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Football Two-Deep Depth Chart

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Football Two-Deep Depth Chart

* - Denotes Varsity Letter

OFFENSE

Left Tackle
59 ** Marques Sullivan (6-5, 315, Jr., 2/2) (starter) (Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick)
72 Dan Cutter (6-7, 310, So., 3/3) (Tampa, Fla./Catholic)

Left Guard
67* Jay Kulaga (6-5, 305, So., 3/3) (Seminole, Fla./Seminole)
60 Aaron Hodges (6-5, 270, Fr., 5/4) (Country Club Hills, Ill./Rich Central)

Center
71* Luke Butkus (6-4, 285, So., 3/3) (Steger, Ill./Bloom Township)
76 Brian Scott (6-1, 275, Sr., 1/1) (Urbana, Ill./Urbana)

Right Guard
69** Ray Redziniak (6-3, 290, Jr., 3/2) (starter) (Clark, N.J./Milford Academy)
64 David Diehl (6-5, 295, Fr., 4/4) (Oak Lawn, Ill./Brother Rice)

Right Tackle
75* Chip Nicastro (6-6, 295, Sr., 1/1) (Florissant, Mo./Hazelwood Central)
79 Tony Pashos (6-6, 310, Fr., 4/4) (Lockport, Ill./Lockport Township)

Split End
84 Greg Lewis (6-0, 180, Fr., 4/4) (Matteson, Ill./Rich South)
86 Aaron Moorehead (6-3, 192, Fr., 4/4) (Deerfield, Ill./Deerfield)
3 Eric McGoey (6-3, 182, Fr., 5/4) (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton-Warrenville)

Tight End
87** Josh Whitman (6-4, 244, Jr., 3/2) (starter) (West Lafayette, Ind./Harrison)
80* Brian Hodges (6-4, 255, So., 3/3) (starter) (Country Club Hills, Ill./Rich Central)
88 Mike Craciunoiu (6-3, 255, Jr., 2/2) (Franklin, Ind./Franklin)

Flanker
21*** Lenny Willis (5-9, 178, Sr., 1/1) (starter) (Champaign, Ill./Centennial)
19 Dwayne Smith (6-2, 175, Fr., 5/4) (Rantoul, Ill./Rantoul)
12 Courtney Miller (6-2, 175, Fr., 5/4) (St. Louis, Mo./Hazelwood East)

Halfback
38*** Steve Havard (5-10, 205, Sr., 1/1) (starter) (Wheaton, Ill./North)
23* Rocky Harvey (5-9, 175, So., 4/3) (starter) (Chicago, Ill./Dunbar)

Quarterback
9* Kirk Johnson (6-3, 200, Sr., 1/1) (starter) (Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood Academy) OR
15* Kurt Kittner (6-3, 205, So., 4/3) (starter) (Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg)
18 Walter Young (6-5, 210, Fr., 4/4) (Park Forest, Ill./Rich East)

Fullback
32** Elmer Hickman (6-1, 230, Sr., 1/1) (starter) (Alton, Ill./Alton)
49*** Chris Hoffman (6-2, 235, Sr., 2/1) (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier)

Punter
10* Steve Fitts (6-0, 180, So., 4/3) (starter) (South Congaree, S.C./Airport)

Kicker
98*** Neil Rackers (6-0, 195, Sr., 1/1) (starter) (Florissant, Mo./Aquinas-Mercy)

Long Snapper
51** Nathan Hodel (6-2, 240, Jr., 3/2) (starter) (Fairview Heights, Ill./Belleville East)
62 Patrick Rouse (6-0, 225, So., 3/3) (Champaign, Ill./Centennial)

DEFENSE

Defensive End
95** Rameel Connor (6-3, 260, Sr., 1/1) (starter) (Oak Park, Ill./Proviso West)
97** Jason Eberhart (6-3, 260, Jr., 3/2) (St. Louis, Mo./Mehlville)

Defensive Tackle
96* Brandon Moore (6-3, 280, So., 4/3) (starter) (Gary, Ind./West Side)
70* Matt Carlton (6-6, 310, Sr., 1/1) (Livonia, Mich./College of DuPage)

Defensive Tackle
85*** Mike McGee (6-3, 285, Sr., 1/1) (starter) (Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart Griffin)
91*** Seth Tesdall (6-3, 269, Sr., 2/1) (Morris, Ill./Morris)

Defensive End
99** Fred Wakefield (6-7, 265, Jr., 2/2) (starter) (Tuscola, Ill./Tuscola)
46 Tim McGill (6-3, 265, Fr., 4/4) (Chicago, Ill./Lake View)

Linebacker
48*** Danny Clark (6-2, 225, Sr., 1/1) (starter) (Country Club Hills, Ill./Hillcrest)
47** Mon Long (6-2, 210, Jr., 3/2) (Sarasota, Fla./Riverview)
36* Nolan Nawrocki (5-11, 210, Sr., 1/1) (Chicago, Ill./St. Rita)

Linebacker
41*** Eric Guenther (6-2, 235, Sr., 1/1) (starter) (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Westlake)
30** Robert Franklin (6-2, 235, Jr., 2/2) (starter) (St. Louis, Mo./Mehlville)
45** Manuel Strong (6-4, 243, Sr., 1/1) (Grand Rapids, Mich./Ottawa Hills)

Linebacker
52** Mike Young (6-2, 225, Jr., 2/2) (starter) (St. Louis, Mo./Hazelwood East)
20** Eric Garrett (6-2, 235, Jr., 2/2) (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook)
42 Jerry Schumacher (6-3, 215, Fr., 5/4) (Chicago, Ill./Mt. Carmel)

Cornerback
33*** Tony Francis (6-2, 200, Sr., 1/1) (starter) (Glenwood, Ill./Bloom Township)
43* Anthony Hurd (5-10, 175, So., 3/3) (New Orleans, La./St. Augustine)
8 Trayvon Waller (6-3, 185, Jr., 3/2) (Los Angeles, Calif./El Camino C.C.)

Strong Safety
24*** Asim Pleas (5-10, 180, Sr., 1/1) (starter) (Youngstown, Ohio/Cardinal Mooney)
37 Carlos Lattimore (6-1, 222, Fr., 4/4) (Peoria, Ill./Central)

Free Safety
7* Muhammad Abdullah (6-1, 195, So., 4/3) (starter) (Barnegat, N.J./Southern Regional)
22* Thomas Robinson (6-0, 170, So., 4/3) (Daytona Beach, Fla./Atlantic) OR
25 Quincy Washington (6-0, 205, Fr., 4/4) (Champaign, Ill./Centennial)

Cornerback
29* Johnny Rogers (5-9, 170, Sr., 2/1) (Lynwood, Ill./Harper J.C.)
26 Johnnie Harris (5-11, 190, Jr., 2/2) (Mesa, Ariz./Mesa C.C.)
6 Brandon Lloyd (6-2, 170, Fr., 5/4) (Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs)

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