2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 78
Isaiah Adams
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 320
- Hometown:
- Ajax, Ontario
- High School:
- McLellan Catholic
- Prev School:
- Garden City CC (Kan.)
 Two-Time All-Big Ten |
 University of Illinois Graduate |
 2024 NFL Draft - 3rd Round (Arizona) |
2023 Senior
- Team captain
- All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (coaches and media)
- Academic-All Big Ten
- Started all 12 games on the offensive line
- Started all 25 games during his Illinois career: 12 at LG/1 at LT in 2022, 10 at RT/2 at LG in 2023
- Moved to RT in Week 3 vs. #7 Penn State (9/16/23) after starting first two games at LG
- Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten second team
- Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten second team
- Outland Trophy watch list
- No. 5 Canadian prospect, according to the CFL
2022 Junior
- All-Big Ten third team (media)
- All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches)
- Illinois’ Illini Power award winner
- Started all 13 games, 12 at left guard and one at left tackle
- Led the team in knockdowns with 120.5
- Double-digit knockdowns in six of 12 games
- No. 29 graded guard in the nation and No. 5 in the Big Ten (75.2), according to PFF
- No. 11 run blocking guard in the nation and No. 2 in the Big Ten (79.8), according to PFF
- Part of the first offensive line in Illinois history to be named a Joe Moore Award semifinalist
- Switched to tackle for the Indiana game due to an injury to Julian Pearl
2021 - Sophomore (Garden City CC)
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports
- No. 21 junior college recruit in the nation by 247Sports
- No. 5 junior college offensive tackle in the nation by 247Sports
- 2021 NJCAA D1 All-America first team
- Offers included Arizona, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Colorado, Fresno State, Hawaii, Jackson State, Kansas, Liberty, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, Syracuse, Texas State, UCF, and West Virginia
- Transferred to Garden City CC from Wilfrid Laurier University in Warloo, Ontario, Canada
High School
- Played for the Durham Dolphins Football Club
- Played for head coach Richard Karikari with the Durham Dolphins
- Team’s three-time offensive lineman of the year
- 2016 OVFL All-Star
- 2016 Team Ontario
- Also played basketball and rugby
Personal
- Born July 21, 2000
- Son of Christine Trotter and Derrick Adams
- One brother, Justin, and two sisters, Ally and Brianna
- Chose Illinois because, “It will give me the best chance at succeeding on the field and off the field. From the resources in the football facility to the resources in the classroom Illinois, has it all. Illinois has great football coaches that will push you but also great professors that will lead you. I’m excited to start this journey at Illinois and I thought there would be no better place to help me succeed at life.”
- Plans to major in sociology
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