Teams Eastern Illinois 2024 Roster ← 2023 2025 → 2024 Eastern Illinois roster 49 players: 8 freshmen, 16 sophomores, 8 juniors, 2 seniors, 15 with no class listed. From 15 states and 1 other country; the most from Illinois (17) and Texas (5). The 2024 season .
Our source’s roster for 2024 is partial: 49 names, most without a position or size. Rosters are complete from about 2010.
Quarterbacks 4 Running backs 4 Receivers 7 Tight ends 3 Offensive line 1 Defensive line 9 Linebackers 3 Defensive backs 10 Specialists 5 Athletes and others 3
Quarterbacks 4 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2024 17 Pierce Holley QB Sr. 6′2″ 215 Arvada, CO 3,125 passing yards, 18 TD 10 Terrance Gipson QB 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′0″ 193 Houston, TX 23 catches, 285 yards 7 Blainey Dowling QB Fr. 6′2″ 205 Chicago, IL 69 passing yards 12 Ira Armstead QB So. 6′4″ 225 South Bend, IN 2 tackles
Running backs 4 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2024 9 M.J. Flowers RB 6′1″ 220 Cincinnati, OH 865 rushing yards, 7 TD 1 Jay Pearson RB So. 6′0″ 210 Mckees Rocks, PA 215 rushing yards, 1 TD 1 Jacarre Fleming RB 5′9″ 195 Hahira, GA 3 returns, 61 yards 29 Kendi Young RB 3★ 3-star recruit So. 5′11″ 200 Calumet City, IL 16 rushing yards
Receivers 7 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2024 13 Cooper Willman WR Jr. 6′1″ 205 Sterling, IL 66 catches, 955 yards, 8 TD 4 Quenton Rogers WR Jr. 6′2″ 190 Mahomet, IL 22 catches, 349 yards, 1 TD 7 C.J. Nelson WR Transfer from Houston 3★ 3-star recruit 5′11″ 180 North Richland Hills, TX 21 catches, 292 yards, 1 TD Eli Mirza WR 21 catches, 217 yards, 2 TD 6 DeAirious Smith WR Jr. 6′0″ 180 Lexington, KY 6 catches, 110 yards 8 Landers Green WR So. 6′4″ 195 Wharton, NJ 3 catches, 48 yards 5 Surahz Buncom WR Transfer from Kansas 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 180 Chula Vista, CA 1 catch, 5 yards
Tight ends 3 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2024 87 Alex Ginnever TE So. 6′5″ 230 Wentzville, MO 22 catches, 232 yards, 2 TD 13 Alex Herrera TE So. 6′2″ 240 Linden, CA 12 catches, 150 yards, 2 TD 11 Anthony Manaves TE So. 6′4″ 235 Chicago, IL 4 catches, 50 yards
Offensive line 1 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2024 56 Drew Wilder OL Jr. 6′3″ 305 Jamestown, VA
Defensive line 9 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2024 52 Jerrad Price DT Sr. 6′2″ 270 Spurlockville, WV 6 tackles 95 Drake Van Hyfte DL Jr. 6′4″ 255 Annawan, IL 5 tackles 56 Tre’Jon Lewis DL So. 6′4″ 275 Manor, TX 4 tackles 50 Luke Wagner DL So. 6′4″ 230 Washington, PA 2 tackles 99 Jaron Hacha DL So. 5′11″ 305 Frankfort, IL 2 tackles 6 Joel Barrows DL So. 6′3″ 250 Chicago, IL 1 tackle 9 Trevon Piggee-Blake DL Fr. 6′1″ 305 St. Louis, MO 1 tackle 96 Cody Silzer DL Fr. 6′3″ 250 Lockport, IL 1 return, 6 yards 52 Jamari Johnson DL Fr. 6′4″ 250 Chicago, IL
Defensive backs 10 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2024 0 NiJhay Burt CB So. 5′11″ 188 Homestead, PA 9 tackles, 3 INT 4 Moses Alexander DB Jr. 6′3″ 195 Galveston, TX 14 tackles, 1 INT 22 Kaelin Drakeford DB 6′3″ 201 Harrodsburg, KY 9 tackles, 1 INT 13 Nick Coates DB 5′9″ 185 Louisville, KY 7 tackles 17 Akili Hubbard S Jr. 6′2″ 205 Bellflower, CA 6 tackles 27 Zay Gentry DB So. 6′0″ 190 Anna, TX 5 tackles 26 Malik Rainey CB Fr. 5′11″ 180 Chicago, IL 4 tackles 2 Mark Aitken DB So. 5′9″ 175 Chicago, IL 2 returns, 15 yards 21 Kaleb Lyons DB 6′0″ 195 Antioch, TN 2 tackles 32 Ryan Kilburg S Transfer from Western Michigan 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 5′11″ 195 Park Ridge, IL 1 tackle
Specialists 5 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2024 93 Jacob Horvath P 6′1″ 190 Melbourne, VIC 53 punts, 44.1 average Julian Patino K 4 of 7 field goals 47 Drew Schiller PK 6′1″ 185 New Lenox, IL 3 of 7 field goals 66 Jack Valente LS So. 6′4″ 310 Batavia, IL 2 tackles 42 Aaron Rice P 2★ 2-star recruit Fr. 6′5″ 205 Farmington Hills, MI 2 catches, 20 yards
Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2024 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.
