2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 66
Jordyn Slaughter
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 325
- Hometown:
- Belleville, Ill.
- High School:
- Althoff Catholic
 University of Illinois Graduate |
2023 Senior
- Played in all 12 games with two starts at guard
- Made first start of the season at LG vs. Nebraska (10/6/23)
- Illinois’ “sixth man” on the offensive line
2022 Junior
- Played in all 13 games with one start at left guard
- First career start at Indiana 9/2/22
- Illinois’ “sixth man” on the offensive line
- Part of the first offensive line in Illinois history to be named a Joe Moore Award semifinalist
- Saw first action since 2020 in Illinois win over Wyoming 8/27/22 after missing the 2021 season due to injury
2021 Sophomore
- Missed the season with an injury
2020 Sophomore
- Played in five games and started one at left guard
2019 Redshirt Freshman
- Played in one game as a backup lineman
- Made Illinois debut in the season opener against Akron
2018 Freshman
- Did not play in a game and redshirted the season
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals
- Ranked No. 75 offensive tackle in the nation by ESPN and No. 83 by 247Sports
- Ranked No. 20 recruit in Illinois by 247Sports, No. 22 by Rivals and No. 25 by ESPN
- Played for head coach Ken Turner at Althoff Catholic
- Led Althoff Catholic to the second round of the 2017 IHSA football playoffs
- All-city and all-conference selection
- Honor Roll as a senior
- Also played basketball in high school
- Verbally committed to Illinois in June 2017
- Offers included Vanderbilt, Bowling Green and Toledo
Personal
- Born Aug. 7, 2000
- Son of Vernon and Ja’Nerra Slaughter
- One younger sister, Jade
- Picked Illinois because he, “wanted to play for my state.”
- Majoring in sociology
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