FOOTBALL

All 92 of the football players picked for the 2023 Illinois High School Shrine Game

Wes Huett
Journal Star

The 49th annual Illinois High School Shrine football all-star game is scheduled for 11 a.m. June 17 at Tucci Stadium, on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan.

Tickets for the game are $10 and available at the gate. The charity event, sponsored by the Illinois Coaches Association, raises money for the Shriners Hospital for Children. Last year, the event raised $22,000.

Below are all the players and coaches selected to participate in the event.

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2023 Shrine All-Star Game roster — Blue

  • 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.

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2023 Shrine All-Star Game roster — Red

  • 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.