2021 Football Roster
Jersey Number 65
Doug Kramer
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 305
- Hometown:
- Hinsdale, Ill.
- High School:
- Hinsdale Central
Career
- Third-best true pass set blocking grade among Power Five centers from 2018-19 according to Pro Football Focus
- 14 big-time run-blocks in 2019 were the most PFF has ever recorded by a Power Five center in the PFF College era
2021 Senior
- All-Big Ten second team (coaches)
- All-Big Ten honorable mention (media)
- Phil Steele All-Big Ten second team
- Campbell Trophy semifinalist
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Highest GPA among graduate students among all Illinois Athletics men's teams
- Played in and started 11 games
- No. 26 rated center in the nation by PFF
- Illinois team offensive MVP against Nebraska 8/28/21
- PFF Preseason All-America honorable mention
- PFF Preseason All-Big Ten second team
- Rimington Award watch list
- Outland Trophy watch list
- Rotary Lombardi Award watch list
- No. 7 ranked interior offensive lineman returning to college football in 2021, according to PFF
- No. 7 NFL Draft center prospect in the nation by Mel Kiper
- Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten third team
- Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten fourth team
- Represented Illinois at Big Ten Media Days
2020 Senior
- All-Big Ten honorable mention (media)
- All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Started five games at center
- Missed three games due to COIVD-19 protocols and injury
- Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten third team
- Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten fourth team
- Wuerffel Trophy watch list
2019 Junior
- Started all 12 regular season games at center
- Missed the Redbox Bowl with an injury, snapping a streak of 27 straight starts
- All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches)
- All-Big Ten honorable mention (media)
- Voted team captain by his teammates
- No. 8 graded center in the nation and No. 3 in Power-5 by PFF (79.2)
- Did not allow a sack in 751 snaps
- PFF Big Ten Team of the Week after Eastern Michigan game 9/14/19
- PFF Big Ten Team of the Week after Akron game 8/31/19
- Rimington Trophy preseason watch list
2018 Sophomore
- Started all 12 games at center
- 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.
- Academic All-Big Ten
2017 Redshirt Freshman
- BTN.com All-Freshman Team honorable mention
- Played and started eight games at center
- Missed four games with an injury
- Made his Illinois debut and first career start in the opener against Ball State
- Academic All-Big Ten
2016 Freshman
- Member of UI squad
High School
- Three-year letterwinner at Hinsdale Central
- Played for head coach Dan Hartman
- 2015 West Suburban Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year
- 2015 All-West Suburban Conference
- 2015 All-State honorable mention
- Also was a member of the track and field team at Hinsdale Central
- Dean’s List all four years of high school
Personal
- Born June 4, 1998
- Son of Lisa Kramer and Doug Kramer Sr.
- Both parents graduated from the University of Illinois
- Has one brother, Dan, and one sister, Carrie
- Lists Dee Brown as his favorite athlete
- Plans to coach following his playing career
- Graduated with a degree in finance
- Graduated with a master's degree in recreation, sport, and tourism in December 2021
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