2024 Football Roster
Jersey Number 56
Magnus Møller
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 315
- Major:
- Philosophy
- Hometown:
- Vejle, Denmark
- High School:
- Rødkilde Gymnasium
Pronunciation: MOU-nus MOE-lar
2024 Redshirt Sophomore
- SAAC Representative
2023 Redshirt Freshman
- Did not play in a game
2022 Freshman
- Played in one game and redshirted the season
- Made his Illinois debut against Virginia 9/10/22
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports
- Position ranks: #81 (247)
- Played for head coach Peter Nicolajsen for the Triangle Razorbacks club team
- 2021 Denmark national team captain
- 2020 team offensive MVP
- Offers included Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, Fresno State, Louisville, and Massachusetts
- Also did taekwondo for seven years and was the youngest in Denmark to get a youth black belt at the time
Personal
- Born March 28, 2003
- Son of Rikke Møller
- Stepfather was the first British person to receive a scholarship to an American High School for football and played for over 30 years with the Sussex Thunder in England and the Triangle Razorbacks in Denmark
- Two brothers, Morten and Peter
- Brother played club football for the Triangle Razorbacks and has been on both the youth and senior national teams in Denmark
- Chose Illinois because, “The family feeling. Many places have great football. Illinois was the one place that truly felt like home. On top of that they do have great football.”
- Majoring in philosophy
- Plans to be a football coach following his playing career
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