Mike Dudek

Mike Dudek
Illinois Fighting Illini No. 18
Position Wide receiver
Class Sophomore
Major Business
Career history
College
High school Neuqua Valley (IL)
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-08-21) August 21, 1995
Place of birth Naperville, Illinois
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • First Team Freshman All-American (2014)
  • Second Team All-Big Ten (2014)

Mike Dudek (born August 21, 1995) is an American football wide receiver for the Illinois Fighting Illini. As a true freshman, Dudek broke Illinois' school record for receiving yards by a freshman, previously set by Arrelious Benn in 2007.[1]

High School

During his senior season, Dudek recorded 2,361 yards of Total offense, averaging 196.8 yards per game, and caught 23 TDs. This earned Dudek the Upstate Eight Conference Player of the Year award in 2013 and 1st Team All-State honors from the News-Gazette, Chicago Tribune, and IHSFCA. [2][3] Despite these honors, Dudek's only received two Football Championship Subdivision offers from North Dakota State and Illinois State. Illinois was Dudek's only Football Bowl Subdivision scholarship offer and he was primarily recruited by Mike Bellamy.

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date
Mike Dudek
WR		 Naperville, IL Neuqua Valley (IL) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 163 lb (74 kg) 4.61 Apr 3, 2013 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 76
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 72 (WR)   Rivals: N/A  247Sports: 145 (WR)  ESPN: 119 (WR)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

College career

Dudek enrolled early at Illinois and participated in spring 2014 practices, impressing coaches and drawing early comparisons to Wes Welker.[4] After Illinois' week 2 win over Western Kentucky in which Dudek had four receptions for 55 yards and a touchdown, he was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week.[5] Later in the season Dudek was named to the Biletnikoff Award watch list. The Biletnikoff Award is annually awarded to the most outstanding receiver in American college football.[6] In the October 4th game at home against Purdue, Dudek became the fourth player in school history to catch at least 200 yards in a game, joining Steve Hull, A. J. Jenkins, and College Football Hall of Fame Inductee David Williams.[3] At the end of the 2014 season, Dudek led all Big Ten Conference freshman in receptions and receiving yards.[7] In 2015 spring workouts, Dudek tore his ACL and was medically redshirted, ending his season.

Statistics

Through the end of the 2014 regular season, Dudek's statistics are as follows:[8]

NCAA Collegiate Career statistics
Illinois Fighting Illini
Season Receiving Rushing
Games Rec Yards Yds/Rec Long Yds/G TD Att Yards Avg TD
2014 12 69 965 14.0 56 80.4 6 5 23 4.6 0
2015 Medical redshirt
2016 Did not play due to injury (Torn ACL)

Personal

Due to his physical stature as a wide receiver, Dudek often times draws comparisons to NFL Pro Bowl wideout Wes Welker.[4][9][10] Dudek has also been timed as running as fast as NFL Pro Bowl receiver Brandon Marshall at 22 miles per hour (35 km/h).[11] Dudek has an older brother, Danny, who played college football for Dayton.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Greenberg, Steve (2014-11-01). "Illinois receiver Mike Dudek a breakout star". Chicago Sun-Times.
  2. ↑ "Mike Dudek". University of Illinois DIA. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  3. 1 2 Baumgartner, Blake (2014-10-31). "Former Neuqua standout, Dudek, is raising the bar at Illinois". Positively Naperville. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  4. 1 2 Hine, Chris (2014-04-08). "Mike Dudek getting quick initiation at Illinois". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  5. ↑ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week". Big Ten Conference. 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  6. ↑ Duber, Vinnie (2014-10-07). "Illini wideout Mike Dudek added to Biletnikoff watch list". Comcast SportsNet Chicago. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  7. ↑ "Big Ten Player Receiving Statistics - 2014". ESPN. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  8. ↑ "Mike Dudek". www.sports-reference.com. USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  9. ↑ Tupper, Mark (2014-04-06). "Do Illini have next Welker?". Herald & Review. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  10. ↑ "Dudek, Allison give Illini as the Big Ten's top receiving tandem". Fox News. 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  11. ↑ Tupper, Mark (2014-10-19). "As fast as Bears' Marshall, Illini's Dudek runs 22 MPH on treadmill". Comcast SportsNet Chicago. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  12. ↑ Carroll, Charlotte (2014-09-04). "Illini football's Dudek, brother share more than a birthday". The Daily Illini. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
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