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Illinois State University Athletics

2025 Football Roster

34 Jack Dwyer

  • Position DB
  • Hometown Hawthorn Woods, Ill.
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 205
  • High School Lake Zurich HS
  • Class Senior

Biography

2025: Played in 13 games, with 10 starts at safety ... ranked sixth on the team in tackles with 61, including 37 solo stops ... also credited with 3.0 TFLs, an interception and a forced fumble on the season ... posted five tackles, a half TFL and an interception in the road win over Eastern Illinois in the annual Mid-America Classic ... followed that up with six tackles and a TFL in the overtime win over North Alabama ... had six stops, including a season high five solo tackles, in the road win at Murray State ... recorded a career-high nine tackles in the regular season finale against Southern Illinois ... recorded eight tackles and a TFL in the FCS National Championship game against Montana State.

2024: Saw action in all 14 games as a reserve defensive back and on special teams ... finished the year with 14 total tackles (10 solo) and recorded a pass breakup ... had a season-best four tackles in the season opener at Iowa ... had a two stops against North Dakota State ... broke up a pass and recorded a tackle in a road win at Indiana State ... tallied three tackles in the FCS playoff win at Southeast Missouri State.

2023: Played in nine games on special teams and as a reserve defensive back ... finished the year with 12 tackles, including four solo stops ... posted a career-best four tackles in the season-opening win over Dayton.

2022: Saw action in four games as a reserve defensive back for the Redbirds.

2021 (fall): Redshirted.

Lake Zurich HS: Two-year player for head coach Ron Planz … played in seven games as a junior, averaging 113 yards per game on the ground and scoring eight touchdowns as a team captain … earned all-conference honors while helping team to a state playoff quarterfinal appearance … team was state runner-up as a junior in 2018 … played in 11 games that season as a sophomore, averaging 85 yards per game on the ground and scoring four touchdowns.

Personal: Born November 25, 2000 in Libertyville, Illinois ... son of Jon and Leslie Dwyer … has an older sister, Grace, and an older brother, Luke … his older brother, Luke, plays football at North Dakota State and his father, Jon, played football at Army and Kent State.
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2021Freshman

    DB
    6'0" 185 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    DB
    6'0" 195 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2023Sophomore

    DB
    6'0" 200 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2024Junior

    DB
    6'0" 205 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2025Senior

    DB
    6'0" 205 lbs
    34