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2025 Football Roster

Illinois Fighting Illini

63 Dezmond Schuster

  • Position OL
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 335
  • Major Sociology
  • Hometown Gonzales, La.
  • High School East Ascension
  • Prev School Hutchinson CC (Kan.)
  • Instagram Getlike.Dezz
  • Twitter DezmondSchuster

Biography

Pronunciation: SHOO-ster

2024 Junior

  • Played in five games on the season
  • Made Illini debut vs. Purdue (10/12/24)

2023 Sophomore

  • Missed the season with an injury

2022 Redshirt Freshman (Hutchinson CC)

  • Three-star juco recruit by 247Sports, ESPN
  • Juco national ranks: #19 (247), #22 (ESPN)
  • Juco position ranks: #1 (ESPN), #2 (247)
  • 2022 All-KJCCC first team
  • Offers included Nebraska

2021 Freshman (Hutchinson CC)

  • Enrolled at Hutchinson CC in 2021

High School 

  • Played for head coach Darnell Lee at East Ascension High School
  • Two-time all-conference

Personal

  • March 1, 2003
  • Son of Ben Collins and Dwanda Schuster
  • Two brothers, Benjamin and Kameron Scott, and four sisters, Janasia, Ajana, Maisia and Lei
  • Chose Illinois because, “The fans and also the players making it feel like home and I was apart of the family.”
  • Majoring in sociology 

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    OL
    6'5" 330 lbs
  • 63

    2023Sophomore

    OL
    6'5" 345 lbs
    63
  • 63

    2024Junior

    OL
    6'5" 335 lbs
    63
  • 63

    2025Senior

    OL
    6'5" 335 lbs
    63