most rushing touchdowns in a season by an illinois football player

Mikel Leshoure and Rashard Mendenhall are tied for the most rushing touchdowns for Illinois in a season, with 17 touchdowns.

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	NAME	RUSH TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Mikel Leshoure M. Leshoure	17	2010	ILL	13	1,697	281	6.0	130.5	196	17		11.5	15.1	3
2	Rashard Mendenhall R. Mendenhall	17	2007	ILL	13	1,681	262	6.4	129.3	318	34		9.4	24.5	2
3	Howard Griffith H. Griffith	15	1990	ILL	11	1,056	186	5.7	96.0	151	19		7.9	13.7	0
4	Robert Holcombe R. Holcombe	12	1996	ILL	11	1,281	260	4.9	116.5	241	23		10.5	21.9	1
5	Josh McCray J. McCray	10	2024	ILL	13	609	117	5.2	46.8	116	13	17	8.9	8.9	1
6	Chase Brown C. Brown	10	2022	ILL	12	1,643	328	5.0	136.9	240	27	30	8.9	20.0	3
7	Keith Jones K. Jones	10	1988	ILL	11	1,108	206	5.4	100.7	374	46		8.1	34.0	0
8	Jim Grabowski J. Grabowski	10	1964	ILL	9	1,004	186	5.4	111.6	101	9		11.2	11.2	0
9	Reggie Corbin R. Corbin	9	2018	ILL	12	1,085	128	8.5	90.4	176	16	23	11.0	14.7	0
10	Ty Douthard T. Douthard	9	1994	ILL	10	713	166	4.3	71.3	354	31		11.4	35.4	2
11	James Coleman J. Coleman	9	1976	ILL	11	687	170	4.0	62.5	169	10		16.9	15.4	1
12	Chubby Phillips C. Phillips	9	1974	ILL	11	772	175	4.4	70.2	47	6		7.8	4.3	0
13	AJ Bush	8	2018	ILL	10	733	138	5.3	73.3
14	Josh Ferguson J. Ferguson	8	2014	ILL	13	735	146	5.0	56.5	427	50	61	8.5	32.8	2
15	Jason Ford J. Ford	8	2008	ILL	12	294	81	3.6	24.5	79	9		8.8	6.6	0
16	Pierre Thomas P. Thomas	8	2004	ILL	10	893	152	5.9	89.3	95	14		6.8	9.5	1
17	Antoineo Harris A. Harris	8	2002	ILL	12	1,330	278	4.8	110.8	129	16		8.1	10.8	0
18	Steve Havard S. Havard	8	1999	ILL	11	715	164	4.4	65.0	3	1		3.0	0.3	0
19	Darren Boyer D. Boyer	8	1992	ILL	11	554	146	3.8	50.4	257	28		9.2	23.4	1
20	Kameno Bell K. Bell	8	1991	ILL	11	642	134	4.8	58.4	484	60		8.1	44.0	0
21	Howard Griffith H. Griffith	8	1989	ILL	11	654	146	4.5	59.5	297	39		7.6	27.0	2
22	Dwight Beverly D. Beverly	8	1983	ILL	11	685	157	4.4	62.3	77	9		8.6	7.0	1
23	Thomas Rooks T. Rooks	8	1983	ILL	11	842	156	5.4	76.5	178	25		7.1	16.2	3
24	Kaden Feagin K. Feagin	7	2025	ILL	13	507	122	4.2	39.0	188	16	19	11.8	14.5	2
25	Reggie Corbin R. Corbin	7	2019	ILL	12	675	143	4.7	56.3	28	3	8	9.3	2.3	0

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More Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,440

Houser

RUSH

391

Laughery

REC

608

Dixon

Team Rankings

PPG

31.8

57th

OPP PPG

27.8

114th

RUSH YDS/G

150.8

89th

PASS YDS/G

254.7

51st

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Northwestern	1-1	4-1
11	Oregon	1-1	3-2
12	Illinois	1-2	3-3
13	Michigan	0-2	3-2
14	Rutgers	0-2	1-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	ORE	@	ILL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ILL	@	MD	1:00 PM
Fri 11/6	NEB	@	ILL	8:00 PM
Fri 11/13	ILL	@	UCLA	9:00 PM
Sat 11/21	IOWA	@	ILL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Illinois

3 - 3

Final

Michigan State

2 - 4

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333