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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.

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2001–2005

Selections per draft

12 across 5 drafts

Counted from zero, so the height of a point is its share of this team's best draft here.

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Selections by position

12 across 2001–2005

Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 9 · Defense 3.

Draft selections by position group across 2001–2005: Quarterbacks 1, Running backs 1, Receivers 2, Offensive line 5, Defensive backs 3

2001

2000 Ron Turner

2 selections

  1. 5-13Marques Sullivan—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
  2. 6-11Jameel Cook—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back

2002

2001 Ron Turner

1 selection

  1. 5-23Kurt Kittner—No recruiting profile foundQuarterback

2003

2002 Ron Turner

5 selections

  1. 2-04Eugene Wilson—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
  2. 4-27Brandon Lloyd—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
  3. 5-25David Diehl—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
  4. 5-38Tony Pashos—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
  5. 7-12Walter Young—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver

2004

2003 Ron Turner

2 selections

  1. 5-27Sean Bubin—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
  2. 7-32Christian Morton—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back

2005

2004 Ron Turner

2 selections

  1. 2-28Kelvin Hayden—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
  2. 4-21Duke Preston—No recruiting profile foundCenter

Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 0 of 12 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.