Illinois high school football: Players to watch at the Illinois state championships
There will be plenty of talent on display this weekend
The final week of the Illinois high school football season is finally here.
The season will conclude with eight state championship games – Class 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A on Friday and Class 5A, 6A, 7A and 8A on Saturday – at Hancock Stadium in Normal.
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Players to watch at the 2023 Illinois high school football championships
Logan Abrams, FB, Cary-Grove
Connor Anderson, LB, Cary-Grove
Aaron Ball, RB, St. Laurence
Charles Bass, CB, East St. Louis
Noah Battle, RB, Downers Grove North
Robert Battle, QB, East St. Louis
Leontre Bradford, S, East St. Louis
Cael Brezina, LB, Downers Grove North
Caden Considine, RB/LB, Byron
Cory Craig, FB/LB, Athens
Gage Dunker, RB, Lena-Winslow
Darrion Dupree, RB, Mount Carmel
Connor Durkin, LB, Lincoln-Way East
Jack Elliott, QB, Mount Carmel
Kyle Farrell, RB/DB, Wilmington
Ryan Fitzgerald, QB, Loyola Academy
Elijah Genenbacher, RB/LB, Camp Point Central
HJ Grigsby, RB, Joliet Catholic
Quinn Herbert, LB, Loyola Academy
Josh Janowski, OL, Lincoln-Way East
Dillan Johnson, DL, Joliet Catholic
Gabe Kaminski, LB, Nazareth Academy
Brayden Leathers, OL/LB, Athens
Logan Malachuk, QB, Nazareth Academy
Nolan Mrozowski, RB, Rochester
Nuri Muhammad, RB, Lincoln-Way East
Blayne Sisson, QB, Mt. Carmel (3A)
Jesse Watson, WR, East St. Louis
Bryan Zulauf, QB, Rochester
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- Mike Carpinelli | latsch@scorebooklive.com | @SBLiveIL