School: Taylorville
Mascot: Tornadoes
Head Coach: Jeb Odam
Years at School: 10
Overall Record: 63-40
Assistant Coaches: Lee Mateer, Brian Blomquist, Jason Handegan, Caleb Worsham, Eric Wolf, Kyle Owens, Alex Siempelkamp, Ben Briggs, Brian Sample, Marshall Jyawook, David Gideon
Last Year’s Conference Record: 4-1
Last Year’s Overall Record: 9-2
Postseason: 2nd round
2017 Team Scoring Average: 35.1
2017 Team Yards per Game Average: 454.2
2017 Team Yards per Game Passing: 262
2017 Team Yards per Game Rushing: 191
2017 Team Points Allowed Per Game: 15.9
2017 Team Yards Allowed Per Game: 239.6
2017 Team Yards Allowed per Game Passing: 100.2
2017 Team Yards Allowed Per Game Rushing: 134.9
School State Championships: 0
School Conference Championships: 2
Biggest Rival Game Every Year: Effingham
Number of Players out this season: 83 (Senior-Freshman)
Number of returning letterman: 17
Number of returning starters: 5 Offense/4 Defense
Offense: Pistol Spread
Defense: Multiple
Top Returnees from 2017
Offensive:
QB Brandon Odam 6-1 185 Sr- 2884 yrd passing 29 TD, 813 yds rushing, 10 TD
WR Justin Wright 6-0 175 Sr- 63 catches, 1317 yds
WR/RB Jagger Moore 379 yds rec
Defensive:
ILB Riley Buschon 5-9 200 92 tackles
DE Jack Kettelkamp 6-1 2-5 10 Sacks
Safety Will Kettelkamp 6-2 180 81 Tackles
Who are the newcomers we should know about and why?
Yemi Odugabason- WR- electric transfer from Bolingbrook. Good size, great speed, and great hands
What are the questions marks for this team heading into the 2018 season?
Depth, and trying to get quality reps early in the season
What’s something unique about this team that’s worth noting?
Excellent skill players coming back, need to get the lines as much experiene as possible.
Head Coach Jeb Odam says:
“Especially this year, we need to stay healthy as depth is a bit of question mark. Need to have lots of young guys grow up in a hurry.”
