2024 Football Roster
Jersey Number 60
Joep Engbers
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 305
- Major:
- General Studies
- Hometown:
- Oak Park, Ill.
- High School:
- Fenwick
Pronunciation: YOOP
2023 Freshman
- Did not play in a game and redshirted the season
High School
- Four-year letterman in high school
- Finished career as a senior at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Ill., playing for coach Matt Battaglia
- All-Chicago Catholic League and honorable mention all-state selection
- IHSFCA Class 5A All-Academic team member
- Introduced to football as a freshman and sophomore at Bosqueville High School in Waco, Texas
- Transferred to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., as a junior
- Played basketball (two seasons) and competed in track & field (three seasons) during high school career
- Member of National Honor Society
Personal
- Born on Nov. 3, 2004
- Son of Ruud Engbers and Kirsten Olderiekerink
- Three sisters, Janneke, Noortje, and Charlie
- Netherlands citizen but was born in Singapore
- Also lived in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea before moving to the U.S. with his family
- Chose Illinois because of, “The mix of great academics and great competition in football."
- Majoring in general studies
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