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Red Team Coaches

Coach School
John Walters-HC Glenbard East
Matt Silkowski Lincoln 
Terry Maxwell Seneca
Jeff Fritchtnitch Casey-Westfield
Kyle Kissack Rochelle
Elton Harris Ret HOF CPL/Hubbard

Red Team Roster

Players invited to play on the 2025 Illinois High School All Star Shrine Football Red Team.  These All Stars were nominated by their High School Coach and selected by the Illinois Football Coaches Association.

Player Name Position Height Weight Class School Head Coach
Bradyn Little QB 6'1" 195 7A Quincy HS Rick Little
Fernando "Juju" Rodriguez QB 5'10" 175 4A DePaul College Prep Michael Passarella
Preston Baker QB 6'2" 190 4A Breese Central HS Brian Short
Cooper Christensen QB 6'2" 200 3A Sullivan HS John Bertetto
Zain  Al-Jassim ATH/QB 6'1" 220 2A Chester HS Billy Belton
George Rouse ATH/QB 6’2" 175 6A Champaign Central HS Matthew Leskis
Grant Gensler RB 6'0" 180 5A Rochelle HS Kyle Kissack
Brody  Rademacher RB 5'9" 170 2A Seneca HS Terry Maxwell
Tyjaire Kellum RB 5'9" 170 4A Murphysboro HS Gary Carter
Roy Sandberg RB 6’1" 190 8-man Cambridge (Ridgewood Coop) Patrick Elder
Robert Lee RB 5'11" 180 7A West Chicago HS Adam Chavez
Carson  Wort RB 5'10" 190 8-man Pawnee HS Josh Talley
Conner  Longnecker RB/DL 6'2" 230 1A Calhoun HS Aaron Elmore
Ryan Wisniewski TE 6'3" 190 4A Richmond-Burton HS Mike Noll
Josh McNett TE 6'4" 235 1A Galena HS Ed Freed
Talan  Hull TE 6'3" 200 1A ROWVA Williamsfield Coop Grant Gullstrand
Chris Renford WR 5'10" 175 8A Glenbard East HS John Walters
Ryan Richards WR 6'4" 175 1A Casey-Westfield HS Jeff Fritchtnitch
Xavier  Koch  WR 5'10" 165 5A Centralia HS Brad Goewey 
Jackson Jokisch WR 6'2" 190 2A Shelbyville HS Bill Duckett
Carter Foran WR 5'8" 150 3A Monticello HS Cullen Welter
Aaron Green WR 6'2" 185 1A Chicago HOPE Academy Christopher Mallette
Jaxon Diedrich WR 6'3" 195 3A Du-Pec Coop Tyler Hoffman
Cade Danko WR 6'2" 190 2A Downs Tri-Valley HS Josh Roop
Brogan  Halpin ATH 6'1" 185 2A Momence HS Wayne Walker
Colton Czekala OL (C) 6'3" 230 5A Rochelle HS Kyle Kissack
Ryan Peterson OL (C) 6'4" 260 2A Bloomington Central Catholic HS Kevin Braucht
Chase Indestad OL (G) 6'3" 260 6A Lemont HS Willie Hayes
Nathan Konrad OL (G) 6'2" 240 7A Quincy HS Rick Little
Evan  Gilreath OL (G) 6'3" 270 4A Olney East Richland HS Luke Carmody
Caden Mowen OL (G) 6'4" 320 2A Farmington Central HS Toby Vallas
Dominic Ricconi OL (G) 6'0" 200 2A El Paso Gridley HS Tanner Benedict
Matt Suaava OL (G) 6'0" 260 3A Paxton-Buckley-Loda HS Josh Pritchard
Kennedy Washington OL (T) 6'3" 330 1A Chicago HOPE Academy Christopher Mallette
Connor Liescheidt OL (T) 6'3" 290 5A East Peoria HS Sam Durley
Everett Flannery OL (T) 6'3" 285 5A Woodstock HS Michael Brasile
Landon Cowper OL (T) 6'4" 285 5A Metamora HS Jared Grebner
Carlos  Roa OL (T) 6'3" 260 5A TF North HS Anthony Pignatiello
Eddie Devens OL (T) 6'2" 225 7A Willowbrook HS Nick Hildreth
Thatcher Friedrichs Corner 6’2" 190 5A Sycamore HS Joe Ryan
Khalil LaValle Corner 5'9" 170 6A Oak Lawn Richards HS Tony Sheehan
Jaelin  Campbell Corner 6'4" 190 5A Freeport HS Anthony Dedmond
Jaiyden Wilson Corner 6'2" 175 6A Springfield HS Jon Hebb
Kyrese Lukens Corner 5'11" 175 4A Herrin HS Hunter Shockley
Kyle  Farrell Safety 5'10" 180 3A Wilmington Jeff Reents
Azuriah  Sylvester Safety 5'10" 170 8A West Aurora HS Nate Eimer
Charlie Walrod Safety 6'1" 185 5A Woodstock HS Michael Brasile
Jerell Brenston Safety 6'1" 185 5A Perspectives HS Terry Jones
Trevon Conner Safety 5'11" 170 5A TF North HS Anthony Pignatiello
Dillon Ketelsen-Anton Safety 6'1" 200 1A Annawan-Wethersfield Coop Tony Gripp
Frank Sanders OLB 6'4" 220 4A Lincoln HS Matt Silkowski
Tory Kupferschmid OLB 6'0" 185 3A Eureka HS Jason Bachman
Bo Windish OLB 5'10" 180 2A Elmwood/Brimfield Coop Todd Hollis
Donald  Hubbard OLB 6'1" 203 8A Bartlett HS Milan Vuckovich
Ryan  Nelson OLB 6'2" 195 3A Wilmington HS Jeff Reents
Alex Branas ILB 6'0" 195 7A Buffalo Grove HS Jeffrey Vlk
Joey Jordan ILB 5'10" 190 4A Mt. Zion HS Patrick Etherton
Chase Dryier ILB 5'11" 190 6A Oak Lawn Richards HS Tony Sheehan
Kadin Sabree ILB 6'0" 210 8A Belleville East HS Michael Harrison
Ryker  Grauer ILB 6'1" 205 1A Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley HS Chad Augspurger
Joseph Nitti ILB 6'0" 195 6A Wheeling HS JeMarcus Moody
Maddix  Stirrett ILB 5'10" 195 2A Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond Ryan Jefferson
Evan Parish ILB 5’11" 180 2A Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin Mark Dodd
Cole Matejka DE 6'4" 235 4A University HS Brody Walworth
Zachary Puracchio DE 5'10" 225 8A Minooka HS Matt Harding
Kamar Gillespie DE 6'3" 265 5A Decatur MacArthur HS Derek Spates
Josiah Heald DE 6'0" 210 1A Fulton HS Patrick Lower
Logan Garcia NT 5'11" 240 4A Richmond-Burton HS Mike Noll
Mason High NT 6'3" 240 3A Monticello HS Cullen Welter
Jayden McDonald NT 6'0" 250 5A Prosser Career Academy Jason Hosey
Aariz  Taylor DE 6'3" 230 7A Kenwood Academy Chris Goffer
Matt  Allen  DE 6'1" 235 1A Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley HS Chad Augspurger
Jesser Zepeda K, P 5'11 175 3A Benton HS Justin Groves
Eli Walton ATH 6'1" 185 7A Yorkville HS Dan McGuire
Clark Nelson ATH 6’1" 195 3A New Berlin HS James Dambacher