Anthony Birsa
OL · Freshman
6'5" · 290 lbs · Offense
Background
- Hometown
- Plainfield, Ill.
- High school
- Joliet Catholic Academy
Recruiting
- Rating
- 3-star (0.8775 247 composite)
- National rank
- #664
- Class
- 2023
- Source
- 247 composite
2026 season
No 2026 stats recorded yet.
Season by season
2025tap to read
Appeared in all 13 games for the Wildcats, mostly on special teams.
2024tap to read
Appeared in six games and made two starts. … Named Academic All-Big Ten.
2023tap to read
Did not see game action this year and redshirted. High School: Rated as a four-star recruit by 247Sports, and ranked as the No. 6 player in Illinois and No. 32 interior offensive lineman nationally … Attended Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, Ill. … As a senior, was named IHSFCA All-State First Team and CCL/ESCC Orange Division Lineman of the Year… As a junior in 2021, helped the Hillmen to a 14-0 record and the 4A state championship … Also played basketball and baseball at Joliet … Chose Northwestern over Iowa State, Minnesota, and Duke.
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2025 Redshirt Sophomore:
Appeared in all 13 games for the Wildcats, mostly on special teams.
2024 Redshirt First-Year:
Appeared in six games and made two starts. … Named Academic All-Big Ten.
2023 First-Year:
Did not see game action this year and redshirted.
High School: Rated as a four-star recruit by 247Sports, and ranked as the No. 6 player in Illinois and No. 32 interior offensive lineman nationally … Attended Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, Ill. … As a senior, was named IHSFCA All-State First Team and CCL/ESCC Orange Division Lineman of the Year… As a junior in 2021, helped the Hillmen to a 14-0 record and the 4A state championship … Also played basketball and baseball at Joliet … Chose Northwestern over Iowa State, Minnesota, and Duke.