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2017 Football Roster

67 Christian DiLauro

  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 300
  • Position OL
  • Hometown Uniontown, Ohio
  • High School Green

Biography

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

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 65

    2013Freshman

    DL
    6'5" 280 lbs
    65
  • 67

    2014Redshirt Freshman

    OL
    6'5" 295 lbs
    67
  • 67

    2015Sophomore

    OL
    6'5" 300 lbs
    67
  • 67

    2016Junior

    OL
    6'5" 300 lbs
    67
  • 67

    2017Senior

    OL
    6'5" 300 lbs
    67