High School Football America is proud to announce its second annual Illinois Academic All-America Team for the 2021 high school football season. Our Academic All-America Team is powered by scoutSMART®, helping student-athletes get noticed at the next level.
In order to be considered for our 2021 Academic All-America Team, a player had to be a contributing member of a varsity football program in 2021 and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
scoutSMART uses its proprietary system that gives high school football student-athletes a scoutSMART FIT Score that analyzes a players’ stats, on-field skills and academics. scoutSMART then provides the information to college football coaches, at all-levels, around the nation.
Illinois Academic All-Americans powered by scoutSMART®
| Name | Position | School | Class |
| Austin Barrett | OL | St. Charles East | 2023 |
| Drew Bartels | LB | Batavia | 2022 |
| Jackson Burroughs | TE | Marmion Academy | 2022 |
| Jacob Carmack | DL | Freeburg | 2022 |
| Danny Chung | QB | Marmion Academy | 2022 |
| Gabe Czako | K | Lockport | 2022 |
| Colin Doherty | QB | York | 2022 |
| Jerred Durian | DL | Marmion Academy | 2022 |
| Maurice Edwards | RB | Warren Township | 2022 |
| Jeffery Elms | DB | Springfield | 2022 |
| Ethan Gallagher | LB | Lockport | 2022 |
| Thaddeus Gianaris | TE | Maine South | 2022 |
| Keegan Glover | QB | Benton | 2022 |
| Nick Golden | LB | Mahomet-Seymour | 2023 |
| Peyton Grannis | OL | Huntley | 2023 |
| Quintin Hale | DB | Thornwood | 2022 |
| Jayson Harris-Woodard | DL | Marist | 2022 |
| Dontrell Jackson Jr | QB | Marist | 2022 |
| Tyler Jansey | LB | Batavia | 2023 |
| Nashon Johnson | DB | Phillips | 2022 |
| Jake Judd | OL | Lockport | 2023 |
| Anthony Kuceba | K | Marmion Academy | 2022 |
| Bryce Langkan | DL | Marmion Academy | 2022 |
| Joe Manzo | DB | Lockport | 2023 |
| Dan Mcguire | OL | Marist | 2022 |
| Patrick Mchale | DB | Whitney Young | 2022 |
| Miles McVay | OL | East St. Louis | 2023 |
| Tucker Miller | WR | Marist | 2022 |
| Jacque Paul | QB | Dyett | 2022 |
| Brady Pfeifer | QB | Lockport | 2023 |
| Jack Reilly | QB | Brother Rice | 2025 |
| Allan Richards | LB | Wilmington | 2022 |
| Erik Rimas | TE | Vernon Hills | 2022 |
| Jimmy Rolder | LB | Marist | 2022 |
| Colten Roswell | DL | Marquette Catholic | 2022 |
| Dylan Schmutzler | LB | Lockport | 2022 |
| Clay Schultz | DB | Herscher | 2022 |
| Josh Sears | OL | Libertyville | 2022 |
| Matt Sheehan | OL | Marist | 2022 |
| Cody Silzer | DL | Lockport | 2022 |
| Ryan Sims | WR | Marist | 2023 |
| Matt Sommerdyke | QB | Wheaton-Warrenville South | 2022 |
| Matthew Tarr | LB | West Aurora | 2022 |
| Carnell Tate | WR | Marist | 2023 |
| Hayden Timosciek | QB | Lockport | 2022 |
| Tyler Turner | QB | Phillips | 2022 |
| Sean Whitfield | QB | LaSalle-Peru | 2022 |
| Zeke Williams | WR | Naperville North | 2022 |
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