2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 18
Mason Muragin
- Position:
- LB
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 250
- Major:
- Communication
- Hometown:
- Macomb, Mich.
- High School:
- De La Salle
Pronunciation: mur-AH-ghin
2025 Redshirt Freshman
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in two games
- Made Illinois debut in win vs. Western Michigan (8/29/25)
2024 Redshirt Freshman
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Did not play in a game, missing the season with an injury
2023 Redshirt
- Did not play in a game and redshirted the season
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, On3, and Rivals
- Position ranks: #111 (On3), #119 (247), #164 (ESPN)
- State ranks: #16 (ESPN), #18 (On3), #21 (Rivals), #24 (247)
- Played for head coach Dan Rohn at De La Salle
- Set De La Salle program records for single-game TFLs (7.0), single-season TFLs (31.0), career TFLs (70.5), and career sacks (29.5)
- 2022 Metro Detroit Defensive Player of the Year
- Two-time Division 2 state champion
- Three-time region and district champion
- Two-time all-metro Detroit
- National Honor Society member
Personal
- Born on December 8, 2004
- Son of Kalani and Erica Muragin
- Father, Kalani, played football at Central Michigan
- One brother, Maddox, and two sisters, Makena and Mia
- Majoring in communication
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