2016 Football Roster
Jersey Number 38
David Reisner
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 205
- Position:
- PK/P
- Hometown:
- Bartlett, Ill.
- High School:
- South Elgin
2016 Senior
- Punted and kicked off against North Carolina and Western Michigan
- Career-long 61-yard punt against Western Michigan
- Academic All-Big Ten
2015 Junior
- Played three games as backup punter and kicker
- Three punts for 136 yards (45.3 yards per punt) vs. Nebraska
- Kicked off once at Purdue for 51 yards
- One kickoff for 65 yards and one PAT vs. Kent State
- Academic All-Big Ten
2014 Sophomore
- Went 22-of-24 on PATs and 6-of-11 on field goals on the season
- Hit the game-winning field goal from 36-yards out with eight seconds left to give the Illini a 16-14 win over Penn State
- Had a career-high three made field goals, including the game winner, and finished with a career-best 10 points against the Nittany Lions
- Took over the kicking duties against Texas State, going 1-of-1 on field goals and 3-of-3 on PATs, and recording seven kickoffs for a total of 444 yards and four touchbacks
- Academic All-Big Ten
2013 Freshman
- Member of UI squad
- Joined team as a walk-on during 2013 spring practices
High School
- Ranked No. 18 nationally by ESPN
- Ranked No. 12 nationally by Chris Sailer Kicking
- Honorable mention All-State selection in 2010 and 2011 by the Illinois Football Coaches Association
- All-Conference and All-Area kicker in 2010 and 2011
- Two-time Academic All-State selection by the Illinois Football Coaches Association
- Four-time Academic All-Conference selection
Personal
- Full given name is David Robert Reisner II
- Son of Danette and David Reisner
- Born Nov. 12, 1993
- Majoring in advertising
Career Highs
FG Made: 3 vs. Penn State, 11/22/14
FG Attempts: 4 vs. Penn State, 11/22/14
PAT Made: 4, twice (last vs. Minnesota, 10/25/14)
PAT Attempts: 4, three times (last vs. Minnesota, 10/25/14)
Points: 10 vs. Penn State, 11/22/14
Long Field Goal: 36 vs. Penn State, 11/22/14
Kickoffs: 7 vs. Texas State, 9/20/14
Yards: 444 vs. Texas State, 9/20/14
Average: 63.4 vs. Texas State, 9/20/14
Touchbacks: 4 vs. Texas State, 9/30/14
Punts: 9 vs. North Carolina, 9/10/16
Punt yards: 350 vs. North Carolina, 9/10/16
Long Punt: 61 vs. Western Michigan, 9/17/16
Tackles: 1 vs. North Carolina, 9/10/16
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