2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 38
Johnny Schmitt
- Position:
- DB
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- St. Rita
NIL Opportunities
2023 Freshman
- Did not play in a game and redshirted the season
High School
- Played for head coach Todd Kuska at St. Rita
- Two-year letterwinner (2021 and 2022)
- No. 8 ranked safety in the state of Illinois by 247 Sports
- Led the Mustangs to back-to-back Chicago Catholic League titles in 2021 and 2022
- IHSA 7A State Runner-Up (2021) and Semifinalist (2022)
- Named team captain and earned firs-team all-conference and all-state honors in 2022
- Recorded 83 tackles, three interceptions, and 3 fumble recoveries (one for touchdown) as a senior
- Tallied 87 tackles, five interceptions (one for touchdown), 12 tackles for loss, and 1 forced fumble as a junior
- Defensive MVP as a junior after leading CCL in interceptions
- First Team All-State Academic 2022
- National Honor Society
- Illinois State Scholar
- Four-Year Honor Roll
Personal
- Born on Sept. 17, 2004
- Son of John and Jennifer Schmitt
- One brothers, Frank, and two sisters, Lizzie and Mia
- Father, John, played football for four years at Eastern Illinois
- Brother, Frank, is a defensive back at Illinois State
- Chose Illinois because, “it was the best opportunity for me to develop as a player under Coach B and Coach Henry.”
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