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Pronunciation: pal-CHESS-key

2022 All-American

Four-Time All-Big Ten

University of Illinois Graduate

2022 Senior

• Team captain
• Second two-time bowl captain in Illinois history, joining Moe Gardner
• Sporting News All-American first team
• First offensive tackle first-team All-American in the modern history of Illinois football
• AFCA All-American second team
• CBS All-American second team
• PFF All-American second team
• Phil Steele All-American third team
• AP All-American third team
• All-Big Ten second team (media)
• All-Big Ten third team (coaches)
• Fighting Illini Spirit Award winner
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner
• Started all 13 games at right tackle
• Tied the FBS record with his 65th career start in the ReliaQuest Bowl against Mississippi State 1/2/23
• Big Ten record holder for career starts (65)
• Ended career with 713 consecutive pass-block snaps (99% at RT) without allowing a sack, according to PFF
• Did not allow a sack in 2022
• No. 10 graded tackle in the nation and fourth in the Big Ten (81.4), according to PFF
• Part of the first offensive line in Illinois history to be named a Joe Moore Award semifinalist
• 49 career starts at tackle, 16 career starts at guard (11 as a freshman, 5 in 2021)
• PFF National Team of the Week following the Indiana game
• PFF Midseason All-American third team
• Rotary Lombardi Award Midseason Watch List
• Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten third team 

2021 Senior

• All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches and media)
• Started all 12 games, seven at tackle and five at guard
• No. 35 rated tackle in the nation by PFF
• No. 13 rated run blocking tackle in the nation by PFF
• Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten third team

2020 Senior

• Started four games at right tackle 
• Missed last four games due to injury 
• Finished the season with 40 career starts, eight away from tying the Illinois record (Nathan Scheelhaase, QB, 2010-13; Ryan McDonald, C, 2005-08; Tim Simpson, OL, 1988-91) 
• 40 career starts is tied for the most among current Illini (Vederian Lowe) 
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten third team 
• Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten third team 
• Outland Trophy watch list 

2019 Junior

• Started all 13 games at right tackle
• Ended the season with 36 straight starts
• All-Big Ten third team (coaches)
• All-Big Ten honorable mention (media)
• PFF Big Ten Team of the Week after Akron game 8/31/19

2018 Sophomore

• All-Big Ten honorable mention (media)
• Pro Football Focus All-Big Ten first team
• Started all 12 games at right tackle
• 23 straight starts
• No. 30 rated tackle in the nation by PFF
• No. 4 rated tackle in the Big Ten by PFF
• No. 9 rated run-blocking tackle in the nation by PFF
• 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.
• PFF National Team of the Week 11/11/18
• Academic All-Big Ten

2017 Freshman

• BTN.com All-Freshman Team honorable mention
• Started the final 11 games at guard
• Teamed with Vederian Lowe and Larry Boyd to be Illinois’ first ever true-freshmen trio to start the same game on the offensive line
• Missed the opener with an injury

High School

• Three-star recruit by Rivals and Scout
• Ranked No. 45 offensive tackle in the nation by Scout and No. 120 by 247Sports
• Ranked No. 12 recruit in Illinois by Scout and No. 39 by 247Sports
• Ranked No. 2 offensive tackle in Illinois by Scout
• Mid-Suburban League East All-Conference
• Played for football coach Mike Sebestyen
• Also wrestled (4 years), played water polo (2 years) and was on the track and field team (2 years) in high school

Personal

• Born Aug. 3, 1999
• Son of Andrzej and Bozena Palczewski
• Has two older brothers, Adam and Alan
• Most of his extended family lives in Poland
• Picked Illinois because, “It is the flagship of my hometown state, and I want to play for where I grew up.”
• Listed Ivan Drago as his favorite athlete because, “Even though he is a fictional character I like him because he would never talk. He would let his work do the talking for him.”
• Graduated with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology in December 2021