2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 48
Bryce Barnes
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 285
- Hometown:
- Gibson City, Ill.
- High School:
- GCMS
 University of Illinois Graduate |
2023 Senior
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in 11 games with two starts at defensive tackle
- Career-high four tackles in opener vs. Toledo (9/2/23) and at Maryland (10/14/23)
- Made first start of the season at Maryland (10/14/23)
2022 Junior
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in 12 games
- Eight tackles on the season
- Tied career high with three tackles at Indiana 9/2/22
2021 Sophomore
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in 11 games
- Three tackles on the season
2020 Sophomore
- Played in all eight games and started two at defensive tackle
- Made first career start at Northwestern 12/12/20
- Three tackles and 0.5 TFLs on the season
2019 Freshman
- Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams
- Made Illinois debut in the season opener against Akron
High School
- Champaign News-Gazette 2018-19 Male Athlete of the Year
- Helped lead GCMS to back-to-back IHSA Class 2A State Championships in 2017 and ’18
- Played for head coach Mike Allen at GCMS
- Also played basketball at GCMS, scoring over 1,000 career points and helped the basketball team to third place at IHSA 2A state finals
Personal
- Born Aug. 18, 2000
- Picked Illinois because, “it is a top university and earning a degree from this school will be my ticket to any job I would like to get in the future.”
- Majoring in community health
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