2018 Football Roster
Jersey Number 44
Drew Murtaugh
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 225
- Position:
- LB
- Hometown:
- Crystal Lake, Ill.
- High School:
- Crystal Lake South
2018 Redshirt Sophomore
- Played two games, primarily on special teams
- Made his Illinois debut at Rutgers 11/6/18
- Academic All-Big Ten
2017 Redshirt Freshman
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Member of the Illinois squad
2016 Freshman
- Redshirted the 2016 season
High School
- Two-year letterwinner at Crystal Lake South
- Played for head coach Chuck Ahsmann
- Team captain as a senior
- 2015 All-Area selection
- Also played baseball, basketball and ran track during high school
- Illinois State Scholar
- High Honor Roll
- National Honor Society
Personal
- Son of Joseph and Donna Murtaugh
- Father, Joseph Murtaugh, played baseball at Illinois from 1985-88
- Has one brother, Ryan, and one sister, Haley
- Born Oct. 18, 1997
- Lists Michael Jordan as his favorite athlete
- Chose Illinois because of the "great academics and great football traditions."
- Majoring in civil engineering
- Plans to work in engineering after college
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