Week 1 · 2025
Western Illinois at Illinois
Fri 08/29/2025 07:30 PMMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)Illinois pregame100% — Pregame win probability: 100% for Illinois. Illinois favored, and won.
70°10 mph NE · 47% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Western Illinois
3
4–8
Illinois
52
9–4
Attendance
56,040
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 2025, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.
WIUQuarterbacksNo blue chips5
- 33-star recruitQB5Cason Carswell1yr2,054 Pass yds16 TD3 Int60.9 Cmp%-12 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB5Chris Irvin3yr659 Pass yds5 TD3 Int48.8 Cmp%36 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB9Tanner Zolnosky2yr50 Rush yds
- 22-star recruitQB10Antwon McKay Jr.2yr14 Pass yds1 TD0 Int100.0 Cmp%7 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB7T.C. Molk1yr0 Pass yds0 TD1 Int0.0 Cmp%
ILLQuarterbacks1 blue chip4
- 44-star recruitQB9Luke Altmyer5yr3,007 Pass yds22 TD5 Int67.4 Cmp%242 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB5Ethan Hampton ← Northern Illinois5yr27 Pass yds0 TD1 Int75.0 Cmp%
- 33-star recruitQB10Trey Petty2yr
- 33-star recruitQB2Carson Boyd1yr
WIUOffensive line1 blue chip18
- 44-star recruitOL63James Durand ← Wisconsin3yr
- 33-star recruitOL52Jeremiah Banks-Wall4yr
- 33-star recruitOL76Tommy Lamberti1yr
- 33-star recruitOL71Luca Siamashvili1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL77Cole Smith2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL67Dorian Arguelles1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL65Brendan Dignan1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL50Michael Forney1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL68Ryan Gray1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL61Brayden Hartman1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL75Dylan Leiggi1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL55Ryan McCombs1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL54Jackson Metzdorff1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL55Dagen Miller1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78Matthew Montgomery1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL66Zac Price1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL69Tyler Sulsberger1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL58Clement Ulale1yr
ILLDefensive lineNo blue chips16
- 22-star recruitDE49Harrysson Ngassa2yr
- 33-star recruitDL90James Thompson Jr. ← Wisconsin6yr40 Tackles3.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL43Joe Barna2yr20 Tackles2.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL13Tomiwa Durojaiye ← Florida State4yr16 Tackles4.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL92Curt Neal ← Wisconsin4yr16 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL96Eli Coenen ← Bemidji State1yr12 Tackles1.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL52Pat Farrell3yr11 Tackles2.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL92Gentle Hunt4yr9 Tackles1.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL45Jeremiah Warren3yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL—Carter Hewitt ← Northern Iowa4yrcareer 5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL54Demetrius John2yr
- 33-star recruitDL91Cameron Brooks1yr
- 33-star recruitDL95Isaiah White1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL93Henry Engel3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL56Guillermo Gallardo2yr
- 33-star recruitDT94Angelo McCullom2yr19 Tackles3.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
WIUDefensive lineNo blue chips17
- —No recruiting profile foundDE9Peyton Bradford2yr5 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDE18DJ Taylor2yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL97Payne Miller1yr5 Tackles1.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL32David Dunston2yr3 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL5Jalen Riven4yr2 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL95Trace Brown2yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL92Keshawn Harrington-McKinney2yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL86Elijah Kongolo1yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL99Jace Miller1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL21Jalen Nicolas1yr1 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL98Steven Oberst1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL7Mayo Bola2yrcareer 3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL72David Borchers ← Nebraska3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL93Nick Prestipino2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL90Jamesly Jean Louis1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL51Oshobi Odior1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL54Ethan Sather1yr
ILLOffensive lineNo blue chips19
- 33-star recruitOL73Josh Gesky5yr
- 33-star recruitOL64Josh Kreutz5yr
- 33-star recruitOL75Brandon Henderson3yr
- 33-star recruitOL72Ayden Knapik ← Idaho3yr
- 33-star recruitOL55TJ McMillen3yr
- 33-star recruitOL66Brandon Hansen2yr
- 33-star recruitOL74Zafir Stewart2yr
- 33-star recruitOL78Eddie Tuerk2yr
- 33-star recruitOL76Dylan Frechette1yr
- 33-star recruitOL56JJ Hirdes1yr
- 33-star recruitOL68Michael McDonough1yr
- 33-star recruitOL54Griffin Rousseau1yr
- 22-star recruitOL58Melvin Priestly3yr
- 22-star recruitOL68Tyler McMillan ← Southeast Missouri State2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL74J.C. Davis4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL65Dezmond Schuster3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL57Zach Barrett2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL63Kellen Francis2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL71Nathan Knapik ← Idaho1yr
WIUBacks & tight endsNo blue chips14
- —No recruiting profile foundRB8Markell Holman2yr227 Car999 Rush yds7 TD4.4 Rush avg39 Rec314 Rec yds8.1 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB22Brinston Williams4yr26 Car137 Rush yds1 TD5.3 Rush avg11 Rec96 Rec yds8.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB20Ernest Temple1yr6 Car23 Rush yds0 TD3.8 Rush avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB4Tyler Jordan4yr3 Car5 Rush yds0 TD1.7 Rush avg1 Rec7 Rec yds7.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB2Avery Knight2yrcareer 9 Car73 Rush yds1 TD8.1 Rush avg1 Rec3 Rec yds3.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB28Ethan Bryce1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB39Calen Taylor1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE12Alex Williams4yr23 Rec240 Rec yds8 TD10.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE8Brandon Lanier5yr13 Rec169 Rec yds3 TD13.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE85Carter Campbell1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE86Jeremiah Drake1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE84Dylan Drake1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE47Adrian Wynn1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE18Sage Yazzie1yr
ILLLinebackers2 blue chips17
- 33-star recruitLB28Dylan Rosiek5yr53 Tackles3.5 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
- 33-star recruitLB45Malachi Hood4yr44 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB17Gabe Jacas4yr44 Tackles13.5 TFL11.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB10James Kreutz4yr30 Tackles3.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitLB3Alec Bryant5yr26 Tackles3.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB0Jojo Hayden3yr25 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB39Kenenna Odeluga5yr22 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB9Leon Lowery Jr. ← Wisconsin6yr20 Tackles3.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB4Daniel Brown2yr11 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB26Ismael Kante1yr8 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB42Luke Zardzin5yr5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitLB33Grant Beerman1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB48Carter Smith2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB18Mason Muragin3yr
- 33-star recruitLB47Easton Baker2yr
- 33-star recruitLB34Erik Gayle1yr
- 33-star recruitLB38Jack Paris1yr
WIULinebackersNo blue chips11
- —No recruiting profile foundLB14Kevin Washington Jr.2yr15 Tackles2.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB30Jaylen Olokun1yr4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitLB11Justin Buckner1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB16Gage Freeman4yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB13Ethan Ladd2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB43Jalen Camp1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB40Joe Edwards1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB59Troy Mills1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB49Cameron Nickel1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB50Brock Sperling1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB8Austin Young1yr
ILLBacks & tight ends2 blue chips20
- 44-star recruitRB5Ca'Lil Valentine2yr131 Car614 Rush yds4 TD4.7 Rush avg10 Rec55 Rec yds5.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB21Aidan Laughery4yr75 Car382 Rush yds3 TD5.1 Rush avg9 Rec54 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB23Jordan Anderson4yr9 Car41 Rush yds1 TD4.6 Rush avg3 Rec12 Rec yds4.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB20John Forster1yr
- 33-star recruitRB22Cedric Wyche II1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB27Corey Rashad3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB25Aaron Ball2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB31Murphy Clement ← West Virginia2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB22Petey Olaleye2yr
- 33-star recruitTE14Cole Rusk5yr19 Rec217 Rec yds1 TD11.4 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitTE83Kaden Feagin3yr16 Rec188 Rec yds2 TD11.8 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE85Tanner Arkin5yr13 Rec114 Rec yds2 TD8.8 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE88Davin Stoffel ← South Dakota State2yr1 Rec24 Rec yds0 TD24.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE86Christian Abney ← Ball State3yr1 Rec12 Rec yds0 TD12.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE89Clayton Leonard4yr
- 33-star recruitTE89Tanner Hollinger2yr
- 33-star recruitTE16Logan Farrell1yr
- 33-star recruitTE84Grant Smith1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE33Jake Furtney2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE39Trey Peters1yr
WIUReceiversNo blue chips16
- —No recruiting profile foundWR3Demari Davis2yr37 Rec695 Rec yds5 TD18.8 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR13Christian Anaya4yr44 Rec458 Rec yds4 TD10.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR9Tristin Duncan2yr40 Rec458 Rec yds0 TD11.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR87Joshua Nieves3yr14 Rec95 Rec yds0 TD6.8 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR81AJ Harris1yr3 Rec53 Rec yds0 TD17.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR19Myles Cox1yr6 Rec45 Rec yds0 TD7.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR11Cam Edwards1yr4 Rec45 Rec yds0 TD11.3 Rec avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR12Morgan Quiri1yr5 Rec32 Rec yds0 TD6.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR23Aric Johnson1yr3 Rec21 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR1Fabian Báez1yr2 Rec20 Rec yds0 TD10.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR80Fabian Baez2yr1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR7Joel Salien1yr1 Rec3 Rec yds0 TD3.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR0Eric Denham3yr1 Rec1 Rec yds0 TD1.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR88Zach Person1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR83Eric Reedus1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR82Sasha Summers1yr
ILLDefensive backs1 blue chip23
- —No recruiting profile foundCB7Kaleb Patterson3yr16 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB7Matthew Bailey4yr76 Tackles2 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB10Miles Scott4yr64 Tackles4 PD3 Int
- 33-star recruitDB5Torrie Cox Jr.5yr50 Tackles3 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB16Tanner Heckel2yr36 Tackles2 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB6Juice Clarke3yr30 Tackles7 PD
- 33-star recruitDB0Mac Resetich3yr19 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB20Tyler Strain5yr9 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB1Xavier Scott4yr6 Tackles2 PD
- 33-star recruitDB19Tyson Rooks4yr5 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB14Andre Lovett Jr.1yr3 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB35Grayson Griffin4yr3 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB21Ben Clawson4yr2 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB26Amar Reynolds2yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB29TJ Griffin4yr
- 33-star recruitDB13Tysean Griffin2yr
- 33-star recruitDB32Tywan Cox1yr
- 33-star recruitDB2RJ Jones III1yr
- 33-star recruitDB13Xanai Scott1yr
- 33-star recruitDB25Des Straughton1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB—Donovan Turner1yr
- 44-star recruitS24Saboor Karriem3yr21 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS25Vernon Woodward III2yr
WIUDefensive backsNo blue chips23
- 22-star recruitCB3Keith Moko3yr8 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundCB28James Mankaka1yr1 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB3Christian Pierce4yr16 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB14Buju Aumua-Tuisavura3yr16 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB33Malini Ti'a2yr16 Tackles0 PD2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB12Justin Richardson1yr13 Tackles0 PD2 Int
- 22-star recruitDB12DonPaul Keith1yr5 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB1Chikala Warden1yr5 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB6LeBron Morgan2yr4 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB17Nick Bucaro1yr3 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB3Aa'zoriyon Bonner1yr
- 33-star recruitDB2Willie Jones5yrcareer 15 Tackles0 PD
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDB31Cordell Wilson2yrcareer 1 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB10Amare Bickham3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB25Santhony Brown1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB23Tyrese Buffkin1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB19Keon Collier1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB35Jake Kruger1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB22LeeJohn Majerus1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB27Harlon May1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB9Rodney McNeil Jr.1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB11Matthew Perry1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS16Esteban Guillory2yr15 Tackles1 PD1 Int
ILLReceivers1 blue chip13
- 33-star recruitWR80Hank Beatty4yr70 Rec864 Rec yds3 TD12.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR17Collin Dixon3yr35 Rec548 Rec yds5 TD15.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR13Hudson Clement ← West Virginia4yr36 Rec454 Rec yds3 TD12.6 Rec avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR0Justin Bowick ← Ball State4yr22 Rec265 Rec yds5 TD12.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR2Ashton Hollins4yr4 Rec108 Rec yds1 TD27.0 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR88Malik Elzy3yr7 Rec84 Rec yds0 TD12.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR1Mario Sanders2yr2 Rec32 Rec yds0 TD16.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR7Alexander Capka-Jones3yr2 Rec31 Rec yds0 TD15.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR28Karson Kaiser1yr
- 33-star recruitWR6Jershaun Newton1yr
- 33-star recruitWR11Brayden Trimble1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR87Tyler McClure3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR18Michael Bartolotta2yr
WIUKickersNo blue chips4
- —No recruiting profile foundPK93Antonio Chadha4yr12 FG17 FGA53 Long60 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK37Rocco Fedrigo1yr1 Punts35.0 Avg0 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundPK41Ronan Culkin1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK60Kacper Lobas1yr
ILLKickersNo blue chips2
- 33-star recruitPK24David Olano3yr20 FG23 FGA47 Long104 Pts
- 33-star recruitPK27Lucas Osada ← North Carolina2yrcareer 0 FG0 FGA0 Long1 Pts
WIUPuntersNo blue chips1
- —No recruiting profile foundP19Luke Droegemueller1yr65 Punts41.7 Avg13 In 20
ILLPuntersNo blue chips2
- 22-star recruitP40Keelan Crimmins ← Purdue3yr36 Punts43.9 Avg9 In 20
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedP81Lars Rau ← Texas State2yrcareer 24 Punts35.4 Avg6 In 20
Previous 3 meetings vs. Team
Illinois 3–0 vs Western Illinois
- 2018 · wk 2Western Illinois 14 @ Illinois 34
- 2015 · wk 2Western Illinois 0 @ Illinois 44
- 2007 · wk 2Western Illinois 0 @ Illinois 21
Previous meeting vs. Bret Bielema
Western Illinois 0–1 vs Bret Bielema
- 2006 · wk 2Western Illinois 10 @ Wisconsin 34
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