2018 Football Roster
Jersey Number 62
Ron Gaines III
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 290
- Position:
- LS
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Simeon
2018
- Redshirted the 2018 season
High School
- Three-year letterwinner in football
- Played for head coach Dante Culbreath at Simeon Career Academy
- Helped Simeon to 2016 and 2017 city championships
- 4 1/2 star long snapper rating by Rubio Long Snapper
- 4 1/2 star long snapper rating by Kohls Kicking
- Also wrestled in high school
Personal
- Born June 7, 2000
- Son of Kenyatta and Ronald Gaines, Jr.
- Younger brother, Cameron, and younger sister, Kira
- Mother played volleyball and softball and ran track in college
- Plans to attend law school following his playing career
- Picked Illinois because, "I know they will challenge me not only on the field being a Big Ten Division I conference program but also in the classroom being ranked as one of the best public universities in the nation."
- Lists Michael Jordan as his favorite athlete because, "his love for the game, his athleticism and his determination to be the best."
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