Career

• Third-best true pass set blocking grade among Power Five centers from 2018-19 according to Pro Football Focus
• 14 big-time run-blocks in 2019 were the most PFF has ever recorded by a Power Five center in the PFF College era

2021 Senior

• All-Big Ten second team (coaches)
• All-Big Ten honorable mention (media)
• Phil Steele All-Big Ten second team
• Campbell Trophy semifinalist
• NFF Hampshire Honor Society
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Highest GPA among graduate students among all Illinois Athletics men's teams
• Played in and started 11 games
• No. 26 rated center in the nation by PFF
• Illinois team offensive MVP against Nebraska 8/28/21
• PFF Preseason All-America honorable mention
• PFF Preseason All-Big Ten second team
• Rimington Award watch list
• Outland Trophy watch list
• Rotary Lombardi Award watch list
• No. 7 ranked interior offensive lineman returning to college football in 2021, according to PFF
• No. 7 NFL Draft center prospect in the nation by Mel Kiper
• Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten third team
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten fourth team
• Represented Illinois at Big Ten Media Days

2020 Senior

• All-Big Ten honorable mention (media)
• All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Started five games at center
• Missed three games due to COIVD-19 protocols and injury
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten third team
• Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten fourth team
• Wuerffel Trophy watch list

2019 Junior

• Started all 12 regular season games at center
• Missed the Redbox Bowl with an injury, snapping a streak of 27 straight starts
• All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches)
• All-Big Ten honorable mention (media)
• Voted team captain by his teammates 
• No. 8 graded center in the nation and No. 3 in Power-5 by PFF (79.2) 
• Did not allow a sack in 751 snaps
• PFF Big Ten Team of the Week after Eastern Michigan game 9/14/19
• PFF Big Ten Team of the Week after Akron game 8/31/19
• Rimington Trophy preseason watch list

2018 Sophomore

• Started all 12 games at center
• Part of an OL that paved the way for the most-improved running game in the nation (+137.4 ypg from 2017 to ’18), finishing 12th in FBS and second in the Big Ten at 243.0 ypg.
• Academic All-Big Ten

2017 Redshirt Freshman

• BTN.com All-Freshman Team honorable mention
• Played and started eight games at center
• Missed four games with an injury
• Made his Illinois debut and first career start in the opener against Ball State
• Academic All-Big Ten

2016 Freshman

• Member of UI squad

High School

• Three-year letterwinner at Hinsdale Central
• Played for head coach Dan Hartman
• 2015 West Suburban Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year
• 2015 All-West Suburban Conference
• 2015 All-State honorable mention
• Also was a member of the track and field team at Hinsdale Central
• Dean’s List all four years of high school

Personal

• Born June 4, 1998
• Son of Lisa Kramer and Doug Kramer Sr.
• Both parents graduated from the University of Illinois
• Has one brother, Dan, and one sister, Carrie
• Lists Dee Brown as his favorite athlete
• Plans to coach following his playing career
• Graduated with a degree in finance
• Graduated with a master's degree in recreation, sport, and tourism in December 2021