Blue Team Coaches

Blue Team School
Matt Furlong - HC Geneseo
Nick Welch United Township
Kevin Gorgal Moline
Cody Myers Deer Creek-Mackinaw
Derek Schneeman DeKalb
Sheamus Murphy Sandburg

Blue Team Roster

Players invited to play on the 2026 Illinois High School All Star Shrine Football Blue Team.  These All Stars were nominated by their High School Coach and selected by the Illinois Football Coaches Association.

# Full Name Position Height Weight High School
0 Nick Huston ILB 6'1" 210 Monmouth-Roseville HS
3 Jaivon Dale DB 5’9" 175 Leo HS (Chicago)
5 Daniel Chopp QB 5'11" 154 Oak Forest HS
7 Wes Sandberg ATH 6'1" 190 Cambridge-Ridgewood Coop
9 Rowan Kallal TE 6'5" 220 United Township HS (East Moline)
10 Dylan Graves RB 5'10" 184 Tuscola HS
11 Jack Ajster RB 5'11" 160 Westville HS
15 Jack Goode WR 6'1" 185 Calhoun HS
16 Brady Shule QB 6'3" 190 Central HS (Clifton)
17 Carson Goss DE 6'3" 220 Paxton-Buckley-Loda HS
18 Nolan Whitman ATH 5'10" 160 El Paso-Gridley HS
21 Blake  Stefanek PK, P 6'1" 185 Reavis HS (Burbank)
22 Jacob Chase RB 5'7" 175 Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley HS
23 Rylan Reimolds RB 5'10" 185 Rushville-Industry HS
24 Roman Romer DB 6'2" 180 Galena HS
26 Matthew Cress DB 5'10" 175 Woodstock HS
27 Josh Crawford RB 5'9" 185 Chicago Christian HS
28 Carter Crippes DB 6'0" 170 Paris HS
31 Cole Davis RB 5'10" 195 Central Community HS (Breese)
32 Shaun Denniston RB 6'1" 190 Deer Creek-Mackinaw HS
34 Bryce Cloudt ATH 5'10" 220 Ridgeview-Lexington Coop (Colfax)
36 George  Bailey RB 6'0" 190 South Fork HS (Kincaid)
41 John Thomas OLB 5'10" 172 Collinsville HS
46 Leonardo Andrade PK 6'0" 180 Belvidere HS
53 Andrew Shelby DE 6'3" 240 Flora HS
54 Lucas Retzler OL (G) 6'2" 255 Jacob HS (Algonquin)
56 Javian McClinton DE 6'3" 270 Crane Medical (Chicago)
57 Ethan Williams OL (G) 6'4" 270 Paxton-Buckley-Loda HS
58 Ethan McCommons ILB 5'11" 225 Benton HS
62 Nicholas Hutcheson DE 6'1" 250 Wesclin HS (Trenton)
64 Joshuwah Ware OL (T) 6'0" 230 Sparta HS
66 Bryden  Hall  OL (T) 6'2" 265 Centralia HS
68 Cohen Maness OL (G) 5'10" 230 Olympia HS (Stanford)
70 Zane Perry OL (T) 6'3" 285 Pittsfield HS
71 Connor Talley NT 6'1" 290 Jersey Community HS
75 Brody Dodd OL (G) 6'0" 270 Monmouth-Roseville HS
77 Brayden Ryder OL (C) 5'7" 230 Dekalb HS
78 Walter Lampe OL (G) 5'11" 245 Elmwood-Brimfield Coop
81 Charlie  Stumpf WR 6'3" 200 Carrollton HS
82 Andre Boone Jr. WR 5'10'' 160 UIC College Prep (Chicago)
87 Eoin Kohn TE 6'2" 190 Central Catholic HS (Bloomington)
96 Owen Shea DE 6'4" 240 Antioch HS