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
7 across 5 draftsCounted from zero, so the height of a point is its share of this team's best draft here.
Selections by position
7 across 2005–2009Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 3 · Defense 4.
2005
2004 Ron Turner
2 selections
- 2-28Kelvin Hayden—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
- 4-21Duke Preston—No recruiting profile foundCenter
2006
2005 Ron Zook
0 selections
No selections.
2007
2006 Ron Zook
1 selection
- 7-27Alan Ball—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
2008
2007 Ron Zook
1 selection
- 1-23Rashard Mendenhall—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
2009
2008 Ron Zook
3 selections
- 1-25Vontae Davis—No recruiting profile foundCornerback
- 5-19Xavier Fulton—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
- 6-31Will Davis—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 0 of 7 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.