Carter Janki
Illinois Fighting Illini
71
Average

Carter Janki

Illinois Fighting IlliniSolid
DTDefenseAverageTRANSFER · Pennsylvania
2nd String / Backup

Is Carter Janki starting?

Carter Janki is listed 2nd string at DT for Illinois Fighting Illini.

Carter Janki is listed DT #2 for Illinois at 71 OVR.

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Depth at DT · Illinois Fighting Illini

  1. 15282Pat FarrellStarter
  2. 29071Carter JankiYou
  3. 39471Connor Sullivan
  4. 49161Cameron Brooks

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Jersey
#90
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'5"
Weight
295 lbs
Transfer
Pennsylvania

Carter Janki is currently behind Pat Farrell at DT on the Illinois depth chart, a Big Ten team rated 80 overall this season.

Recruiting Profile

High School
Joel Barlow
Hometown
Redding, CT

Why this rating?

On a 79-rated defense; 50th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 71 after depth penalty.

Team defense (SP+)
79
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
-2 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 12LDUKETKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-27

Sep 4WUABTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-23

Carter Janki's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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