2020 Football Roster
Jersey Number 5
Milo Eifler
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 225
- Position:
- LB
- Hometown:
- Berkeley, Calif.
- High School:
- Bishop O'Dowd
Pronunciation: MEE-low EYE-fler
Career Highs
Tackles: 10 vs Rutgers 11/2/19
Solos: 7 vs Rutgers 11/2/19
TFLs: 2.5 vs Rutgers 11/2/19
Sacks: 1.0, three times (last at Penn State 12/19/20)
PBUs: 1, twice (last vs. Iowa 12/5/20)
Fumbles Recovered: 1 at Minnesota 10/5/19
Touchdowns: 1 at Minnesota 10/5/19
2020 Senior
- Played in six gamed and started five at linebacker
- Missed three games due to injury
- 27 tackles, one pass breakup, 3.5 TFLs including 1.0 sack on the season
- Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten fourth team
- Graduated in December with a bachelor’s degree in sociology
2019 Junior
- Played in all 13 games and started 12 at linebacker
- 69 tackles, 10.0 TFLs, one PBU, one fumble recovery on the season
- Sack on the first defensive play of the game in the Redbox Bowl against California
- Career-high in tackles (10), TFLs (2.5), and sacks (1.0) in 38-10 win against Rutgers 11/2/19
- Eight tackles vs. No. 6 Wisconsin 10/19/19 to help Illinois win 24-23 and complete one of the biggest upsets in Big Ten History
- First career touchdown on a fumble recovery return at Minnesota 10/5/19
- Made Illinois debut in the season opener against Akron
2018 Sophomore
- Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules
- Two years of eligibility remaining beginning in 2019
2017 Redshirt Freshman (Washington)
- Played in all 13 games at Washington
- Six tackles (four solo)
- Washington Special Teams Player of the Game at Oregon State
- Two tackles in the Apple Cup win over Washington State
2016 Freshman (Washington)
- Redshirted the season at Washington
High School
- Played linebacker and running back at Bishop O'Dowd
- Hardy Nickerson convinced him to play football as a sophomore
- Played for Napoleon Kaufman at Bishop O'Dowd
- First-team All-West Alameda County Conference-Foothill League at outside linebacker as a senior
- Helped Bishop O'Dowd to a 7-6 record and the semi-finals of the CIF North Coast Section Division 3 playoffs as a senior
- 2015 U.S. Army All-American Bowl invitation
- Helped Bishop O'Dowd to the North Coast Section playoffs as a junior
- First-team All-WACC, third-team All-East Bay and honorable mention San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro as a junior
- 2014 CalHiSports.com junior-class all-state
- Tacoma News Tribune "Western 100"
- No. 94 prospect in the nation by Scout, No. 118 by Rivals, No. 142 by 247Sports and No. 280 by ESPN
- No. 21 prospect in California by 247Sports, No. 23 by Rivals and No. 31 by ESPN
- No. 6 outside linebacker prospect in the nation by Scout, No. 11 by Rivals, No. 11 by 247Sports and No. 15 by ESPN
- Participated in the shot, discus, high jump and long jump for the track team, winning league titles in the shot put as a sophomore and junior
Personal
- Born Feb. 13, 1998
- Graduated in December with a bachelor’s degree in sociology
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