2017 Football Roster
Jersey Number 67
Christian DiLauro
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 300
- Position:
- OL
- Hometown:
- Uniontown, Ohio
- High School:
- Green
2017 Senior
- Played in all 12 games with seven starts on the offensive line
- First career start at guard at Purdue
- Finished his career with 38 starts
- Snapped a streak of 31 straight starts in the opener against Ball State
2016 Junior
- Started all 12 games at tackle
- 31 straight starts
- Athlon Sports preseason All-Big Ten third team
- Phil Steele preseason All-Big Ten fourth team
- Earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural and consumer economics in December 2016
2015 Sophomore
- Started all 12 games at right tackle
- One of five offensive linemen to start all 12 games
- Played 83.9% of snaps during the regular season
- Helped the Illini allow just 20 sacks against (1.67 per game)
2014 Redshirt Freshman
- Named to ESPN.com's Big Ten All-Freshman team
- Saw action in 12 games, starting the last seven at right tackle, playing 504 snaps on the season
- Played a season-high 83 snaps in the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl
- Made his first career start, at right tackle, at Wisconsin
- Made his Illini debut in week two win over Western Kentucky, helping the team pile up 520 yards of total offense
- Academic All-Big Ten honoree
2013 Freshman
- Redshirted the 2013 season
- Enrolled early at Illinois and participated in 2013 spring practices
High School
- Three-star recruit by Scout, Rivals and ESPN
- First-team All-Suburban League as a junior and second-team as a senior
- Honorable mention All-Northeast Ohio as a senior
- Played tight end and defensive line in high school
- Had 21 receptions for 198 yards and one touchdown as a senior, along with 27 tackles, five tackles for loss, one interception and two PBUs
- Had 19 receptions for 290 yards and one TD with 37 tackles, two sacks and three tackles for loss as a junior
- First-team All-Suburban League in track and field as a junior in shot put and discus
Personal
- Born Nov. 11, 1994
- Son of Matt DiLauro and Shawna DiLauro
- His uncle, Joe DiLauro, and father both played football at Toledo
- Favorite athlete is former Chicago Bears star Brian Urlacher
- Earned his high school team's Scholar-Athlete Award as a senior
- Would like to be an accountant following his football career
- Credits his father as the person who most influenced his athletic career because "he was always pushing me to be better"
- Majoring in agricultural accounting
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