2021 Football Roster
Jersey Number 22
Dylan Thomas
- Position:
- DB
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 190
- Hometown:
- Monticello, Ill.
- High School:
- Monticello
2021 Sophomore
- Medically retired from football and will work as a student assistant in 2021
- Switched to defensive back during 2021 spring practices
2020 Sophomore
- Missed the season with an injury
2019 Redshirt Freshman
- Missed the season with an injury
2018 Freshman
- Redshirted the 2018 season (Did not play)
High School
- Four-year letterwinner in football and three-year letterwinner in track
- Played for head coach Cully Welter at Monticello
- Led Monticello to conference titles as a junior and senior
- 2017 All-Illini Prairie Conference first team
- High Honor Roll
Personal
- Born April 5, 2000
- Son of Darcy and Bryan Thomas
- Father attended the University of Illinois
- Older sister, Danielle
- Step-grandfather is Barry Alvarez
- Picked Illinois because he, “it allows me to play Division I football and also get a degree from one of the best business schools in the world.”
- Listed Lebron James as his favorite athlete because he, “is such a dominant player and has changed his game over the years which has allowed him to be great.”
- Double majoring in strategic business development and entrepreneurship
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