2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 65
Dezmond Schuster
- Class:
- Sixth Year
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 335
- Major:
- Sociology
- Hometown:
- Gonzales, La.
- High School:
- East Ascension
- Prev School:
- Hutchinson CC (Kan.)
Pronunciation: SHOO-ster
2025 - Illinois
- Played in four games
2024 - Illinois
- Played in five games
- Made Illini debut vs. Purdue (10/12/24)
2023 - Illinois
- Missed the season with an injury
2022 - 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 - 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
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