Roster
IllinoisFighting Illini
Players
31
Rated recruits
11
35% of the roster
Average stars
3.09
Among rated players only
Transfers in
0
Matched by name to the portal
31 players10 of 31 have recorded statistics in 2007 · Their lines are this season only. The rest show career totals through 2007, marked career, at every school they have played for.
Offense
Running backsby position, then this season's rushing yards2
- —No recruiting profile foundRB22Daniel Dufrene5'11"1yr47 Car294 Rush yds2 TD6.3 Rush avg3 Rec9 Rec yds3.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB28Troy Pollard5'8"1yr23 Car148 Rush yds0 TD6.4 Rush avg1 Rec10 Rec yds10.0 Rec avg
Receiversby position, then who's played4
- 55-star recruitWR9Arrelious Benn6'2"1yr54 Rec676 Rec yds2 TD12.5 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR17Jeff Cumberland6'5"2yr12 Rec243 Rec yds3 TD20.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR10Eddie McGee6'4"1yr1 Rec-5 Rec yds0 TD-5.0 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR12Chris James5'11" · 1952yrcareer 5 Rec76 Rec yds0 TD15.2 Rec avg
Tight endsby position, then this season's receiving yards1
- —No recruiting profile foundTE16Michael Hoomanawanui6'5"1yr5 Rec64 Rec yds2 TD12.8 Rec avg
Defense
Defensive lineby position, then recruiting1
- —No recruiting profile foundDL30Rahkeem Smith6'1" · 2651yr
Defensive backsby position, then this season's interceptions1
- —No recruiting profile foundDB28Dere Hicks5'10" · 1751yr2 Int
Specialistsby position, then recruiting2
- 33-star recruitP37Kyle Yelton6'0" · 1902yr1 Punts39.0 Avg0 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP87Anthony Santella6'2"1yr64 Punts37.7 Avg0 In 20
Position not listedby recruiting20
- 44-star recruit——Rashard Mendenhall—3yr
- 33-star recruit——Brian Gamble—1yr
- 33-star recruit——Marcus Thomas—1yr
- 22-star recruit——Justin Harrison—4yr
- 22-star recruit——Jason Reda—4yr
- 22-star recruit——Kyle Hudson—3yr
- 22-star recruit——Joe Morgan—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Justin Ijei—4yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Kevin Mitchell—4yr
- —No recruiting profile found——DaJuan Warren—4yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Russ Weil—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Vontae Davis—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Walter Mendenhall—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Brit Miller—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Justin Sanders—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Jacob Willis—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Will Judson—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——J Leman—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Antonio Steele—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Marques Wilkins—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.