2017 Freshman

• Redshirted the 2017 season

High School

• Three-year letterwinner in football
• Two-time all-region selection
• 2016 All-State
• 2016 North-South Game
• Played for head coach Matt Smith at Hilton Head Christian
• Also played baseball in high school
• Two-time all-region selection in baseball
• Started a surfing and beach day event for members and friends of the special needs community that has reached over 150 participants

Personal

• Born December 16, 1998
• Son of RJ and Carol Bartholomew
• Two older sisters, Annie and Sally
• Mother played tennis and ice hockey at Ithaca College
• Father played football at Plymouth State
• Grandfather played golf at Muhlenberg College
• Uncle, Ken, played football and baseball at Penn
• Uncle, Dave, played football at Lafayette
• Uncle, Kris, rowed at North Carolina
• Chose Illinois because, “of the opportunity to both play football and get a world-class education.”