2019 Football Roster
Jersey Number 28
Nolan Bernat
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 185
- Position:
- DB
- Hometown:
- Bartlett, Ill.
- High School:
- Bartlett HS
Pronunciation: burr-KNAT
Career Highs
Tackles: 3 at Rutgers, 10/6/18
Solos: 2 at Rutgers, 10/6/18
Interceptions: 1 vs. Western Illinois, 9/8/18
2019 Senior
- Back-up defensive back
2018 Junior
- Played nine games, primarily on special teams
- Eight tackles and one interception on season
- Career-high three tackles at Rutgers 10/6/18
- First career interception against WIU 9/8/18
- Walk-on made Illinois debut in season opener vs. Kent State
- Academic All-Big Ten
2017 Sophomore
- Walkon member of the Illinois squad
Junior College
- Played one season at College of DuPage (2016) making 15 tackles, 2 TFLs and 6 PBUs in five games
High School
- Three-year letterwinner in football
- Played for head coach Tom Meaney at Bartlett
- Two-time all-area
- Three-time All-Upstate 8 Conference selection
- Three-time Bartlett Offensive MVP
- Also ran track in high school
- State qualifier in the 4x100 and 4x200 in 2015
- 4x200 team placed eighth at the 2015 IHSA state finals
Personal
- Born March 20, 1998
- Son of Michael and Alice Bernat
- Two older brothers, Tyler and Austin, one older sister, Courtney, and one younger sister, Victorious
- Chose Illinois because, “It was a great opportunity to get a high-level education while playing at the highest level of college football.”
- Majoring in advertising
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