2015 Football Roster
Jersey Number 10
Jimmy Fitzgerald
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 220
- Position:
- QB
- Hometown:
- Champaign, Ill.
- High School:
- Centennial
2015 Freshman
- Redshirted the 2015 season
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN.com, Rivals and Scout
- Ranked the No. 13 player in the state of Illinois by ESPN.com, No. 20 by 247Sports and No. 21 by Scout
- Ranked the No. 27 QB in the nation by ESPN.com and No. 35 by 247Sports
- Played in just two games in 2014 before suffering a torn ACL
- In those two games, he completed 26-of-33 passes for 433 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another 153 yards and five touchdowns
- In 2013, threw for 2,008 yards, 16 touchdowns and just four interceptions in nine games
- Four-year letter winner
Personal
- Born March 18, 1997
- Son of Pat and Susan Fitzgerald
- Has one brother and one sister
- Plays the ukulele
- Lists Juice Williams as his Fighting Illini hero growing up because "he took us to the Rose Bowl"
- Enrolled in general studies
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