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Quarterbacks # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 11 QB Sherman Alvarez 6-1 210 (So) 2.24 73 41 Transfer St. Charles (St. Charles, MI) 59 68 09 QB Harry Brown 6-5 206 (So) 3.79 88 54 OK Osseo (Osseo, MN) 57 63 04 QB Leroy Brown (S) 6-4 191 So 3.46 71 83 OK Rantoul Township (Rantoul, IL) 56 64 01 QB Rogelio Farrar 6-5 208 (So) 3.37 92 48 OK River (Hannibal, OH) 54 64 18 QB Phillip Jones 6-3 211 (Jr) 3.67 65 67 OK Englewood Tech Prep (Chicago, IL) 34 49 08 QB Michael Morrison 6-2 236 Sr 2.27 44 59 OK Marion Catholic (Marion, OH) 58 60 06 QB Benjamin Rogers 6-2 203 (Fr) 3.98 60 71 Redshirt Commerce (Commerce, GA) 54 70 17 QB Michael Sharpe 6-0 215 (Fr) 3.64 65 93 OK Pickerington North (Pickerington, OH) 55 66

Running Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 27 RB Ronald Burnett 5-8 204 (Fr) 2.47 42 64 OK Laona (Laona, WI) 50 64 32 RB Edward Copeland 6-0 187 (So) 2.18 84 35 OK Elcho (Elcho, WI) 58 63 47 RB Mark Gillespie (S) 6-0 193 (Sr) 3.74 82 60 OK Rayen (Youngstown, OH) 56 62 36 RB Jack Neal 6-0 184 (Fr) 2.79 72 57 Redshirt Clinton Community (Clinton, IL) 37 48 49 RB Wayne Nelson 5-10 194 (Jr) 2.40 67 56 OK Millwood (Oklahoma City, OK) 56 63 40 FB Calvin Espinosa (S) 6-2 243 Sr 3.53 96 49 OK Oakland (Oakland, IL) 61 71 25 FB William Henry 6-2 242 (So) 3.49 60 82 OK Central A & M (Moweaqua, IL) 58 62 31 FB Jeffrey Mendoza 5-11 215 (Jr) 3.55 89 98 OK Sacred Heart Griffin (IL) 49 52 23 FB Jess Rodriguez 6-0 200 (Fr) 2.08 56 38 Redshirt Newman Central Catholic (IL) 49 65

Receivers # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 84 WR Earnest King 6-4 202 (So) 3.29 67 99 OK Hononegah Community (Rockton, IL) 38 47 86 WR Billy Mena 5-11 179 (Sr) 2.28 93 44 OK Lake Linden Hubbell (Lake Linden, MI) 56 61 88 WR Noah Prescott (S) 6-1 182 (Sr) 3.34 83 67 OK John Glenn (New Concord, OH) 65 71 02 WR Aaron Bolton 5-10 207 (Sr) 2.64 95 36 OK Badin (Hamilton, OH) 56 62 86 WR Bernard Shell (S) 6-0 181 (Sr) 3.75 84 79 OK Mukwonago (Mukwonago, WI) 58 67 81 WR Arturo Smith 6-0 202 Jr 2.11 63 42 OK Montini Catholic (Lombard, IL) 58 61 82 WR Edward Thompson 5-10 174 (So) 3.63 70 82 OK Wilmington (Wilmington, OH) 57 63 87 TE Aaron Mckay (S) 6-6 228 (Jr) 2.94 88 44 OK Monmouth (Monmouth, IL) 57 65 89 TE Jeffrey Reyes 6-3 241 (Jr) 3.53 62 81 OK Dublin Coffman (Dublin, OH) 56 67 85 TE Luis Rich 6-4 231 (Fr) 3.41 81 69 Redshirt Pecatonica (Pecatonica, IL) 55 69 83 TE Daniel Vidal 6-5 234 (So) 3.91 88 82 OK Northridge (Dayton, OH) 57 66

Offensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 78 OT Benjamin Boone 6-5 295 (Sr) 3.47 40 77 OK Rich South (Richton Park, IL) 60 68 71 OT James Miner (S) 6-4 353 (Sr) 2.73 94 42 OK South Fork Consolidated (Kincaid, IL) 61 70 65 OT Nicholas Ochoa 6-2 313 (Jr) 3.86 68 74 OK Dwight Township (Dwight, IL) 40 43 69 OT Whitney Powell (S) 6-5 308 (Sr) 2.26 80 44 OK Tawas Area (Tawas City, MI) 63 69 70 OT John Robinson 6-4 318 (Jr) 1.79 43 33 OK Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL) 60 70 67 OT James Sanford 6-6 324 (Jr) 3.23 57 82 OK Niles North (Skokie, IL) 56 67 68 OG Alton Jordan (S) 6-6 295 Sr 3.07 84 54 OK South Central (Greenwich, OH) 65 72 77 OG Mark Mason 6-2 296 (Jr) 2.22 33 65 OK St. John's Jesuit (Toledo, OH) 60 72 60 OG Kevin Badger 6-8 294 (Jr) 3.74 86 75 OK Pardeeville (Pardeeville, WI) 56 61 61 OG Richard Miller 6-1 283 (Jr) 3.62 80 60 OK Mt. Zion (Mt. Zion, IL) 39 43 64 OG David Moore 6-0 282 (Jr) 3.36 41 69 OK A.E. Stevenson (Sterling Heights, MI) 55 66 75 OG Robert Gilmore (S) 6-8 294 Sr 2.30 95 37 OK Parkview (Springfield, MO) 64 73 74 OG Carl Hill 6-4 291 (So) 3.35 99 85 OK Rich South (Richton Park, IL) 60 66 78 C Robert Johnson (S) 6-6 295 (Sr) 3.81 92 72 OK Groveport-Madison (Groveport, OH) 62 74 58 C Andres Pagan 6-4 314 Jr 3.96 86 68 OK Curie Metropolitan (Chicago, IL) 61 71 72 C Bruce Reiter 6-2 310 (So) 2.57 61 53 OK Northland (Columbus, OH) 61 71 79 C Jamie Bell 6-7 282 (Sr) 3.51 99 86 OK Central Catholic (Aurora, IL) 43 48

Defensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 90 DE Shawn Burnett 6-4 274 (Fr) 2.68 59 63 OK P.L. Julian (Chicago, IL) 41 49 95 DE Anthony Johnson (S) 6-4 263 (Jr) 3.44 77 62 OK Guilford (Rockford, IL) 59 62 94 DE Walter Moreno (S) 6-7 283 (So) 2.42 79 42 OK Lutheran (Rockford, IL) 60 66 91 DE Christian Brooks 6-0 271 (Sr) 2.78 79 51 OK Weatherford (Weatherford, OK) 61 68 96 DE Bryant Rogers 6-5 298 (Fr) 3.75 62 74 Redshirt Tinley Park (Tinley Park, IL) 49 68 93 DE Mark Sanders 6-8 282 (Fr) 2.08 51 51 Redshirt East Peoria Community (IL) 48 68 99 DT Keneth Brown 6-5 292 (So) 3.23 88 64 OK Hiawatha (Kirkland, IL) 40 46 98 DT Kenneth Lankford 6-5 279 (So) 3.64 75 74 OK Vandalia Community (Vandalia, IL) 46 52 92 DT Jason Chen 6-7 283 (Jr) 2.55 56 53 OK Boyceville (Boyceville, WI) 49 61 97 DT William Jones (S) 6-1 298 (Fr) 2.65 45 60 OK Lancaster (Lancaster, OH) 52 67 42 DT Matthew Ross (S) 6-8 284 (Jr) 2.94 78 49 OK Frontier (New Matamoras, OH) 53 56 05 DT Ronnie Washington 6-3 283 (Fr) 2.47 88 46 Redshirt Eisenhower (Decatur, IL) 45 60

Linebackers # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 56 ILB David Clark 5-11 236 (So) 3.23 77 99 OK Griggsville-Perry (Griggsville, IL) 38 45 45 ILB Thomas Otto 6-1 217 (Fr) 1.99 48 47 Redshirt Tri-Point (Cullom, IL) 41 58 52 ILB Jerry Barron (S) 6-1 238 (Sr) 3.49 65 77 OK Aberdeen (Aberdeen, ID) 62 74 51 ILB Bert Lloyd 5-11 235 Fr 3.63 82 66 OK Romeoville (Romeoville, IL) 53 69 48 ILB Timothy Early 6-1 222 (Fr) 3.90 61 93 Redshirt University (Normal, IL) 48 65 54 OLB Kenneth Garcia 5-11 225 Fr 2.07 37 53 OK Pleasant (Marion, OH) 51 66 57 OLB Bob Alford 5-10 210 (Fr) 3.86 71 65 OK John Marshall (Chicago, IL) 40 46 43 OLB Alexander Cooks (S) 6-1 233 (So) 3.97 99 73 OK Norwayne (Creston, OH) 54 64 50 OLB Jack John (S) 6-2 225 Fr 3.56 61 78 OK Beaver Local (Lisbon, OH) 50 63 59 OLB Eugene Ventura 6-0 228 (So) 2.53 57 55 OK Newton Community (Newton, IL) 40 48

Defensive Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 44 CB Steven Beard (S) 5-9 167 (Fr) 3.55 97 51 OK Carlyle (Carlyle, IL) 51 65 34 CB Robert Merritt 6-1 183 (Fr) 2.40 92 38 OK Joliet Catholic (Joliet, IL) 53 64 26 CB Daniel Cox 6-1 162 (So) 3.79 57 75 OK Gladewater (Gladewater, TX) 62 70 37 CB Mark Vasquez 6-2 192 (Sr) 2.56 81 48 OK McKinley (Canton, OH) 55 63 46 CB Timothy Pratt (S) 5-11 189 (Jr) 3.44 91 69 OK Eureka (Eureka, IL) 65 78 39 CB Henry Nunez 6-0 160 (Sr) 3.61 85 65 OK Wilmington (Wilmington, OH) 56 65 30 FS John Barlow (S) 5-10 180 (So) 3.33 70 66 OK Meridian (Macon, IL) 60 65 41 FS Michael Dillon 5-10 196 (Sr) 3.59 63 94 OK Roxana (Roxana, IL) 45 53 38 FS David Dorn 5-11 189 (Fr) 3.53 72 68 OK Riverdale (Murfreesboro, TN) 41 51 49 FS Christopher Herrington 5-10 188 (Jr) 3.94 89 92 OK Hustisford (Hustisford, WI) 58 66 28 FS David Brown 6-0 189 (Fr) 3.71 71 81 Redshirt Homewood Flossmoor (Homewood, IL) 38 51 29 SS Joshua Haynes 5-9 163 Fr 3.21 71 70 OK Elgin (Elgin, IL) 43 55 22 SS Luis Lucero (S) 5-10 189 (Sr) 3.26 57 84 OK Palestine-Wheatley (Palestine, AR) 60 68

Special teams # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 20 K Francis Pina (S) 5-11 186 (Jr) 2.49 36 60 OK Plymouth Canton (Canton, MI) 67 68 19 K Keith Salazar 5-10 209 So 3.25 85 96 OK Alleman (Rock Island, IL) 49 50 16 P Michael Smith (S) 5-10 217 (Jr) 2.98 91 46 OK Ladysmith (Ladysmith, WI) 66 68 03 P Louis Marshall 5-10 212 Fr 3.42 78 69 OK Greenfield Community (Greenfield, IL) 42 43