Week 1 · 2026
UAB at Illinois
Thu 09/03/2026 09:00 PMMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)Illinois pregame97% — Pregame win probability: 97% for Illinois. Illinois favored, and won.
81°Clear6 mph SSE · 84% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station
UAB
23
1–1
Illinois
42
1–1
Attendance
—
not yet reported
Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2026, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.
UABQuarterbacksNo blue chips5
- 33-star recruitQB5Ryder Burton4yr334 Pass yds2 TD2 Int55.3 Cmp%54 Rush yds
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedQB16Nate Rogers3yr14 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB11Adrian Posse3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB18Cam Jennings3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB12Vanden Dugger2yr
ILLQuarterbacks1 blue chip4
- 44-star recruitQB4Katin Houser ← East Carolina5yr453 Pass yds6 TD1 Int71.2 Cmp%47 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB2Carson Boyd2yr
- 33-star recruitQB7Michael Clayton II1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedQB12Dane Eisenmenger1yr
UABOffensive lineNo blue chips17
- 33-star recruitOL75Calib Perez7yr
- 33-star recruitOL77Keyon Cox ← Oregon State4yr
- 33-star recruitOL51Payton Kirkland4yr
- 33-star recruitOL70Amos Talalele4yr
- 33-star recruitOL64Cooper Young ← West Virginia4yr
- 33-star recruitOL59Jaden Ligon3yr
- 33-star recruitOL69Kade Martin3yr
- 33-star recruitOL79Samuel Riddy3yr
- 33-star recruitOL66Donovan Lawrence2yr
- 33-star recruitOL55Barrett Maddox2yr
- 33-star recruitOL57Aidan Platt2yr
- 33-star recruitOL67Wes Wiggins1yr
- 22-star recruitOL71Kyrik Mason4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL68Adam Lepkowski6yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78Nelson Ramirez2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL52Hudson Reed1yr
- 33-star recruitOT74Barry Walker3yr
ILLDefensive lineNo blue chips17
- 33-star recruitDL43Joe Barna3yr7 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL96Darrell Prater ← Jacksonville State4yr7 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL93Ean Rhea ← Emory & Henry1yr7 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL52Pat Farrell4yr4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL90Carter Janki ← Pennsylvania3yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL54Demetrius John3yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL98Joshua Davis1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL17Isaiah Thomison ← Bowling Green4yrcareer 12 Tackles3.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL91Cameron Brooks2yr
- 33-star recruitDL94Connor Sullivan ← Washington State2yr
- 33-star recruitDL95Isaiah White2yr
- 33-star recruitDL55Tony Balanganayi1yr
- 33-star recruitDL51Parker Crim1yr
- 33-star recruitDL99King Liggins1yr
- 33-star recruitDL15Kingston Shaw1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL56Guillermo Gallardo3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL92Deon Williams1yr
UABDefensive lineNo blue chips13
- 33-star recruitDE58J'Quan Mason3yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE59Chris Burge3yrcareer 33 Tackles5.0 TFL3.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE56Myles Cook3yrcareer 2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL17Tylin Jackson ← Eastern Washington3yr5 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL52Sterling Sanders ← Boston College2yr4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL29Cam Cunningham ← Youngstown State2yr4 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL15Elijah Hall5yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL90Chris Spencer ← Old Dominion5yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitDL99Raymond Macias ← Campbell3yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL96Gavin Nelson5yrcareer 4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL9Noah Nelson ← Georgia State2yrcareer 2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDT54Kyle Mosley3yrcareer 10 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDT8Nigel Tate6yrcareer 9 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
ILLOffensive line2 blue chips21
- 44-star recruitOL53Kai Pritchard1yr
- 44-star recruitOL52Champ Smith1yr
- 33-star recruitOL59Jake Renfro ← Wisconsin7yr
- 33-star recruitOL75Brandon Henderson4yr
- 33-star recruitOL72Christian Martin ← Colorado State4yr
- 33-star recruitOL55TJ McMillen4yr
- 33-star recruitOL66Brandon Hansen3yr
- 33-star recruitOL74Zafir Stewart3yr
- 33-star recruitOL78Eddie Tuerk3yr
- 33-star recruitOL76Dylan Frechette2yr
- 33-star recruitOL56JJ Hirdes2yr
- 33-star recruitOL68Michael McDonough2yr
- 33-star recruitOL54Griffin Rousseau2yr
- 33-star recruitOL62Casey Thomann1yr
- 33-star recruitOL58Landen Von Seggern1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL65Dezmond Schuster4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL57Zach Barrett3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL71Nathan Knapik2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Maika Matelau1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL79TJ Taylor1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL51Alfred Washington1yr
UABBacks & tight ends1 blue chip17
- 44-star recruitRB2Roderick Robinson II4yr35 Car173 Rush yds0 TD4.9 Rush avg2 Rec14 Rec yds7.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB3Bam McReynolds ← UL Monroe5yr29 Car131 Rush yds1 TD4.5 Rush avg2 Rec25 Rec yds12.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB7Ja'Vin Simpkins ← Coastal Carolina4yr10 Car30 Rush yds0 TD3.0 Rush avg1 Rec5 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB30Amari Brundidge3yrcareer 3 Car14 Rush yds0 TD4.7 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB10Marquise Collins4yr
- 33-star recruitRB21Hudson Higgins1yr
- 33-star recruitRB26Jayson Moll1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB22Drew Patterson2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB28JR Mosley1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB20Rashad Robinson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE44Scott Isacks5yr2 Rec25 Rec yds0 TD12.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE19Gabriel Cline2yr1 Rec5 Rec yds0 TD5.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE85Antonio Ferguson4yrcareer 17 Rec205 Rec yds1 TD12.1 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE40Brayden Johnson3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE87Sean Persson ← Toledo2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE86Vili Haapsalo1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE88Braden Teague1yr
ILLLinebackers1 blue chip15
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB24Will Holmes3yr10 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB26Ismael Kante2yr10 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
- 33-star recruitLB10James Kreutz5yr8 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitLB33Grant Beerman2yr7 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB18Mason Muragin4yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB38Jack Paris2yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB45Robert Edmonson ← Colorado State3yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB8Cameron Thomas1yr1 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB4Daniel Brown3yrcareer 11 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB48Carter Smith3yrcareer 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB34Erik Gayle2yr
- 33-star recruitLB11Jacob Alexander1yr
- 33-star recruitLB28Kayden Bennett1yr
- 33-star recruitLB23Jaylen Stewart1yr
- 33-star recruitLB30Tony Williams1yr
UABLinebackersNo blue chips13
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB35Muaaz Byard ← Middle Tennessee5yr20 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB3Ike Esonwune ← Oklahoma State4yr15 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB4Marlin Dean ← Georgia State3yr2 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB7Blanche Gold ← Morgan State3yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB33Braden Sullivan ← Eastern Kentucky3yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB14Mantrez Walker ← Colorado2yr
- 33-star recruitLB19Malachi Character1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB49Jacoby Bridges3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB48Phillip Davison Jr.3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB26Gage Messick3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB43Braxtyn Davies2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB32Colby Archie1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB31Rhett Cofer1yr
ILLBacks & tight ends2 blue chips18
- 44-star recruitRB5Ca'Lil Valentine3yr29 Car144 Rush yds1 TD5.0 Rush avg2 Rec13 Rec yds6.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB21Aidan Laughery5yr18 Car66 Rush yds0 TD3.7 Rush avg2 Rec23 Rec yds11.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB23Jordan Anderson5yr3 Car5 Rush yds0 TD1.7 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB20John Forster2yr
- 33-star recruitRB22Cedric Wyche II2yr
- 33-star recruitRB24Javari Barnett1yr
- 33-star recruitRB25Nelsyn Wheeler1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB27Corey Rashad4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB31Murphy Clement3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE88Davin Stoffel3yr1 Rec14 Rec yds0 TD14.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE86Christian Abney4yr1 Rec1 Rec yds0 TD1.0 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitTE83Kaden Feagin4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE14Maurice Smith Jr.3yrcareer 2 Rec7 Rec yds0 TD3.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE89Tanner Hollinger3yr
- 33-star recruitTE16Logan Farrell2yr
- 33-star recruitTE84Grant Smith2yr
- 33-star recruitTE85Will Vala III1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE87BJ Thurman1yr
UABReceivers3 blue chips15
- 33-star recruitWR4EJ Reid ← Wake Forest3yr7 Rec91 Rec yds1 TD13.0 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR1CJ Smith ← Memphis5yr3 Rec71 Rec yds0 TD23.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR0Ty Mims ← Texas State5yr5 Rec63 Rec yds0 TD12.6 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR6KJ Daniels ← Oklahoma3yr
- 44-star recruitWR8Kaleb Brown5yr2 Rec20 Rec yds0 TD10.0 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR84Lamar White3yr1 Rec15 Rec yds0 TD15.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR9AJ Johnson5yrcareer 59 Rec917 Rec yds8 TD15.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR12Jaylen Elder2yrcareer 1 Rec9 Rec yds0 TD9.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR13CD Gill2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR14Jailen Holmes4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR83Levi Brayton2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR80Malik Muhammad2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR17Brogan Mcnab1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR15Jayden Skelton1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR81Bradley Wainwright1yr
ILLDefensive backs2 blue chips21
- 33-star recruitDB7Matthew Bailey5yr12 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB0Mac Resetich4yr8 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB6Juice Clarke4yr7 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB1Xavier Scott5yr6 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB32Tywan Cox2yr4 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB22Deuce Fillmore ← Georgia State2yr4 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB5Jakwon Morris1yr4 Tackles1 PD
- 44-star recruitDB3Nick Hankins Jr.1yr3 Tackles0 PD
- 44-star recruitDB19Jacob Eberhart1yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB16Tanner Heckel3yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB20Almirian Thomas1yr1 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB21Ben Clawson5yr1 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB9Lavon Williams ← East Texas A&M4yrcareer 23 Tackles1 PD2 Int
- 33-star recruitDB29James Finley IV ← Northern Illinois2yrcareer 15 Tackles2 PD2 Int
- 33-star recruitDB14Andre Lovett Jr.2yrcareer 3 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB2RJ Jones III2yr
- 33-star recruitDB13Xanai Scott2yr
- 33-star recruitDB25Des Straughton2yr
- 33-star recruitDB35Kaedyn Cobbs1yr
- 33-star recruitDB37Caden Considine1yr
- 33-star recruitDB12Isaiah Williams1yr
UABDefensive backsNo blue chips20
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedCB5Delvon Gulley3yr5 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundCB16Isaiah Crozier3yrcareer 9 Tackles2 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitCB18Julius Lane Jr.2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB13Jeremiah Jordan ← Memphis2yr13 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB0Jo Pierce2yr11 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB1Darrell Sweeting ← Marshall4yr9 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB11Anta'Veon McKenzie ← Sacramento State3yr8 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB24Diezel Wilkinson ← Montana2yr4 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB21Draden Fullbright ← Oklahoma State2yr2 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB6Que Billingsley ← Gardner-Webb2yr2 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB10Kris Wokomah ← Baylor3yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB25Jaylen Thompson ← Memphis3yrcareer 17 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB2Guylijah Theodule ← Southern Miss3yrcareer 7 Tackles2 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB22Courage Ugo3yrcareer 5 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB12Elijah Pratt ← SMU2yr
- 33-star recruitDB28Daimir Hicks1yr
- 33-star recruitDB23Mykale Hrabowski1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB36Chimenum Ajinwo1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB27Jordin Price1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS37Love Kirby3yr
ILLReceivers1 blue chip15
- 33-star recruitWR17Collin Dixon4yr17 Rec236 Rec yds5 TD13.9 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR13Hudson Clement5yr7 Rec71 Rec yds0 TD10.1 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR10Ty Robinson ← Ball State6yr3 Rec67 Rec yds1 TD22.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR11Brayden Trimble2yr4 Rec28 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR9Alex Perry ← Florida International5yrcareer 104 Rec1,331 Rec yds12 TD12.8 Rec avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR80Eddie Kasper ← Illinois State5yrcareer 135 Rec1,185 Rec yds3 TD8.8 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR1Jayshon Platt ← Florida Atlantic5yrcareer 55 Rec791 Rec yds6 TD14.4 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR0Nas Rankin1yr
- 33-star recruitWR6Jershaun Newton2yr
- 33-star recruitWR3Kenyon Alston1yr
- 33-star recruitWR8Davon Grant1yr
- 33-star recruitWR82Jacob Harvey1yr
- 33-star recruitWR81Leslie Mosley Jr.1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR28Karson Kaiser2yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR19Nate Cichy1yr
UABKickersNo blue chips2
- —No recruiting profile foundPK39Jonah Delange4yr7 FG7 FGA45 Long25 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK35Owen Simpson2yr
ILLKickersNo blue chips2
- 33-star recruitPK37Ethan Moczulski ← Washington5yr2 FG3 FGA51 Long15 Pts
- 33-star recruitPK27Lucas Osada3yrcareer 0 FG0 FGA0 Long1 Pts
UABPuntersNo blue chips2
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedP20Badger Hargett4yr2 Punts48.5 Avg1 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP30Carson Tinsley1yr
ILLPuntersNo blue chips2
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedP81Lars Rau3yr1 Punts42.0 Avg0 In 20
- 33-star recruitP18Jack Gray1yr
Previous meetings vs. Team
No other meetings in the seasons currently loaded.
Previous meeting vs. Bret Bielema
UAB 0–1 vs Bret Bielema
- 2014 · wk 9UAB 17 @ Arkansas 45
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