Roster
IllinoisFighting Illini
Players
27
Rated recruits
8
30% of the roster
Average stars
2.88
Among rated players only
Transfers in
0
Matched by name to the portal
27 players4 of 27 have recorded statistics in 2006 · Their lines are this season only. The rest show career totals through 2006, marked career, at every school they have played for.
Offense
Receiversby position, then this season's receiving yards2
- 44-star recruitWR17Jeff Cumberland6'5"1yr16 Rec232 Rec yds1 TD14.5 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR12Chris James5'11" · 1951yr5 Rec76 Rec yds0 TD15.2 Rec avg
Defense
Defensive backsby position, then this season's interceptions1
- —No recruiting profile foundDB31Travon Bellamy6'0" · 2051yr2 Int
Specialistsby position, then recruiting1
- 33-star recruitP37Kyle Yelton6'0" · 1901yr50 Punts36.7 Avg0 In 20
Position not listedby recruiting23
- 44-star recruit——Rashard Mendenhall—2yr
- 22-star recruit——Justin Harrison—3yr
- 22-star recruit——Jason Reda—3yr
- 22-star recruit——Kyle Hudson—2yr
- 22-star recruit——Joe Morgan—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Justin Ijei—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Spencer Jensen—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Kevin Mitchell—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Pierre Thomas—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——DaJuan Warren—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Alan Ball—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Tim Brasic—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Jody Ellis—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Frank Lenti Jr.—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Derrick McPhearson—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Russ Weil—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Jared Bosch—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Vontae Davis—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——E.B. Halsey—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Walter Mendenhall—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Brit Miller—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Justin Sanders—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Jacob Willis—1yr
Most of this roster has no recruiting profile. CFBD's athlete links thin out going backwards — roughly two-thirds of a 2026 roster can be matched against about one in twenty of a 2004 one — so an em dash here usually means no profile was found rather than a player nobody rated. Hover a star to see which.