2025 Football Roster
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Brown
Nov 15 (Sat)
12:00 P.M.
Roster

Jersey Number 64
James Lill
- Position:
- Offensive Lineman
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Weight:
- 290
- Hometown:
- Webster, N.Y.
- Previous School:
- Avon Old Farms School / Webster Schroeder H.S.
- College:
- Columbia College
- Major:
- American Studies
2024: Saw action in six games as a center … Made three starts.
2023: Did not see any game action as a sophomore offensive lineman.2022: Did not see any game action as a first-year offensive lineman.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played one postgraduate year at Avon Old Farms High School in Avon, Conn., where he played for Head Coach Jon Wholley … Selected Second Team All-Founders League team … Honorable Mention All-New England Prep School Athletic Conference selection … Played in the BB&N Bowl Game … Played both offensive line and defensive line … Two-way starter … Led the Winged Beavers to a Founders League title and first-ever New England Prep School Athletic Conference bowl championship with a 7-2 overall record, 6-1 league record, and No. 8 ranking in Connecticut … A 2021 graduate of Webster Schroeder High School in Webster, N.Y., where he played four years of varsity football for Head Coach Michael Stumpf … Honorable Mention Associated Press All-State selection … Two-time Class 2A First Team Section V Federation All-Star from 2019-20 … Two-time All-Rochester City selection …Section V All-Greater Rochester Honorable Mention selection … Served as team captain … Played on varsity since the ninth grade … Saw action at center, tackle, defensive end, nose tackle, and long snapper … Helped guide Schroeder to a 6-2 overall and undefeated 4-0 record as a freshman in 2017 … Earned a total of seven varsity letters including four in football and three in basketball … Played basketball since the third grade and all the way through high school and also played baseball through his junior season … Played AAU basketball … Played on a summer baseball travel team … Magna Cum Laude high school honors graduate … National Honor Society member … Spanish Honor Society member … Business & Marketing National Honor Society member … Nationally certified MS Office specialist … Honored multiple times as a New York State Scholar-Athlete … Earned the Webster Schroeder 2018 John Boomer Award, presented annually to the best student-athlete … Worked 30-40 hours per year for the STEEL Lillies Foundation, which was created in the memory of his mother Tiffany, who passed away from sarcoma cancer in April 2012 … Participated multiple times in Warrior Reading Day, which involved high school being positive role models to elementary school students … Volunteer as a coach and official at local league and camps …
PERSONAL: Sister Payton played on Columbia’s Lacrosse team (2019-22) and graduated in 2022 … Father Jim Lill played both football and baseball for Columbia (1992-95) and graduated in 1996...Enrolled at Columbia College.
Highlights: FB | Columbia 14, Harvard 31
Friday, November 07
Preview: FB | Coach Poppe - Week 8 | Presented by Amity Hall Uptown
Friday, November 07
Highlights: FB | Columbia 10, Yale 24
Saturday, November 01
Preview: FB | Coach Poppe - Week 7 | Presented by Amity Hall Uptown
Friday, October 31













































































































