Week 8 · 2023
Wisconsin at Illinois
Sat 10/21/2023 03:30 PMMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)Illinois pregame42% — Pregame win probability: 42% for Illinois. Wisconsin favored, and won.Conference
71°Clear26 mph W · 31% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Wisconsin
25
7–6
Illinois
21
5–7
Attendance
54,205
reported
Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2023, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.
WISQuarterbacks3 blue chips5
- 44-star recruitQB8Tanner Mordecai ← SMU6yr2,065 Pass yds9 TD4 Int65.0 Cmp%303 Rush yds
- 44-star recruitQB8Braedyn Locke ← Mississippi State2yr778 Pass yds5 TD1 Int50.0 Cmp%-2 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB10Myles Burkett2yrcareer 84 Pass yds0 TD0 Int80.0 Cmp%-9 Rush yds
- 44-star recruitQB10Nick Evers ← Oklahoma2yrcareer 0 Pass yds0 TD0 Int0.0 Cmp%
- 33-star recruitQB7Cole LaCrue1yr
ILLQuarterbacks1 blue chip6
- 44-star recruitQB9Luke Altmyer ← Ole Miss3yr1,883 Pass yds13 TD10 Int64.8 Cmp%282 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB4John Paddock ← Ball State6yr1,294 Pass yds9 TD3 Int59.9 Cmp%-55 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB10Donovan Leary2yr
- 33-star recruitQB6Cal Swanson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB11Jacob Huber2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB12Kirkland Michaux2yr
WISOffensive line7 blue chips20
- 55-star recruitOL72Nolan Rucci2yr
- 44-star recruitOL79Jack Nelson4yr
- 44-star recruitOL75Trey Wedig4yr
- 44-star recruitOL71Riley Mahlman3yr
- 44-star recruitOL67JP Benzschawel2yr
- 44-star recruitOL56Joe Brunner2yr
- 44-star recruitOL63James Durand1yr
- 33-star recruitOL74Michael Furtney5yr
- 33-star recruitOL61Dylan Barrett4yr
- 33-star recruitOL63Tanor Bortolini4yr
- 33-star recruitOL59Jake Renfro ← Cincinnati4yr
- 33-star recruitOL64Sean Timmis4yr
- 33-star recruitOL70Barrett Nelson2yr
- 33-star recruitOL62Max Rader2yr
- 22-star recruitOL73Kerry Kodanko4yr
- 22-star recruitOL76John Clifford2yr
- 22-star recruitOL75Zack Mlsna1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedOL60Joe Huber ← Cincinnati4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL77Peyton Lange1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL58Manny Mullens1yr
ILLDefensive lineNo blue chips13
- 33-star recruitDE91Alex Bray1yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL4Jer'Zhan Newton4yr52 Tackles8.5 TFL7.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL88Keith Randolph Jr.5yr49 Tackles4.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL6Denzel Daxon ← Ohio7yr27 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL48Bryce Barnes5yr20 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL23TeRah Edwards4yr13 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL88Sedarius McConnell3yr8 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL57Evan Kirts5yrcareer 2 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL52Pat Farrell1yr
- 33-star recruitDL45Jeremiah Warren1yr
- 22-star recruitDL23Christian Lorenzo2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL94Dylan Davis2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL93Henry Engel1yr
WISDefensive line1 blue chip18
- 33-star recruitDE24Darian Varner ← Temple4yr5 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE99Isaiah Mullens5yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE93Isaac Townsend5yrcareer 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE95Jordan Mayer1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE76Tommy Brunner4yr
- 33-star recruitDL90James Thompson Jr.4yr29 Tackles5.5 TFL3.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL56Rodas Johnson5yr18 Tackles2.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL92Curt Neal2yr13 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL68Ben Barten4yr12 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL96Cade McDonald4yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL10Gabe Kirschke2yr1 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL88T.J. Bollers3yrcareer 2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL97Mike Jarvis3yr
- 33-star recruitDL58Jamel Howard1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL14Angel Toombs1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL92Nolan Vils1yr
- 33-star recruitDT99Gio Paez5yr23 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundEDGE2Kaden Johnson4yr5 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
ILLOffensive lineNo blue chips20
- 33-star recruitOL54Julian Pearl6yr
- 33-star recruitOL66Jordyn Slaughter5yr
- 33-star recruitOL64Zach Barlev3yr
- 33-star recruitOL73Josh Gesky3yr
- 33-star recruitOL64Josh Kreutz3yr
- 33-star recruitOL61Joey Okla2yr
- 33-star recruitOL77Hunter Whitenack2yr
- 33-star recruitOL70Zach Aamland1yr
- 33-star recruitOL75Brandon Henderson1yr
- 33-star recruitOL55TJ McMillen1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78Isaiah Adams2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL72Zylon Crisler2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL79Luciano Elias2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL53Devin Hale2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL62Sam Tsagalis2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL60Joep Engbers1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL66Will Leys1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL56Magnus Moller1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL65Dezmond Schuster1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL13Calvin Smith1yr
WISBacks & tight ends2 blue chips15
- 44-star recruitRB—Braelon Allen3yr181 Car984 Rush yds12 TD5.4 Rush avg28 Rec131 Rec yds4.7 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitRB1Chez Mellusi5yr51 Car307 Rush yds4 TD6.0 Rush avg3 Rec12 Rec yds4.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB20Cade Yacamelli2yr36 Car169 Rush yds0 TD4.7 Rush avg4 Rec23 Rec yds5.8 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB43Grover Bortolotti3yr
- 33-star recruitRB20Nate White1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB44Zach Gloudeman2yr
- 33-star recruitTE87Hayden Rucci5yr11 Rec125 Rec yds0 TD11.4 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE34Jackson Acker3yr19 Rec108 Rec yds1 TD5.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE84Tucker Ashcraft1yr8 Rec86 Rec yds1 TD10.8 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE37Riley Nowakowski4yr7 Rec57 Rec yds1 TD8.1 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE42Tyler Jansey1yr
- 33-star recruitTE41JT Seagreaves2yrcareer 1 Rec3 Rec yds0 TD3.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE48Cole Dakovich4yr
- 33-star recruitTE49Cam Large4yr
- 33-star recruitTE89Jack Pugh3yr
ILLLinebackers1 blue chip16
- 33-star recruitLB28Dylan Rosiek3yr82 Tackles7.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB9Seth Coleman5yr50 Tackles9.0 TFL6.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB39Kenenna Odeluga3yr37 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB17Gabe Jacas2yr31 Tackles4.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitLB3Alec Bryant3yr26 Tackles2.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB8Tarique Barnes5yr25 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB10James Kreutz2yr18 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB34Ryan Meed5yr11 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB33Ezekiel Holmes5yr9 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB42Luke Zardzin3yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB15Ronan Poynton1yr1 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB31Jared Badie2yrcareer 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB45Malachi Hood2yr
- 33-star recruitLB0Jojo Hayden1yr
- 33-star recruitLB18Mason Muragin1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB31Laine Jenkins1yr
WISLinebackers1 blue chip16
- 33-star recruitLB1Jake Chaney3yr80 Tackles7.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB7Jordan Turner4yr61 Tackles6.5 TFL3.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB55Maema Njongmeta5yr59 Tackles8.5 TFL3.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB98C.J. Goetz5yr59 Tackles11.0 TFL4.0 Sacks1 Int
- 44-star recruitLB17Darryl Peterson3yr47 Tackles10.0 TFL4.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB44Jeff Pietrowski Jr.4yr21 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB39Tatum Grass5yr9 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB14Christian Alliegro1yr5 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB59Aaron Witt4yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB32Marty Strey5yr
- 33-star recruitLB51Bryan Sanborn3yrcareer 20 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB33Aidan Vaughan2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB53Ross Gengler4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB45Garrison Solliday2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB77Will McDonald1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB47Evan Van Dyn Hoven1yr
ILLBacks & tight ends1 blue chip17
- 33-star recruitRB23Reggie Love III4yr116 Car567 Rush yds4 TD4.9 Rush avg9 Rec58 Rec yds6.4 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB2Josh McCray3yr43 Car156 Rush yds2 TD3.6 Rush avg6 Rec30 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB21Aidan Laughery2yr16 Car81 Rush yds1 TD5.1 Rush avg2 Rec24 Rec yds12.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB24Nick Fedanzo5yr1 Car3 Rush yds0 TD3.0 Rush avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB23Jordan Anderson2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB22Jean-Marc Etienne1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB27Corey Rashad1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE89Tip Reiman4yr19 Rec203 Rec yds3 TD10.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE13Griffin Moore5yr12 Rec161 Rec yds1 TD13.4 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitTE83Kaden Feagin1yr9 Rec116 Rec yds1 TD12.9 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE87Henry Boyer2yr3 Rec20 Rec yds0 TD6.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE85Tanner Arkin ← Colorado State3yr1 Rec1 Rec yds1 TD1.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE36Ben Schultz5yr
- 33-star recruitTE87Owen Anderson2yr
- 33-star recruitTE89Clayton Leonard2yr
- 33-star recruitTE82Nate Guinn1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE7Nick True1yr
WISReceivers1 blue chip16
- 33-star recruitWR2Will Pauling ← Cincinnati3yr74 Rec837 Rec yds6 TD11.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR9Bryson Green ← Oklahoma State3yr32 Rec480 Rec yds2 TD15.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR17Chimere Dike4yr19 Rec328 Rec yds1 TD17.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR1Skyler Bell3yr38 Rec297 Rec yds1 TD7.8 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR3C.J. Williams ← USC2yr15 Rec148 Rec yds0 TD9.9 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR8Vinny Anthony II2yr10 Rec99 Rec yds0 TD9.9 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR2Trech Kekahuna1yr4 Rec64 Rec yds0 TD16.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR12Quincy Burroughs ← Cincinnati2yr4 Rec30 Rec yds0 TD7.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR9Keontez Lewis3yr1 Rec12 Rec yds0 TD12.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR27Haakon Anderson4yr1 Rec8 Rec yds0 TD8.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR2Chris Brooks Jr.2yr
- 33-star recruitWR15Tommy McIntosh2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR21Cam Fane2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR30Alex Moeller2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR7Grady O'Neill1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR23Davion Thomas-Kumpula1yr
ILLDefensive backs1 blue chip25
- 33-star recruitCB5Zachary Tobe1yr25 Tackles5 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundCB6Prince Ford1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB7Kaleb Patterson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB10Miles Scott2yr63 Tackles3 PD2 Int
- 33-star recruitDB1Xavier Scott2yr57 Tackles11 PD2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB—Nicario Harper ← Louisville6yr48 Tackles2 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB21Clayton Bush ← Southern Illinois4yr42 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB23Tahveon Nicholson4yr36 Tackles6 PD
- 33-star recruitDB20Tyler Strain3yr35 Tackles3 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB0Mac Resetich1yr7 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB7Matthew Bailey2yr5 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB6Juice Clarke1yr5 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB32CJ Bufkin1yr5 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB37Solo Turner5yr2 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB35Grayson Griffin2yr2 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB3Demetrius Hill ← Florida International3yrcareer 98 Tackles3 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB19Tyson Rooks2yrcareer 1 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB29TJ Griffin2yr
- 22-star recruitDB11Johnny Schmitt1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB27Matthew Bobak4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB21Ben Clawson2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB26Mike Manning2yr
- 33-star recruitS13Elijah Mc-Cantos2yr5 Tackles0 PD
- 44-star recruitS24Saboor Karriem1yr2 Tackles3 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS32Chase Miller2yr
WISDefensive backs3 blue chips22
- —No recruiting profile foundCB3Nyzier Fourqurean ← Grand Valley State1yr39 Tackles2 PD
- 33-star recruitCB2Ricardo Hallman3yr34 Tackles5 PD7 Int
- 33-star recruitCB23Jason Maitre ← Boston College6yr33 Tackles3 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitCB11Alexander Smith6yr27 Tackles5 PD
- 33-star recruitCB14Jonas Duclona1yr2 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitCB12Max Lofy4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB9Michael Mack II4yrcareer 69 Tackles4 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB6Preston Zachman4yr49 Tackles3 PD2 Int
- 33-star recruitDB15Kamo'i Latu4yr19 Tackles3 PD
- 33-star recruitDB14Justin Taylor1yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 44-star recruitDB4Braedyn Moore1yr
- 44-star recruitDB13Amare Snowden1yr
- 33-star recruitDB8A.J. Tisdell1yr
- 44-star recruitS24Hunter Wohler3yr120 Tackles6 PD2 Int
- 33-star recruitS9Austin Brown2yr36 Tackles2 PD
- 33-star recruitS26Travian Blaylock6yr7 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS18Owen Arnett2yr3 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS43Jackson Trudgeon2yr1 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS37Bryce Carey3yrcareer 2 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS9Jace Arnold1yr
- 22-star recruitS46Deven Magli2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS34Charlie Jarvis2yr
ILLReceivers2 blue chips14
- 44-star recruitWR1Isaiah Williams5yr82 Rec1,055 Rec yds5 TD12.9 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR14Casey Washington5yr49 Rec670 Rec yds4 TD13.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR13Pat Bryant3yr43 Rec560 Rec yds7 TD13.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR2Ashton Hollins2yr9 Rec119 Rec yds0 TD13.2 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR80Hank Beatty2yr8 Rec65 Rec yds0 TD8.1 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR7Kenari Wilcher1yr4 Rec57 Rec yds0 TD14.3 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR88Malik Elzy1yr5 Rec52 Rec yds1 TD10.4 Rec avg
- 22-star recruitWR83Keion Battle4yr
- 33-star recruitWR1Shawn Miller2yr
- 33-star recruitWR12Eian Pugh2yr
- 33-star recruitWR17Collin Dixon1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR7Weston Adams2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR7Alexander Capka-Jones1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR87Tyler McClure1yr
WISKickersNo blue chips4
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK90Nathanial Vakos ← Ohio2yr15 FG19 FGA52 Long79 Pts
- 33-star recruitPK22Jack Van Dyke4yrcareer 0 FG1 FGA0 Long4 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK29Nate Van Zelst3yrcareer 11 FG14 FGA47 Long68 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK97Gavin Lahm2yr
ILLKickersNo blue chips3
- —No recruiting profile foundPK5Caleb Griffin6yr14 FG19 FGA53 Long66 Pts
- 33-star recruitPK24David Olano1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK80Fabrizio Pinton2yrcareer 7 FG7 FGA37 Long23 Pts
WISPuntersNo blue chips2
- 22-star recruitP28Gavin Meyers4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundP49Atticus Bertrams1yr63 Punts41.3 Avg27 In 20
ILLPuntersNo blue chips2
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedP19Hugh Robertson4yr51 Punts42.6 Avg17 In 20
- 33-star recruitP18Declan Duley1yr
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
Illinois 2–8 vs Wisconsin
- 2022 · wk 5Illinois 34 @ Wisconsin 10
- 2021 · wk 6Wisconsin 24 @ Illinois 0
- 2020 · wk 8Illinois 7 @ Wisconsin 45
- 2019 · wk 8Wisconsin 23 @ Illinois 24
- 2018 · wk 8Illinois 20 @ Wisconsin 49
- 2017 · wk 9Wisconsin 24 @ Illinois 10
- 2016 · wk 11Illinois 3 @ Wisconsin 48
- 2015 · wk 8Wisconsin 24 @ Illinois 13
- 2014 · wk 7Illinois 28 @ Wisconsin 38
- 2013 · wk 8Wisconsin 56 @ Illinois 32
Previous 2 meetings vs. Bret Bielema
Wisconsin 1–1 vs Bret Bielema
- 2022 · wk 5Illinois 34 @ Wisconsin 10
- 2021 · wk 6Wisconsin 24 @ Illinois 0
Previous 2 meetings vs. Luke Fickell
Illinois 1–1 vs Luke Fickell
- 2022 · wk 5 (coaching change that season)Illinois 34 @ Wisconsin 10
- 2011 · wk 7Ohio State 17 @ Illinois 7
† That school changed coaches during the season and the loader cannot say which games he took.
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