2019 Football Roster
Jersey Number 81
Griffin Palmer
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 245
- Position:
- TE
- Hometown:
- St. Charles, Mo.
- High School:
- De Smet Jesuit
Career Highs
Receptions: 1 at Iowa, 11/23/19
Receiving Yards: 2 at Iowa, 11/23/19
All-Purpose Yards: 2 at Iowa, 11/23/19
2019 Junior
- Plays primarily special teams
- First career catch at Iowa 11/23/19
2018 Sophomore
- Played in 11 games, primarily on special teams
2017 Redshirt Freshman
- Played in one game
- Made his Illinois debut against Western Kentucky
2016 Freshman
- Member of UI squad
High School
- Ranked as a top-25 recruit in Missouri by ESPN.com (No. 21) and 247 Sports (No. 25)
- Team-high 31 receptions for 429 yards and six touchdowns in 2015
- First-team All-Conference and All-District in 2015
- Named to St. Louis Post-Dispatch Super 30 team
- Earned four varsity letters in both football and basketball
- High school coach was Pat Mahoney
Personal
- Born Sept. 18, 1997
- Full name is Griffin Joseph Palmer
- Son of John and Kim Palmer
- Father played football (TE) at Iowa from 1985-89
- Has one older brother, Mitch
- Brother, Mitch, plays center at Miami (Ohio)
- Presidential honors award and First Honors all four years of high school
- Says he chose Illinois because of “the rich football tradition and it’s a great school academically
- Lists Tim Tebow as favorite athlete because “he is a role model on and off the field and is one of the greatest college athletes of all time”
- Majoring in finance
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