Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 10 | W 35-13vs Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Josh Gesky
Last confirmed: Illinois, 2025. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′5″ · 325 lb · Manteno, IL
His line is 6th in the country in stuff rate allowed this season (a team number, not his).
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From Manteno, IL.
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Game log
Signature game
Week 10 · 2025
W 35-13
vs Rutgers
1 tackle · 1 solo tackle
Dominant 22-point win at home against Rutgers.
2025 snapshot
Season context: team record and system
2025Illinois9-4HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning
Awards
A three-star recruit at offensive line for Illinois -- now projected as a developmental piece up front.
Offensive line play doesn't show up in a box score. Here's what actually tells you whether he's good.
DevelopingThree-star HS recruit
The unit he anchors ranks 6th nationally in stuff rate allowed this season. See the full unit breakdown →
Illinois has produced 5 All-Conference offensive linemen and 1 All-American. 7 have gone on to the NFL Draft since 2016. Alex Palczewski was one of them, an All-American.
Five seasons at Illinois
- 2025 Illinois BielemaYear 5 · 1 game
- 2024 Illinois BielemaYear 4 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2023 Illinois BielemaYear 3 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2022 Illinois BielemaYear 2 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2021 Illinois BielemaYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned with Illinois in 2021 as a 3-star recruit, No. 1,906 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with Illinois in the 2021 class, a 3-star recruit.
His career
2021
- Signed with Illinois3-star out of Manteno
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coach2021–2025
Illinois
Played his entire career under Bret Bielema.