2023: 2024 NFF Hampshire Honor Society member ... started 10 games at center for the Redbirds ... key member of ISU's offensive front, which helped ISU rank third in the league with 197.5 yards per game on the ground, including a season-high 345 yards against Murray State … Redbirds also ranked third in the league in total offense with 433.5 yards per contest and third in scoring ... offensive line unit allowed the third-fewest sacks per game in the FCS.
2022: Saw action in six contests, with six starting assignments ... key member of the Redbird offensive line unit that allowed the fifth-fewest sacks in the league.
2021 (fall): Started and played in eight games on the offensive line for the Redbirds.
2021 (spring): Saw action in two contests as a reserve offensive lineman.
2019: Member of the practice squad.
2018: Saw action in one contest on the defensive line ... redshirted.
Normal Community HS: Three-year letterman for head coach Wes Temples … IHSFCA First-Team All-State Class 7-A selection as a senior offensive lineman… also named a first-team all-conference lineman, a Big 12 conference scholar-athlete, and selected as Ironmen lineman of the year… helped the Ironmen to a conference title and an undefeated regular season … was an all-conference and all-academic selection as a junior, while starting in all 11 games … team was ranked sixth in the state and advanced to the playoffs … also started in all 12 games as a sophomore on the offensive line for NCHS, while earning scholar-athlete honors.
Personal: Born October 30, 1999, in Macomb, Illinois … son of Albert and Karen Bussone … his father, Albert, played football at Western Illinois, as did his uncles Peter (PJ) Bussone and Robert (Bobby) Marshall.
