2024 Football Roster
Jersey Number 16
Cal Swanson
- Position:
- QB
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 200
- Major:
- Communication
- Hometown:
- Ardmore, Okla.
- High School:
- Ardmore
2024 Redshirt Freshman
- Did not play in a game
- Entered the transfer portal following the season
2023 Freshman
- Did not play in a game and redshirted the season
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, On3, and Rivals
- Position ranks: #23 (Rivals), #27 (ESPN), #37 (On3), #71 (247)
- State ranks: #9 (On3), #9 (Rivals), #10 (ESPN), #18 (247)
- Played for head coach Josh Newby at Ardmore High School
- Four-year letterwinner
- OSSAA 5A Offensive Player of the Year
- All-state selection as a junior
- Principal’s honor roll
Personal
- Born on September 23, 2004
- Son of Lance and Christi Swanson
- Father played safety at Oklahoma from 1987-91
- Uncle, Richard Dillon, played linebacker at Oklahoma from 1985-89
- Cousin, Jack Dillon, played linebacker at Memphis from 2013-17
- Two brothers, Carter and Landry
- Chose Illinois because, “I really enjoyed Champaign when I went up there. The coaches were really down to earth and easy to talk to. It seemed like they had something really special going on up there.”
- Majoring in communication
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