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2025 Football Roster

Illinois Fighting Illini

27 Corey Rashad

  • Position RB
  • Class Sophomore
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 185
  • Major Engineering
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • High School Marist
  • Instagram coreyrashad_
  • Twitter corey1rashad

Biography

2024 Redshirt Freshman

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Did not play in a game 

2023 Freshman

  • Did not play in a game and redshirted the season

High School

  • Played for head coach Ron Dawczak at Marist High School
  • Three-year letterwinner in 2020, 2021 and 2022
  • Two-year starter (2021 and 2022)
  • Led Marist to two berths in the IHSA playoffs (2021 and 2022) including a semifinalist finish in 2021
  • Tallied 98 tackles (40 solo), 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, two pass breakups, and two forced fumbles
  • Member of National Honor Society and Dean's List 

Personal

  • Born on Dec. 7, 2004
  • Son of Jamillah Rashad
  • One sister, Na'ilah, and one brother, Caleb. 
  • Chose Illinois because, “I wanted to put myself around like-minded individuals, in order to give myself the best chance at success in the future. Most importantly, I wanted to be apart of something special, the FamILLy!”
  • Majoring in engineering

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 46

    2023Freshman

    DB
    5'8" 175 lbs
    46
  • 27

    2024Redshirt Freshman

    RB
    5'8" 185 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2025Sophomore

    RB
    5'8" 185 lbs
    27