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
5 across 5 draftsCounted from zero, so the height of a point is its share of this team's best draft here.
Selections by position
5 across 2015–2019Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 2 · Defense 3.
2015
2014 Tim Beckman
0 selections
No selections.
2016
2015 Bill Cubit
3 selections
- 2-13Jihad Ward—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
- 6-46Ted Karras33-star recruitOffensive Guard
- 7-24Clayton Fejedelem—No recruiting profile foundSafety
2017
2016 Lovie Smith
1 selection
- 3-04Dawaune Smoot—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
2018
2017 Lovie Smith
0 selections
No selections.
2019
2018 Lovie Smith
1 selection
- 7-02Nick Allegretti—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 1 of 5 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.