NFL draft
IllinoisFighting Illini
The last 5 drafts, newest on the right. A draft year runs one behind its football season — the 2026 draft is the 2025 team.
Selections per draft
10 across 4 draftsCounted from zero, so the height of a point is its share of this team's best draft here.
Selections by position
10 across 2001–2004Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 8 · Defense 2.
2001
2000 Ron Turner
2 selections
- 5-13Marques Sullivan—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
- 6-11Jameel Cook—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
2002
2001 Ron Turner
1 selection
- 5-23Kurt Kittner—No recruiting profile foundQuarterback
2003
2002 Ron Turner
5 selections
- 2-04Eugene Wilson—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
- 4-27Brandon Lloyd—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
- 5-25David Diehl—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
- 5-38Tony Pashos—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
- 7-12Walter Young—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
2004
2003 Ron Turner
2 selections
- 5-27Sean Bubin—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
- 7-32Christian Morton—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 0 of 10 picks in this range could be matched: CFBD's links between draft picks and recruiting profiles thin out before the 2013 draft and are absent before 2009, so an em dash here usually means the link is missing rather than that the player was unrated.