most receiving yards in a season by a illinois player

David Williams has the most yards on receptions by an Illinois player in a season, with 1,278 yards in 1984.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	David Williams D. Williams	1,278	1984	ILL	11	101		12.7	116.2	8	-4	2	-2.0	-0.4	0
2	A.J. Jenkins	1,276	2011	ILL	13	90		14.2	98.2	8	26	5	5.2	2.0	0
3	Isaiah Williams I. Williams	1,055	2023	ILL	12	82	131	12.9	87.9	5	38	12	3.2	3.2	0
4	Arrelious Benn A. Benn	1,055	2008	ILL	12	67		15.7	87.9	3	101	23	4.4	8.4	2
5	David Williams D. Williams	1,047	1985	ILL	11	85		12.3	95.2	8	-1	2	-0.5	-0.1	0
6	Mike Dudek M. Dudek	1,038	2014	ILL	13	76	111	13.7	79.8	6	73	6	12.2	5.6	0
7	Brandon Lloyd B. Lloyd	1,010	2002	ILL	12	65		15.5	84.2	9	15	5	3.0	1.3	0
8	Brandon Lloyd B. Lloyd	1,006	2001	ILL	11	60		16.8	91.5	8	5	5	1.0	0.5	0
9	Steve Hull S. Hull	993	2013	ILL	11	59	80	16.8	90.3	7	-19	1	-19.0	-1.7	0
10	Pat Bryant P. Bryant	984	2024	ILL	12	54	84	18.2	82.0	10	14	5	2.8	1.2	0
11	Mike Martin M. Martin	941	1982	ILL	11	69		13.6	85.5	5	4	1	4.0	0.4	0
12	Geronimo Allison G. Allison	882	2015	ILL	12	65	125	13.6	73.5	3
13	David Williams D. Williams	870	1983	ILL	11	59		14.7	79.1	6
14	Hank Beatty H. Beatty	864	2025	ILL	13	70	90	12.3	66.5	3	46	4	11.5	3.5	1
15	Walter Young W. Young	832	2002	ILL	12	57		14.6	69.3	6
16	John Wright J. Wright	831	1966	ILL	10	60		13.9	83.1	4
17	Shawn Wax S. Wax	786	1990	ILL	11	54		14.6	71.5	6
18	Mike Bellamy M. Bellamy	761	1989	ILL	11	51		14.9	69.2	7	16	1	16.0	1.5	1
19	Oliver Williams O. Williams	760	1981	ILL	11	38		20.0	69.1	6
20	John Wright J. Wright	755	1965	ILL	10	47		16.1	75.5	4
21	A.J. Jenkins	746	2010	ILL	13	56		13.3	57.4	7
22	Darryl Usher D. Usher	723	1987	ILL	11	43		16.8	65.7	4	-6	3	-2.0	-0.5	0
23	Isaiah Williams I. Williams	715	2022	ILL	13	82	104	8.7	55.0	5	5	7	0.7	0.4	0
24	Malik Turner M. Turner	712	2016	ILL	11	48	94	14.8	64.7	6	5	2	2.5	0.5	0
25	Walter Young W. Young	712	2001	ILL	11	44		16.2	64.7	6

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,007

Altmyer

RUSH

614

Valentine

REC

864

Beatty

Team Rankings

PPG

29.3

59th

OPP PPG

23.3

62nd

RUSH YDS/G

131.2

118th

PASS YDS/G

239.1

71st

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	USC	7-2	9-4
6	Iowa	6-3	9-4
7	Illinois	5-4	9-4
8	Minnesota	5-4	8-5
9	Washington	5-4	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/3	UAB	@	ILL	9:00 PM
Sat 9/12	DUKE	@	ILL	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	SIU	@	ILL	2:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	PUR	@	ILL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Tennessee

0 - 1

Final

Illinois

1 - 0

Tue 30 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167