Illinois Fighting Illini · EDGE RoomEDGE

#17 Isaiah Thomison

Class  RS JR/TRFrom  Bowling Green (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'3" · 285 lbHometown  Fayetteville, TN · Fayetteville

Depth-chart placement

Current role

DE2

Placement

Backup

Room

EDGE

Experience

4-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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EDGE room context

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Isaiah Thomison holds the DE · Backup spot in Illinois Fighting Illini’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

DE · StarterJoe BarnaStarter

JACK · StarterDaniel BrownStarter

DE · BackupIsaiah ThomisonBackup

JACK · BackupMason MuraginBackup

Transfer history

2026Bowling Green→Illinois Fighting Illini

Background & career

Isaiah Thomison is a redshirt junior member of the Illinois roster. He is from Fayetteville, TN and attended Fayetteville. He joined the program as a transfer from Bowling Green. He was rated a 3-star recruit in the 2023 class.

Memphis2023 – 2024

Bowling Green2025

Illinois2026 — present

Previous schoolBowling GreenRecruiting3-star · No. 1622 nationalOriginFayetteville, TN · Fayetteville