newson: "Jarvis is a really talented wide receiver after his junior season ... Four-year Champaign News-Gazette All-State special mention athlete. He came out of high school a year ago, but

starter ... Earned nine letters in football, track and . . . Two-time Pioneer Press All-Area selection . . we didn't have any scholarships available at the basketball ... Set the school record in the 1 IO- Scored 15 touchdowns, while rushing for 1,250 time. I admire his perseverance to stay with us. He

meter hurdles and triple jump . . . Took second in yards as a junior ... Earned Central Suburban is a very physical player who could be either a safe- the 1 10-meter hurdles in 2003 and was named to League Offensive MVP as a junior ... Learner Press ty or a corner. I like the intensity and aggressiveness the All- Con fere nee and All-District teams in track Player of the Year in 2003 ... Named to the Ptep he brings to the position."

... High school coach was Mick Picataggio. Football Report All-Area team ... Earned 10 letters

Personal: Full name is John R. Kraemer ... in football, basketball and track ... Two-time state Goes by "JR" ... Born on May 13, 1985 ... The qualifier in track ... Track conference sectional JASON REDA son of John and Cathy Kraemer ... Plans to pursue champs ... High school coach was Mark Egofske. 6-3, 190, PK a major in sports management. Personal: Born on Jan. 22, 1986 ... The son of Rock Island, lll./Rock Island Turner on Kraemer: "JR is a gifted athlete who Walter and Sybil Mendenhall ... Earned academic can really run, catch the ball and block. He played all-conference honors with a 3.2 GPA ... Honor High School: Named to All-State, All-Conference both sides of the ball, punted and has done just roll student . . . Lists Ray Lewis as his favorite ath- and All-Metro teams in football and was an All- about everything on rhe field. He also runs track lete . . . Would like to pursue a career as a high Conference and All-Sectional performer in soccer and I know it is his goal to win the state title in the school teacher and coach after graduation.

. . . All-State selection by the Champaign News- high hurdles where he took second last year. He Turner on Mendenhall: "Walter was extremely

Gazette . . . Career-long field goal in a game is 48 brings a lot of athleticism to the position." productive as a high school running back. He is

yards and 65 yards is longest in practice setting . . strong, and athletic, with good running skills and Named to the Illinois Football Dream Team by the outstanding hands out of the backfleld. In this pro- IHSA ... PrepStar All-Region ... Lettered in foot- RYAN gram, we look for that well-rounded running back, MCDONALD ball, soccer and track ... High school coach was which Walter fits very well. He will be an outstand- 6-4, 270, OL Robert Krandall. ing player for us." Holland, Mich./West Ottawa Personal: Full name is Jason Gerald Reda ...

Born Aug. 16, 1985 ... The son of Gerald and

High School: Earned All-Conference honors as Kim Reda ... Honor roll student ... Lists Michael a senior ... Named to the Holland Sentinel Dream DAM MOTULIAK Jordan as his favorite athlete ... Plans to major in

Team in 2003 ... Two-time All-Area performer ... 6-4, 270, DL business.

Team set school records for wins and points scored Lafayette, Ind./Jefferson Turner on Reda: "Jason has a great leg, as good

in 2002 and 2003 . . . Also set record for total as I have seen in a long time. He is another player offense in 2002 ... In 2003, the offense led the High School: Made 100 tackles as a senior ... that we had the luxury of seeing in camp. What we conference in scoring and averaged over 400 yards PrepStar All-Region selection ... SuperPrep All- discovered is that he has leg strength that is hard to

and 37 points a game . . . Had 77 knockdowns and Region ... Two-time all-conference and all-area find in somebody at that level. He has tremendous

59 tackles, five for loss as a senior . . . Three-year performer . . . Recorded 60 tackles, two for loss and potential and upside." starter on the offensive and defensive line, leading a sack as a junior ... Earned three football letters

his team to a 21-10 record during that time ...... Four-time letterwinner in wrestling ... Member

Totaled 59 knockdowns and 14 tackles as a junior of Team Indiana for National Duals ... High

... PrepStar All-Region selection ... Team captain school coach was Fred Kutruff.

... Selected for the Michigan High School Football Personal: Full name is Daniel Evan Motuliak

Coaches Association All-Star Game ... Nominated . . . Born on May 2, 1 986 . . . The son of Marc and

to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Kim Motuliak . . . Was the sports editor of the

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JEFF SOBOL Calif. ... The son of Patrick and Laurie Stroud ... won a wrestling state title, which shows his grear Part of a baseball team that was one out away from mental toughness." 6-4, 250, DL going to the Little League World Series at the age Pevely, Mo./Herculaneum of 12 ... Enjoys fishing, working on cars and play-

ing basketball ... High school game against Evangel High School: Three-time all-conference per- REMOIUD WILLIS III Christian was nationally televised on ESPN. former as an offensive and defensive lineman ... 6-0, 220, LB Turner on Stroud: "Alex is a standout athlete Named to the KJFF Dream Team two straight years Lilbourn, Mo./ New Madrid with the best of his career still in front of him. He

. . . Team's Most Valuable Player . . . PrepStar All- has only played football for a couple of years, but Region ... School's first three-time all-state player High School: Named to all-conference and all- played on traditionally one of the best high schools ... Nominated to play in the Army All-American region teams as a running back and quarterback in teams in football, De La Salle, in California. He has Bowl ... Helped lead team to conference titles in high school ... PrepStar All-Region ... Earned all- a 40-plus inch vertical jump and great speed and 2001 and 2003 ... Earned letters in football, bas- state honors ... SuperPrep All-Region ... Recorded explosiveness. His coach was most impressed with

. assists, loss ketball and track . . High school coach was Stan 47 solo tackles, 51 16 tackles -for- and how quickly he took to his only year of playing Helms. four sacks ... On offense, rushed for 2,086 yards defense."

Personal: Full name is Jeffrey Adam Sobol . . and scored 26 touchdowns ... Lettered in football,

Born on Dec. 25, 1985 in Muscatine, Iowa ... The basketball and baseball ... High school coach was

son of Mark and Judy Sobol ... Lists Grant Glen Pixley.

Wistrom as his favorite athlete ... Was named the DEREK WALKER Personal: Born Aug. 28, 1985 ... The son of

Pevely Lions Club Mr. Football 2004 ... Was the 6-5, 245, DL Remond Willis and Diane Taylor ... Name is pro-

school's 2003 Homecoming King and Student Glenbard Heights. Ill./Glenbard East nounced "Ramone" ... Honor roll student ... Lists Council Executive Vice President. as his favorite athlete.

Turner on Sobol: "You watch Jeff's film and High School: Earned special mention All-State Turner on Willis: "When you think Remond

see that he is all over the place. He is a very active honors by the Champaign News-Gazette ... Named Willis, you think great speed. I am really excited

player with tremendous quickness off the ball. He the team's Most Valuable Player in football, track about what he brings to the table. He excelled his

uses hands very well and has that tenacity and and basketball ... Was an all-conference performer senior season as a running back after previously

toughness you can't teach. I love the way he brings as a senior ... Registered 32 solo tackles, 15 for loss being known for his great defensive play. I like the

a spark every time he hits the field.'' and 18 sacks in nine games in 2003 ... SuperPrep way he has the ability to make play after play."

All-Region ... PrepStar All-Region selection ...

Earned letters in football, basketball and track ...

TONY SPARKMAN Two-time all -conference selection in the discus . . ANDRE YOUNG Named to the all -con fere nee team in basketball . . 6-4, 280, OL 6-5, 190, WR High school coach was Dennis Lueck. Brooklyn Park, Minn./Wayzata North Augusta. S.C./North Augusta Personal: Full name is Derek Raynal Walker ...

Born on Sept. 16, 1986 in Chester, Pa. ... The son High School: Named to the Classic Lake All- High School: Caught 72 passes for 1,31 of Walton and Doreathea Walker ... Would like to touchdowns all for school records ... Conference team . . . Also earned All-Metro and All- yards and 12 pursue a career in graphic design ... Hobbies City honors ... Named to Rivals 101 All-State team SuperPrep All-Region ... Set a South Carolina sin- include drawing and building models. ... All-Area performer ... Helped lead team to the gle-game record with 13 catches and 322 yards in Turner on Walker: "Derek is a really gifted ath- state quarterfinals in 2003 ... Earned four letters in the playoffs . . . Caught eight passes for 113 yards lete, defensively. He has a tremendous upside. His foorball ... High school coach was Brad Anderson. and two scores in the South Carolina North/South senior year he was much improved. As a junior he Personal: Full name is Tony Maurice Sparkman All-Star game to earn MVP honors ... Earned All- played strictly on athleticism, but learned to be a ... Born on April 27, 1986 ... The son of Darlene Region and All-CSRA honors in both football and much more aware football player. He brings great Hayes ... Lists Steve McNair as his favorite athlete basketball ... Earned lerrers in football, basketball burst and acceleration to the defensive line." baseball ... High school coach was Long. . . . Says his younger brother, T.J., is the most influ- and Joe enrial person on his athletic career. Personal: Full name is Andre' Charlton Young

Turner on Sparkman: "Tony is an outstanding ... Born on Nov. 27, 1985 in Augusta, Ga. ... The

player who made the most of a tough situation. He RUSS WEIL son of Al and Jackie Young . . . Father played for the moved to Minnesota from Chicago just prior to 6-0, 240, FB/LB Pittsburgh Steelers from 1971-73 ... Brother,

training camp as a junior and jumped right in and Minooka, lll./Minooka Anthony, currently plays football at Wake Forest

learned the new system. He is very strong and set and brother, Al Jr., played for Livingstone College

records in his school's weight room. He brings a High School: Three-time all-conference selec- from 1995-98 ... Lists Michael Jordan as his

tremendous toughness to the offensive line." tion ... Earned all-state honors from IHSA, favorite athlete ... Honot roll student ... Membet

Champaign News-Gazette and Chicago Sun-Times of the Mu Alpha Theta honor society . . . Was the

... PrepStar All-Region ... Made 24 solo tackles, 36 president of school's FCA and volunteered for the ALEX STROUD assists and 10 tackles for loss as a senior ... "Adopt-A-Child" organization. SuperPrep All-Region ... Morris Daily Herald All- Turner on Young: "Andre' fits the mold of 6-X 185, WR Area Most Valuable Player ... As a running back receiver that we try to get in this ptogram. He plays Danville, Calif. /De La Salle finished his career with 2,500 yards and 32 touch- basketball and had a chance to possibly play in col-

downs ... Earned three letters in football and four lege. He has great body control and is impressive High School: Played both receiver and outside in wrestling ... Won an Illinois state wrestling title with his ability to go up and get the ball. He linebacker as a senior ... Started all 13 games, at 215 pounds in 2002 ... Earned all-conference reminds the coaching staff of Walter Young, except recording 17 catches for over 300 yards in 2003 ... and all-state honots ... High school coach was more polished as a receiver coming out of high Also recorded 65 tackles and two interceptions ... Mike Briscoe. school." Was a part of two consecutive state championship Personal: Full name is John Russell Weil ... teams in 2002 and 2003 ... Rated the No. 15 Born on July 3, 1985 ... Son of John and Stephana recruit in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties ... Weil ... Honor roll student. Given the team's "Iron Spartan" Award ... Earned Turner on Weil: "Russ is as intense a player as I letters in both football and baseball ... High school remember seeing. He has only one speed and that is coach was Bob Ladouceur. 100 percent all the time. He is very versatile and Personal: Full name is Alexander Patrick could play fullback, linebacker or defensive end. He Stroud ... Born on Aug. 23. 1985 in Berkeley,

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tackles and is three tackles shy of the 200-mark for his career • Led the Big Ten with 98 tackles in conference Matt Sinclair games

Steve Weatherford, Jr., P/PK • Broke 55-year-old school O'Brien, Sr., /like DE record for punting average Recorded three tackles for loss and in a single-season with 44.3 eight solo tackles against Missouri in yards per punt in 2003 his only played in 2003 game • 2003 Honorable mention 21 career tackles for loss Has All-Big Ten Was granted a sixth year by the NCAA • Ranked second in the Big Ten and 12th in the nation in punting average Steve Weatherford

Travis Williams, Jr., DB • Has scored three touchdowns in his career (blocked kick, interception and kickoff return) • Has started 17 games in two seasons with 129 career tackles m J • Led all lllini defensive backs with 91 tackles in ZUU3 H M Loyalty, TraditiMrFrWeh UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA

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