Rosters for the 49th annual Illinois High School Shrine Game in Peoria, Illinois have been announced. The game, featuring 92 players from around the state, will be played June 17 at Tucci Stadium at Illinois Wesleyan.
Wilmington’s Jeff Reents will be the head coach of the Blue All-Stars. The Red All-Stars will be coached by Jeff Lalor of Stillman Valley.
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— Illinois Shrine Game (@ilshrinegame) May 17, 2023
In the past, the game has featured two NFL players — quarterback Mike Tomczak and wide receiver Don Beebe.
Tomczak, a Thornton Fractional North alum, signed a free agent contract with the Chicago Bears after playing his college football at Ohio State. He also played for the Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers during his career.
Beebe, who played scholastically at Kaneland High School, played nine years in the NFL, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. Beebe played in six Super Bowls, winning a ring with the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXI. He is currently the head football coach at Aurora University in Illinois.
Blue Roster
- DE Payton Allen, Fairfield
- G Ty Anderson, Cambridge Ridgewood
- WR Kolby Anderson, Collinsviile
- WR Justis Bachman, Eureka
- T Lorenzo Barrera, Chicago Prosser
- QB Carl Bew, Joliet West
- WR Kaden Brown, Virden North Mac
- ILB Jace Christian, Braidwood Reed-Custer
- RB Devon Clemons, Murphysboro
- C Maddox Crosier, Rushville-Industry
- G Braiden Damhoff, Fulton
- S Lucious Dones, Belleville Althoff
- G Henry Engel, Lena-Winslow
- DE Reese Finch, Taylor Ridge Rockridge
- RB Riley Fuller, Moline
- CB Dax Gentes, El Paso Gridley
- S Omarion Gooden, Cahokia
- RB Michael Hackman, Bismarck-Henning Rossville-Alvin
- QB Matthew Hagy, Vandalia
- CB Artez Hanson, Springfield High
- QB Wes Jackson, Robinson
- RB Will Jackson, Jacksonville Routt
- NT T.J. Klein, Downs Tri-Valley
- RB Johnny Kobler, Forreston
- T Tom Koenigstein, Columbia
- OLB Brock Leenerman, Normal West
- OLB Ian Lichtenburger, Rochester
- T Mason McNeill, Mount Zion
- S Rodrick Millsap, Decatur MacArthur
- G Noah Nagel, Fairbury Prairie Central
- ILB Dawson Piper, Peotone
- ILB Aiden Riser, Maroa-Forsyth
- ILB Matthew Senteney, Annawan/Wethersfield
- CB Grant Sibley, Moline
- TE Kayden Snelling, Paxton-Buckley-Loda
- WR Ian Sopczak, Vienna Goreville
- OLB Tanner Sprecher, Pekin
- WR Miles Stapleton, Chatham Glenwood
- OL Landon Stewart, Freeport
- S Jackson Stratton, Quincy Notre Dame
- OLB Scott Thomas, Chicago Perspectives
- S Darius Tongo, Rock Island
- T Tyler Tortorich, Plainfield North
- C Ben Warwick, Auburn
- CB Isiah Watson, Johnston City
- ILB Luke Zimmerman, Villa Grove
Head coach: Jeff Reents, Wilmington. Assistants: Patrick Elder, Cambridge Ridgewood; Doug Nutter, Pekin; Byron Gettis, O’Fallon; Mark Dodd, Bismarck Henning-Rossville-Alvin; Andrew Quain, Fairbury Prairie Central
Red Roster
- ILB Ethan Bode, Sycamore
- CB Townsend Breyahn, Midlothian Bremen
- WR Joshaun Brown, Chicago Christ the King
- ILB Phillip Carlton Jr., Plainfield Central
- OLB Augie Christiansen, Princeton
- ILB James Cone, Byron
- DE Jordan Cordes, Carterville
- TE Braden Downs, Knoxville
- CB Kaiden Droste, Biggsville West Central
- C Andrew Forcier, Stillman Valley
- OLB Danny French, Wheaton St. Francis
- T Clifton Gammons, Mount Vernon
- RB Isaac Genenbacher, Camp Point Central
- WR Quincy Hall, Mascoutah
- CB Brycen Hendrix, Decatur St. Teresa
- WR Ryan Hoeferle, Bloomington Central Catholic
- G Caleb Hollis, Elmwood/Brimfield
- T Aries Jackson, Chicago Westinghouse
- ILB Aiden Johnson, Woodstock
- OLB Blake Kersting, Yorkville
- NT Nate Komar, Richmond-Burton
- ILB Ethan Ladd, Macomb
- CB Keshawn Lyons, Cahokia
- G Jermani Massey, Chicago Perspectives
- OLB Mahki Mathews, Rockford East
- S Harrison Meyer, Orland Park Sandburg
- G Zach Michaels, Plainfield North
- ILB Spencer Mitze, Monticello
- G Sam Morgan, Dunlap
- RB AJ Mulcahy, Du-Pec
- RB Landon Newby-Holesome, Peoria High
- DE Ashton Noble, Roxana
- CB Jacob Powden, Red Hill
- S Owen Quigley, Beardstown
- PK Endi Qunaj, Fulton
- RB Blake Regenold, Downs Tri-Valley
- WR Braden Revermann, Breese Central
- C Owen Roth, Camp Point Central
- QB Jake Seman, Williamsville
- QB Luke Shoven, Clifton Central
- RB Steven Siegel, Richmond-Burton
- T Alex Stout, Charleston
- C Ryan Susnar, Minooka
- WR Jaden Weinzierl, Geneseo
- DE Dakota Wiegand, Eureka
- T Grant Wisecup, Rochester
- Head coach: Mike Lalor, Stillman Valley
- Assistants: Jason Kirby, West Central; Terry Jones, Chicago Perspectives; Tyler Hoffman, Du-Pec; Jason Clay, Vandalia; and Gary Griffin, Rockford East
