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2017 Football Roster

19 Lou Dorsey

  • Ht./Wt. 6-6 / 225
  • Position TE
  • Hometown Jacksonville, Fla.
  • High School Jean Ribault

Biography

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.” 

Statistics

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