Head Coach: Jim Catanzaro
Assistant Coaches: Mike Arthur
(Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line), Luke Butts
'12 (Cornerbacks/Recruiting Coordinator), Mike Dau '58
(Running Backs), Steve Little (Outside Linebackers), Bryan
McNulty (Safeties/Co-Special Team Coordinator), Chris
Messina (Quarterbacks/Video Coordinator), Tom Myers
(Defensive Line), Nick Nikolich (Outside Linebackers/Co-Special
Teams Coordinator), Chris Noble (Wide Receivers), Mike Pease
(Kickers/Punters), Dean Storkan (Defensive Assistant), Jim
Voutiritsas (Tight Ends)
Captains: Jordan Cruz, Mike Lewis, Tom Mitchell,
Jake Rotkvich
2013 Roster
| Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/High School | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No.: 1 |
Blake
Waller
|
Pos.: DB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 5-11 | Wt.: 190 | Hometown/High School: Oak Forest, Ill. / Oak Forest |
| No.: 2 |
Giang
Nguyen
|
Pos.: DB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 5-8 | Wt.: 165 | Hometown/High School: Hanoi, Vietnam / Wyoming Seminary |
| No.: 2 |
George
Vidas
|
Pos.: WR | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 5-11 | Wt.: 205 | Hometown/High School: Chicago, Ill. / Taft |
| No.: 3 |
Michael
Garetto-Balmer
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-4 | Wt.: 250 | Hometown/High School: Orland Park, Ill. / Marist |
| No.: 3 |
Anthoney
Prestly
|
Pos.: WR/QB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-1 | Wt.: 180 | Hometown/High School: Tombstone, Ariz. / Tombstone |
| No.: 4 |
Greg
Brown
|
Pos.: QB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-3 | Wt.: 195 | Hometown/High School: Deerfield, Ill. / Deerfield |
| No.: 4 |
Ryan
Browne
|
Pos.: DB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-1 | Wt.: 195 | Hometown/High School: New Berlin, Wis. / Eisenhower |
| No.: 5 |
Christian
Silvestri
|
Pos.: DB | Cl.: Jr. | Ht.: 5-10 | Wt.: 195 | Hometown/High School: Downers Grove, Ill. / Downers Grove South |
| No.: 6 |
Chris
Rantis
|
Pos.: DB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 175 | Hometown/High School: Lake Zurich, Ill. / Lake Zurich |
| No.: 7 |
Taylor
Holzmeyer
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 245 | Hometown/High School: St. Louis, Mo. / Hazelwood West |
| No.: 7 |
Justen
Ruppe
|
Pos.: QB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 5-11 | Wt.: 175 | Hometown/High School: Lake Oswego, Ore. / Lake Oswego |
| No.: 8 |
Dylan
Ernst
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-4 | Wt.: 240 | Hometown/High School: Lincoln, Neb. / Lincoln Southeast |
| No.: 9 |
Mike
Rantis
|
Pos.: WR | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 185 | Hometown/High School: Lake Zurich, Ill. / Lake Zurich |
| No.: 10 |
Ben
Larsen
|
Pos.: K/WR | Cl.: Jr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 180 | Hometown/High School: Mendota Heights, Minn. / Henry Sibley Senior |
| No.: 10 |
Jared
Russ
|
Pos.: WR | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-2 | Wt.: 205 | Hometown/High School: Horseheads, N.Y. / Horseheads |
| No.: 11 |
Mike
Lewis
|
Pos.: QB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-3 | Wt.: 190 | Hometown/High School: Oro Valley, Ariz. / Canyon Del Oro |
| No.: 11 |
Brendan
Power
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-4 | Wt.: 245 | Hometown/High School: Oak Forest, Ill. / Oak Forest |
| No.: 12 |
Sean
Dickson
|
Pos.: QB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-1 | Wt.: 190 | Hometown/High School: Westlake, Texas / Southlake Carroll |
| No.: 13 |
John
Preston
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: Jr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 240 | Hometown/High School: Sanbornton, N.H. / Tabor Academy |
| No.: 14 |
Greg
Alonso
|
Pos.: TE | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-3 | Wt.: 235 | Hometown/High School: Simi Valley, Calif. / Hillcrest Christian School |
| No.: 15 |
Nana Yaw
Larbi-Tieku
|
Pos.: DB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-2 | Wt.: 200 | Hometown/High School: Accra, Ghana / Faith Montessori School |
| No.: 16 |
Willie
McIntyre
|
Pos.: WR | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 170 | Hometown/High School: Long Beach, Calif. / Long Beach Polytechnic |
| No.: 17 |
Nick
Podesta
|
Pos.: TE | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-4 | Wt.: 240 | Hometown/High School: Plantation, Fla. / Archbishop McCarthy |
| No.: 18 |
Charlie
Quinn
|
Pos.: RB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 5-9 | Wt.: 185 | Hometown/High School: Scottsdale, Ariz. / Horizon |
| No.: 19 |
Alec
Howe
|
Pos.: RB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 5-9 | Wt.: 190 | Hometown/High School: Spring Lake, Mich. / Spring Lake |
| No.: 20 |
Alex
Pasiewicz
|
Pos.: RB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 200 | Hometown/High School: Beack Park, Ill. / Zion-Benton |
| No.: 21 |
Darrius
McKay
|
Pos.: DB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 185 | Hometown/High School: Zion, Ill. / Zion-Benton |
| No.: 22 |
Mike
Peters
|
Pos.: WR | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 5-11 | Wt.: 180 | Hometown/High School: Buffalo, N.Y. / Kenmore West |
| No.: 23 |
Joey
Kropp
|
Pos.: DB | Cl.: Jr. | Ht.: 5-11 | Wt.: 195 | Hometown/High School: Arlington Heights, Ill. / Rolling Meadows |
| No.: 24 |
Osayi
Menzies
|
Pos.: RB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 5-9 | Wt.: 185 | Hometown/High School: Lowell, Mass. / Brooks School |
| No.: 25 |
Harrison
Seigel
|
Pos.: FB | Cl.: Jr. | Ht.: 6-1 | Wt.: 235 | Hometown/High School: St. Louis, Mo. / Parkway North |
| No.: 26 |
Jack
Sommer
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 5-11 | Wt.: 195 | Hometown/High School: Valparaiso, Ind. / Wheeler |
| No.: 27 |
Joel
Velazquez
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 180 | Hometown/High School: Chicago, Ill. / Lane Tech |
| No.: 28 |
Joey
Valdivia
|
Pos.: RB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 5-11 | Wt.: 210 | Hometown/High School: Grayslake, Ill. / Grayslake Central |
| No.: 29 |
Corey
Lustig
|
Pos.: RB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 5-10 | Wt.: 175 | Hometown/High School: Parkland, Fla. / Marjory Stoneman Douglas |
| No.: 30 |
Dariusz
Balcizek
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 5-11 | Wt.: 230 | Hometown/High School: Gunnison, Colo. / Fountain Valley School |
| No.: 31 |
Sam
Mulford
|
Pos.: RB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 5-9 | Wt.: 185 | Hometown/High School: Edwardsville, Ill. / Edwardsville |
| No.: 32 |
Luke
Capone
|
Pos.: TE/LB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-1 | Wt.: 210 | Hometown/High School: Chicago, Ill. / Taft |
| No.: 33 |
Clint
Stibbard
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 5-11 | Wt.: 215 | Hometown/High School: Kelowna, British Columbia / Kelowna Secondary |
| No.: 34 |
Pat
Clark
|
Pos.: DB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-2 | Wt.: 185 | Hometown/High School: Naperville, Ill. / Naperville Central |
| No.: 35 |
Sonny
Valcin
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-1 | Wt.: 200 | Hometown/High School: Northbrook, Ill. / Glenbrook South |
| No.: 36 |
Nick
Waters
|
Pos.: DB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 5-9 | Wt.: 180 | Hometown/High School: Las Vegas, Nev. / Centennial |
| No.: 37 |
Ed
Dobernig
|
Pos.: DB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 5-10 | Wt.: 180 | Hometown/High School: New Berlin, Wis. / Eisenhower |
| No.: 38 |
Anthony
Hunt
|
Pos.: K/P | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-1 | Wt.: 155 | Hometown/High School: Chicago, Ill. / St. Ignatius |
| No.: 39 |
Jon
Gurchak
|
Pos.: K/P | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 175 | Hometown/High School: Grayslake, Ill. / Grayslake Central |
| No.: 41 |
Jason
Noble
|
Pos.: DB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 5-10 | Wt.: 175 | Hometown/High School: Zion, Ill. / Zion-Benton |
| No.: 42 |
Matt
Hoshaw
|
Pos.: RB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 205 | Hometown/High School: Glenview, Ill. / Glenbrook South |
| No.: 43 |
Dan
Harris
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 5-9 | Wt.: 185 | Hometown/High School: Lombard, Ill. / Willowbrook |
| No.: 44 |
Jordan
Cruz
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-1 | Wt.: 235 | Hometown/High School: North Richland Hills, Texas / Birdville |
| No.: 45 |
Nick
Cole
|
Pos.: RB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 5-11 | Wt.: 205 | Hometown/High School: Scottsdale, Ariz. / Notre Dame Prep |
| No.: 46 |
Wes
Grigaitis
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-3 | Wt.: 205 | Hometown/High School: Edwardsville, Ill. / Edwardsville |
| No.: 47 |
Jake
Julius
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 205 | Hometown/High School: St. Louis, Mo. / Oakville |
| No.: 48 |
John
Dillon
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-1 | Wt.: 230 | Hometown/High School: Gilbert, Ariz. / Basha |
| No.: 49 |
Ryan
Bullock
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 5-9 | Wt.: 200 | Hometown/High School: Chicago, Ill. / Taft |
| No.: 50 |
Austin
Van Meter
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-1 | Wt.: 230 | Hometown/High School: Bolingbrook, Ill. / Bolingbrook |
| No.: 51 |
Joe
Nitti
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 230 | Hometown/High School: Downers Grove / Montini Catholic |
| No.: 52 |
Mike
Letizia
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 5-10 | Wt.: 210 | Hometown/High School: Whitefish Bay, Wis. / Whitefish Bay |
| No.: 54 |
Sean
Chapman
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-3 | Wt.: 210 | Hometown/High School: Glenview, Ill. / Luther North |
| No.: 55 |
Cole
Gilham
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Jr. | Ht.: 5-11 | Wt.: 225 | Hometown/High School: Rushville, Ill. / Rushville |
| No.: 56 |
Pat
Boyle
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 5-11 | Wt.: 215 | Hometown/High School: St. Louis, Mo. / St. Louis University |
| No.: 57 |
Bryan
Donahue
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-4 | Wt.: 265 | Hometown/High School: Atlanta, Ga. / Marist |
| No.: 58 |
Bryce
Jones
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-3 | Wt.: 245 | Hometown/High School: El Mirage, Ariz. / Dysart |
| No.: 59 |
Connor
Kirkpatrick
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 225 | Hometown/High School: Crystal Lake, Ill. / Prairie Ridge |
| No.: 59 |
Joshua
Klumak
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 5-9 | Wt.: 180 | Hometown/High School: Round Lake, Ill. / Grant |
| No.: 60 |
Martin
Shine
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-1 | Wt.: 255 | Hometown/High School: Chicago, Ill. / Taft |
| No.: 63 |
Bryan
Feltman
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Jr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 260 | Hometown/High School: Chicago, Ill. / Marist |
| No.: 65 |
Philip
Rindom
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Jr. | Ht.: 6-2 | Wt.: 275 | Hometown/High School: Charlottenlund, Denmark / Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium |
| No.: 66 |
Connor
O'Brien
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 5-9 | Wt.: 205 | Hometown/High School: Scottsdale, Ariz. / Notre Dame Prep |
| No.: 67 |
Jordon
McCue
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-5 | Wt.: 300 | Hometown/High School: Sunrise, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas |
| No.: 68 |
Brendan
Lawler
|
Pos.: LS | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 5-10 | Wt.: 225 | Hometown/High School: Palos Heights, Ill. / Marist |
| No.: 71 |
Nick
Behrens
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-3 | Wt.: 270 | Hometown/High School: Woodstock, Ill. / Woodstock |
| No.: 72 |
Michael
Caulfield
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 270 | Hometown/High School: Oak Lawn, Ill. / Brother Rice |
| No.: 73 |
Paul
Daizovi
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-4 | Wt.: 265 | Hometown/High School: Dania, Fla. / South Broward |
| No.: 74 |
William
Danner
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-3 | Wt.: 275 | Hometown/High School: Wauconda, Ill. / Wauconda |
| No.: 75 |
Tom
Mitchell
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 255 | Hometown/High School: Chicago, Ill. / Marist |
| No.: 76 |
Steven
O'Neal
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-7 | Wt.: 340 | Hometown/High School: Vero Beach, Fla. / South Broward |
| No.: 77 |
Victor
Gabuardi
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-1 | Wt.: 245 | Hometown/High School: Miami, Fla. / Archbishop Carroll |
| No.: 78 |
Joshua
Jones
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 240 | Hometown/High School: Winthrop Harbor, Ill. / Zion-Benton |
| No.: 79 |
Bob
Pennell
|
Pos.: OL | Cl.: Jr. | Ht.: 6-5 | Wt.: 290 | Hometown/High School: Spring Lake, Mich. / Spring Lake |
| No.: 80 |
Joseph
Gutmann
|
Pos.: WR | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-1 | Wt.: 175 | Hometown/High School: Des Moines, Iowa / Roosevelt |
| No.: 81 |
Zachary
Kelvington
|
Pos.: WR | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 175 | Hometown/High School: Riverside, Calif. / Notre Dame |
| No.: 82 |
Joseph
Page
|
Pos.: TE | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-2 | Wt.: 215 | Hometown/High School: Bradley, Ill. / Bradley Bourbonnais |
| No.: 85 |
Alex
Sibley
|
Pos.: TE | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-3 | Wt.: 235 | Hometown/High School: Plainfield, Ill. / Plainfield South |
| No.: 86 |
Garland
Gay
|
Pos.: WR | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-2 | Wt.: 200 | Hometown/High School: Chicago, Ill. / Whitney Young |
| No.: 87 |
Joey
Mailloux
|
Pos.: WR | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-3 | Wt.: 185 | Hometown/High School: Mt. Prospect, Ill. / John Hersey |
| No.: 88 |
Nick
Nusbaumer
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-2 | Wt.: 270 | Hometown/High School: Nixa, Mo. / Springfield Catholic |
| No.: 89 |
Andy
Rice
|
Pos.: LB | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 190 | Hometown/High School: Phoenix, Ariz. / Brophy Prep |
| No.: 90 |
Jake
Rotkvich
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-2 | Wt.: 240 | Hometown/High School: Chicago, Ill. / St. Laurence |
| No.: 91 |
Keegan
McKenna
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 225 | Hometown/High School: Lake Villa, Ill. / Lakes Community |
| No.: 93 |
Justin
Kassner
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 255 | Hometown/High School: Miami, Fla. / Miami-Palmetto |
| No.: 94 |
Mike
Hilliard
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-5 | Wt.: 335 | Hometown/High School: St. Louis, Mo. / Rockwood Summit |
| No.: 95 |
Nick
Plazewski
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 6-2 | Wt.: 260 | Hometown/High School: Schaumburg, Ill. / St. Edwards |
| No.: 96 |
Kyle
Sands
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: So. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 270 | Hometown/High School: Madison, Wis. / Madison East |
| No.: 97 |
Reid
Martin
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: Fr. | Ht.: 5-11 | Wt.: 230 | Hometown/High School: Lake Oswego, Ore. / Lake Oswego |
| No.: 98 |
Ramel
Samuel
|
Pos.: DL | Cl.: Jr. | Ht.: 6-4 | Wt.: 270 | Hometown/High School: Chandler, Ariz. / Mesquite |
| No.: 99 |
Shawn
Henderson
|
Pos.: FB | Cl.: Sr. | Ht.: 6-0 | Wt.: 240 | Hometown/High School: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / Coconut Creek |
