Pronunciation: ROH-zee-ek

Two-Time All-Big Ten

University of Illinois Graduate

2025 Junior

• Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten Third Team
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten Third Team

2024 Junior

• Team captain
• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (coaches and media)
• Started first nine games before a season-ending injury
• 10th in the Big Ten in tackles per game (7.0) during the regular season
• 63 tackles (26 solo), 3.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, one QB hurry and one pass breakup on the season
• Career-high 12 tackles (three solo) against #24 Michigan (10/19/24)
• Pass breakup and a game-ending sack against Purdue (10/12/24)
• Sixth-career fumble and a game winning sack against #22 Nebraska (9/20/24)
• Named to PFF's Week 1 National Team of the Week
• Fifth-career fumble against EIU (8/29/24)
• Butkus Award watch list

2023 Sophomore

• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (coaches and media)
• Played in all 12 games with eight starts at linebacker
• Led the Big Ten and tied for third in the nation in forced fumbles (4) during the regular season
• Fourth-most forced fumbles in Illinois single-season history
• 14th in the Big Ten in tackles (82) during the regular season
• Eighth in the Big Ten in tackles during conference games (70) during the regular season
• Led Illinois in tackles (82)
• Recorded a career-high 10 tackles (5 solo) plus two PBUs vs. Nebraska (10/6/23)
• Posted six tackles, including two TFLs, and forced a fumble at Purdue (9/30/23)
• Tied for the team lead with a career-high nine tackles vs. #7 Penn State (9/16/23)
• Tallied eight tackles, all solo, in first-career start vs. Toledo (9/2/23)

2022 Redshirt Freshman

• Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams
• Eight tackles, 1.0 TFL, and one quarterback hurry on the season
• First career TFL against Chattanooga 9/22/22

2021 Freshman

• Played in three games and redshirted the season
• Illinois victory team MVP against Nebraska 8/28/21

High School

• Three-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN
• Two-star recruit by Rivals
• Position ranks: #51 (ESPN), #64 (247)
• State ranks: #188 (247), #215 (ESPN)
• Voted team MVP as a junior
• 2018 ATH All-State third team
• Also wrestled in high school
• Committed to Illinois on June 17, 2020
• Offers included Air Force, Army, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale

Personal

• Born Nov. 11, 2002
• Chose Illinois because “I felt that this would put me in the best place to succeed and achieve my dream of playing at the next level.”
• Graduated from the University of Illinois in May 2025 with a degree in Kinesiology