2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 65
Joey Okla
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 320
- Hometown:
- Hartland, Wis.
- High School:
- Arrowhead
2023 Redshirt Freshman
- Played in one game
- Made Illinois debut against FAU (9/23/23)
2022 Freshman
- Did not play in a game and redshirted the season
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, On3, and Rivals
- Position ranks: #21 (Rivals), #58 (ESPN), #61 (247), #90 (On3)
- State ranks: #7 (Rivals), #11 (ESPN), #14 (247), #16 (On3)
- Played for head coach Matthew Harris at Arrowhead
- Three-year letterwinner
- 2021 Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Large School All-State
- 2021 AP All-State first team
- Also threw shot put and discus in high school
- High Honor Roll
- Offers included Eastern Illinois
Personal
- Born October 6, 2003
- Son of Mike and Connie Okla
- One sister, Kayla
- Sister, Kayla, rowed at Wisconsin for two years
- Chose Illinois, “because of the family feel and the great academics.”
- Plans to major in business
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