2017 Football Roster
Jersey Number 19
Lou Dorsey
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-6 / 225
- Position:
- TE
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Fla.
- High School:
- Jean Ribault
Career Highs
Receptions: 4 vs. Northwestern, 11/25/17
Receiving Yards: 107 vs. Indiana, 11/11/17
Long Reception: 77 vs. Indiana, 11/11/17
Receiving Touchdowns: 1, three times (last vs. Indiana, 11/11/17)
All-Purpose Yards: 107 vs. Indiana, 11/11/17
2018 Sophomore
- Named to the 2018 Mackey Award Preseason Watch List
2017 Freshman
- BTN.com All-Freshman Team
- Played in all 12 games with seven starts at tight end
- 22 receptions for 395 yards and three touchdowns
- 395 receiving yards was the eighth-most by a tight end in Illinois single-season history
- Led Illinois in receiving touchdowns (3)
- All three touchdown receptions came during Big Ten games
- Team-long 77-yard reception vs. Indiana
- 77-yard touchdown reception against Indiana was the longest reception in Illinois history by a true freshman
- 107 receiving yards against Indiana was the most by a true freshman tight end in Illinois history
- Made his Illinois debut in the opener against Ball State
- First career catch was a one-handed grab against Ball State
- First career start against Western Kentucky
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and Scout
- Ranked No. 16 tight end in the nation by ESPN and No. 47 by 247Sports
- Played at Jean Ribault High School for head coach Kelvin Smith
- Also played basketball in high school
Personal
- Born Dec. 29, 1998
- Son of Tracy and Louis Dorsey
- Has one brother, Travaris Dorsey, and one sister, Ta’Mya Dorsey
- Picked Illinois because, “it feels like home and the coaches are going to prepare me for the next level.”
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