University of Illinois Graduate

2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl MVP

Career

• Transferred in 2025 after four seasons
• Totaled 33 games played (2 starts), 291 carries, 1,370 rushing yards, and 14 rushing touchdowns during his Illinois career

2024 Junior

• Played in all 13 games
• Cheez-It Citrus Bowl MVP after rushing 13 times for 114 yards and two touchdowns to lead Illinois to a victory over #14 South Carolina (12/31/24)
• Rushed for three touchdowns in win vs. Michigan State (11/16/24), becoming the first Illini running back to run for three scores in a game since Jason Ford on Nov. 20, 2010, vs. Northwestern at Wrigley Field
• Career-long 42-yard rushing touchdown vs. Minnesota (11/2/24)
• Ran six times for 27 yards to reach 1,000 yards rushing in his career at #1 Oregon (10/26/24)
• Posted first-career three touchdown game in win vs. Purdue (10/12/14), rushing for two scores and also recording his first-career touchdown reception
• Scored his first rushing touchdown of the season in season-opening win vs. Eastern Illinois (8/29/24)
• Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List
• College Football Comeback Player of the Year Preseason Watch List

2023 Redshirt Sophomore

• Played in the first five games before missing the rest of the season with an injury
• One start on the season at Purdue
• Doak Walker award watch list
• Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten third team
• Recorded third-career rushing touchdown, a 1-yard plunge to cap the Illini's opening drive vs. Toledo (9/2/23)

2022 Sophomore 

• Played in four games and redshirted the season
• Missed nine games with injuries
• 19 carries for 56 yards on the season
• Four receptions for 19 yards on the season

2021 Freshman

• 112 carries for 549 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns on the season
• Second on the team in carries (112) and rushing yards (549)
• Ninth in the Big Ten in rushing yards per carry (4.9)
• 14th in the nation in rushing yards per carry among freshmen (4.9)
• 14th in the Big Ten in rushing yards per game (49.9)
• Rushed for 142 yards at #7 Penn State 10/23/21, the most rushing yards ever by an Illini true freshman against a ranked opponent
• Rushed for career-high 156 yards on a career-high 24 attempts against Purdue 9/25/21
• 156 rushing yards at Purdue were the fifth-most in a game by a true freshman in 2021 and the most by a true freshman in a road game in 2021
• Rushed for 60 yards on eight attempts including his first-career touchdown before leaving the game with an injury against Maryland 9/17/21
• Finished with five carries for 18 yards in his Illinois debut against UTSA 9/4/21
• Illinois victory team MVP against Nebraska 8/28/21

High School

• Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, and Rivals 
• Position ranks: #103 (247), #125 (ESPN)
• State ranks: #35 (Rivals), #75 (ESPN), #81 (247)
• 2020 Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 7A All-State first team
• 2018 Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 7A All-State second team
• Three-time Southeast Sun Player of the Year
• Rushed for 774 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior, averaging 7.0 yards per carry (111 carries), and caught 28 passes for 440 yards and six touchdowns as a senior
• Returned two kickoffs for touchdowns as a senior
• Rushed for 604 yards and seven touchdowns as a junior
• Started games at running back, safety, linebacker and wide receiver for Enterprise
• Played for head coach Rick Darlington at Enterprise
• Helped Enterprise reach the 2020 Alabama 7A state playoffs
• Under Armor All-America Camp Series invite
• ESPN300 Elite Underclassmen Camp invite
• Rivals Camp Series invite
• Also played basketball in high school
• Committed to Illinois on January 5, 2021
• Offers included Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington State

Personal

• Born February 24, 2002
• Son of Chris Ann
• Chose Illinois because, “of the family atmosphere.”
• Graduated from the University of Illinois in May 2025 with a degree in communication