2024 Football Roster
Jersey Number 71
Hunter Whitenack
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 340
- Major:
- Recreation, Sport, & Tourism
- Hometown:
- New Carlisle, Ind.
- High School:
- New Prairie
2023 Sophomore
- Played in 12 games with three starts at guard
- Made first-career start at RG vs. Nebraska (10/6/23), then moved to LG in start at Maryland (10/14/23) and vs Wisconsin (10/21/23)
2022 Freshman
- Played in 12 games, primarily on special teams
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, On3, and Rivals
- Position ranks: #83 (On3), #117 (247), #125 (ESPN)
- State ranks: #16 (On3), #16 (Rivals), #18 (247), #21 (ESPN)
- Played for head coach Casey McKim at New Prairie
- Three-time all-area, and all-conference
- 2021 Indiana Football Coaches Association Top 50
- 2019 Indiana Football Coaches Association 4A All-State Junior Team
- 2018 Indiana Football Coaches Association 4A All-State Junior Team
- Wrestled for over 15 years
- New Prairie wrestling record holder for career pins, season pins and fastest pin, and two-time regional and sectional champion
- Offers included Ball State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Illinois State, Tulane, UAB, and Western Michigan
Personal
- Born February 12, 2003
- Son of Bobby and Jennifer Whitenack
- One brother, Hayden
- Father, Bobby, played college football at Manchester from 1999-2002
- Chose Illinois because, “It’s close to home and a great school. I’m going to be playing football there, as well as being a student, and the GIES College of Business is top 10 in the country.
- Majoring in recreation, sport, and tourism
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