Biggest Collegiate Basketball Debuts for Boys from Illinois High Schools

There are at least 49 Illinois boys from the 2019-20 class that are on Division 1 rosters. Twenty-one have already made their college debuts through the first weekend of college basketball.
Below is a list of the debuts with stat lines, ordered by minutes played.
Name | HS | College | Opp. | Minutes | Points | Reb. | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
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Connor Kochera | Saint Viator | William & Mary | ODU L – 86-78 | 35 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
DJ Steward | Whitney Young, Fenwick | Duke | Coppin State W – 81-71 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Jeremia Williams | Simeon / St. Laurence | Temple | NJIT W – 72-60 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Adam Miller | Morgan Park | Illinois | NC A&T W – 122-60 | 27 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Nimari Burnett | Morgan Park (FR only) | Texas Tech | NW State W – 101-58 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Keshawn Williams | Bloom | Tulsa | TCU L – 65-70 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Nate Shockey | York | North Dakota | Miami (OH) L – 81-67 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Darius Burford | Bolingbrook | Elon | NC Wesleyan W – 82-52 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Aquan Smart | Niles North | Maryland | Old Dominion W – 85-67 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Isaiah Rivera | Geneseo | Colorado State | CSU-Pueblo W – 89-77 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Jakubicek | Cary-Grove | Belmont | Howard W – 95-78 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ahron Ulis | Marian Catholic | Iowa | NC Central W – 97-67 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Conway | Naperville Central | Oakland | Xavier L – 101-49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jamere Hill | Joliet Central | Toledo | Bradley L – 61-59 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brandon Lieb | Deerfield | Illinois | NC A&T W – 122-60 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Martice Mitchell | Bloom | Minnesota | Green Bay W – 99-69 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Erickson | Hampshire | Jacksonville | Coastal Georgia W – 99-57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jayson Kent | Oak Forest | Bradley | Oakland W – 74-60 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Connor Serven | St. Rita | Illinois | NC A&T W – 122-60 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seryee Lewis | Morgan Park Kenwood Marist | Kansas State | Drake L – 70-80 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jackson Watson | Libertyville | Bowling Green | SC State W – 101-78 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jordan Kwiecinski | Loyola Academy | Drake | South Dakota W – 69-53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sami Osmani | Oak Lawn | Creighton | ND State W – 69-58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Cross | Urbana | Southern Illinois | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Grant Coleman | Mahomet-Seymour | UW-Milwaukee | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Devin Davis | Westinghouse | Creighton | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Kyndall Davis | Bogan | Long Island | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Tyler Fricke | Buffalo Grove | Valparaiso | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Conor Glennon | Brother Rice | Memphis | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Ramean Hinton | Curie | Western Illinois | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Jack Holmstrom | Guilford | Monmouth | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Ryan Isaacson | Hinsdale Central | Merrimack | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Jayden Johnson | Batavia | Illinois State | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Bennett Kwiecinski | Loyola Academy | Siena | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Connor Linke | St. Charles North | Bradley | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Dante Maddox Jr. | Bloom | CSU Fullerton | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Dom Martinelli | Glenbrook South | Northwestern | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Isaac Miller | Charleston | Eastern Illinois | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Donovan Newby | Bloom | UW-Milwaukee | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
RJ Ogom | Homewood-Flossmoor | College of Charleston | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Micah Schnyeders | Yorkville Christian | Eastern Illinois | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Christian Shumate | Bloom | Tulsa | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Nik Stadelman | Guilford | Illinois State | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Justin Taphorn | Pekin | Wisconsin | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Bryson Tatum | Urbana | Miami (Ohio) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Ray’Sean Taylor | Collinsville | SIUE | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Jadon Wallace | Marshall | Eastern Illinois | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Marcus Watson Jr. | Morgan Park | Western Illinois | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Destin Whitaker | Romeoville | Fresno State | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |