2020 Football Roster
Jersey Number 53
Kendrick Green
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 315
- Position:
- OL
- Hometown:
- Peoria, Ill.
- High School:
- Peoria
2020 Junior
- Started all eight games
- Moved to center for three games while starting center Doug Kramer was sidelined
- Finished the season with 33 straight starts
- USA TODAY second team All-America
- Illinois' first offensive player to earn All-America honors since FB Jay Prosch in 2011
- Illinois' first offensive lineman to earn All-America honors since Jon Asamoah in 2009
- Associated Press All-Big Ten first team
- Consensus All-Big Ten first team
- Illinois' first offensive player to earn First Team All-Big Ten since WR A.J. Jenkins in 2011
- Illinois' first offensive lineman to earn First Team All-Big Ten since Martin O'Donnell in 2007
- Third highest rated guard in the country by PFF and No. 17 offensive lineman in the nation during the regular season (min. 475 snaps)
- Finished the season with 33 straight starts
- Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten fourth team
- Outland Trophy watch list
- Organized Black Lives Matter march for Illini student-athletes on Aug. 31, 2020
2019 Sophomore
- Started 12 games at left guard and one game at center
- Pro Football Focus All-America honorable mention
- All-Big Ten honorable mention (media)
- PFF Midseason All-America honorable mention
- No. 6 graded offensive guard in the nation and No. 2 in Power-5 by PFF (77.1) entering bowl games
- PFF Big Ten Team of the Week after Eastern Michigan game 9/14/19
- Ended the season with 25 straight starts
2018 Redshirt Freshman
- Started all 12 games at left guard
- Part of an OL that paved the way for the most-improved running game in the nation (+137.4 ypg from 2017 to ’18), finishing 12th in FBS and second in the Big Ten at 243.0 ypg.
- First career start and Illinois debut in the season opener against Kent State
- Moved to OL prior to the season after practicing at defensive tackle during his freshman season in 2017
2017 Freshman
- Redshirted 2017 season as a defensive tackle
High School
- Four-star recruit by Scout
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN
- Ranked as a top 500 recruit in the nation by 247Sports
- Ranked No. 22 defensive tackle in the nation by Scout, No. 30 by Rivals, No. 31 by 247Sports and No. 50 by ESPN
- Ranked No. 5 recruit in Illinois by Scout, No. 8 by 247Sports, No. 9 by ESPN and No. 14 by Rivals
- Played at Peoria High School for head coach Tim Thornton
- USA Football U-19 team member for IFAF World Championships in Harbin, China
- Blue-Grey All-American
- Led Peoria to 2016 IHSA 5A state championship
- 111 tackles, 33.0 TFLs, 15.0 sacks as a senior
- 2016 Illinois High School Football Coaches Association all-state first team
- 2016 Preps Plus All-State first team
- 2016 ALL-USA Illinois Football Team
- 2016 Big 12 all-conference
- High school teammate of Illini freshman Coran Taylor
Personal
- Born Dec. 22, 1998
- Picked Illinois because, “the coaching staff is awesome and I would love to represent my home state.”
- Majoring in sociology
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