2024 Football Roster
Jersey Number 23
TeRah Edwards
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 305
- Major:
- M.S. Strategic Brand Communication
- Hometown:
- Groveport, Ohio
- High School:
- Groveport Madison
- Prev School:
- Northwestern
Pronunciation: TEE-rah
 2024 All-Big Ten |
2024 Senior
- All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Coaches)
- CSC Academic All-District
- Hampshire Honor Society
- Played in all 13 games
- Named a team captain on Senior Day vs. Michigan State (11/16/24)
- Posted a career-high eight tackles (three solo, five assisted) at #1 Oregon (10/26/24)
- Recorded a career-high two sacks and forced fumble against #24 Michigan (10/19/24)
- Made first career start for Illinois and recorded a solo tackle against EIU (8/29/24)
2023 Junior
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- CSC Academic All-District
- Played in all 12 games
- Tied career high with three tackles and posted first half sack of the season at Purdue (9/30/23)
2022 Sophomore
- Played in all 13 games
- 14 tackles, 1.5 TFLs, 1.0 sack, and one fumble recovery on the season
- First career sack for the Illini at Wisconsin 10/1/22
- Career-high three tackles against Chattanooga 9/22/22
2021 Redshirt Freshman (Northwestern)
- Played in five games
- One tackle against Indiana State 9/11/21
2020 Freshman (Northwestern)
- Made college debut against Wisconsin 11/21/20
- One tackle against Illinois 12/12/20
- Played two games as a true freshman
High School
- Three-star prospect and the 28th-ranked player in Ohio by 247sports
- Three-year letter winner and 2019 team captain
- 53 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks to earn First-Team All-OCC, All-District, All-Metro, D1-All-State and All-Ohio honors as a senior
- Named a Super-25 Finalist as a senior
- All-OCC first team as a junior
- All-District second team and All-Metro special mention as a junior after finishing with 30 tackles, three tackles for loss and two sacks
- Led Groveport to a 10-3 record, OCC Championship and Regional runner up finish
- Lettered twice in wrestling, earning a pair of OCC titles
- Earned Honor Roll distinction all four years of high school
- Offers included Indiana, Iowa State, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Rutgers, Tennessee and Vanderbilt
Personal
- Pursuing his masters in strategic brand communication
- Graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in communication in August 2023
- Graduated from the University of Illinois with a master’s in strategic brand communication in December 2024
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