2015 Football Roster
Jersey Number 30
Jim Nudera
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 240
- Position:
- TE
- Hometown:
- Elmhurst, Ill.
- High School:
- York
2015 Senior
- Played in 10 games as a blocking TE/FB
- Academic All-Big Ten
2014 Junior
- Played in one game, making Illinois debut at Ohio State Nov. 1
- Academic All-Big Ten honoree
2013 Sophomore
- Member of UI squad
2012 Redshirt Freshman
- Member of UI squad
2011 Freshman
- Redshirted the 2011 season
High School
- All-Conference (West Suburban Silver) and All-Area selection in 2010
- Academic All-State selection in 2010
- High school coach was Bill Lech
- Three-year letterwinner in wrestling
Personal
- Last name pronounced new-DARE-uh
- Son of Linda and Jim Nudera
- Has one brother and two sisters
- Born July 14, 1993
- Lists former Illini wrestlers Mike Poeta and John Dergo as childhood heroes
- Earned bachelor's degree in political science & history from Illinois in May 2015 and is working toward a Master of Business (MBA) in fall 2015
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