Illinois Fighting Illini

2009 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT
15	Walter Aikens W. Aikens	DB
71	Jeff Allen J. Allen	OL	6'5"	305
52	Jon Asamoah J. Asamoah	OL	6'5"	315
98	Daryle Ballew D. Ballew	DL	6'1"	310
41	Zach Becker Z. Becker	FB	6'3"	250
31	Travon Bellamy T. Bellamy	DB	6'1"	237
9	Arrelious Benn A. Benn	WR	6'2"	220
62	Eric Block E. Block	OL	6'3"	290
92	Josh Brent J. Brent	DL	6'2"	315
99	Michael Buchanan M. Buchanan	DL	6'6"	240
18	Nate Bussey N. Bussey	LB	6'2"	220
	Jacob Charest J. Charest	QB
11	Brandon Clear B. Clear	WR	6'5"	210
17	Jeff Cumberland J. Cumberland	WR	6'5"	255
	London Davis L. Davis	TE
13	Derek Dimke D. Dimke	K	6'0"	180
22	Daniel Dufrene D. Dufrene	RB	5'11"	205
15	Chris Duvalt C. Duvalt	WR	5'11"	175
20	Garrett Edwards G. Edwards	DB	6'2"	210
84	Matt Eller M. Eller	K	6'2"	205
43	Russell Ellington R. Ellington	LB	6'2"	235
11	Jarred Fayson J. Fayson	WR	6'0"	215
24	Bo Flowers B. Flowers	DB
21	Jason Ford J. Ford	RB	6'0"	235
91	Glenn Foster G. Foster	DL	6'4"	280
51	Evan Frierson E. Frierson	LB	6'2"	225
83	Hubie Graham H. Graham	TE	6'4"	255
26	Justin Green J. Green	DB	5'11"	195
42	Aaron Gress A. Gress	LB	6'0"	220
27	Antonio Gully A. Gully	DB	6'1"	190
4	Donsay Hardeman D. Hardeman	DB	6'2"	210
1	Terry Hawthorne T. Hawthorne	DB	6'0"	190
28	Dere Hicks D. Hicks	DB	5'10"	175
16	Michael Hoomanawanui M. Hoomanawanui	TE	6'5"	270
66	Randall Hunt R. Hunt	OL	6'6"	315
90	Antonio James A. James	DL	6'5"	255
6	Chris James C. James	WR	6'0"	195
53	Dustin Jefferson D. Jefferson	LB	6'0"	240
8	A.J. Jenkins	WR	6'0"	185
45	Tad Keely T. Keely	LS	6'1"	225
5	Mikel Leshoure M. Leshoure	RB	6'0"	230
93	Corey Liuget C. Liuget	DL	6'3"	300
10	Eddie McGee E. McGee	WR	6'4"	210
85	Whitney Mercilus W. Mercilus	DL	6'3"	265
4	Patrick Nixon-Youman P. Nixon-Youman	DB	5'10"	180
97	Clay Nurse C. Nurse	DL	6'3"	260
96	Wisdom Onyegbule W. Onyegbule	DL	6'3"	280
48	Nate Palmer N. Palmer	LB	6'3"	230
78	Ryan Palmer R. Palmer	OL	6'7"	310
95	Doug Pilcher D. Pilcher	DL	6'5"	265
28	Troy Pollard T. Pollard	RB	5'8"	190
21	Jack Ramsey J. Ramsey	DB	5'11"	200
7	Supo Sanni S. Sanni	DB	6'3"	220
87	Anthony Santella A. Santella	P	6'2"	190
1	Cordale Scott C. Scott	WR
30	Rahkeem Smith R. Smith	DL	6'1"	265
54	Justin Staples J. Staples	DL	6'4"	240
17	Fred Sykes F. Sykes	WR	6'0"	190
38	Ian Thomas I. Thomas	LB	6'0"	240
72	Hugh Thornton H. Thornton	OL	6'5"	310
6	Joelil Thrash J. Thrash	DB	6'0"	200
49	Chris Willett C. Willett	FB	6'2"	235
25	Ashante Williams A. Williams	LB	5'11"	205
7	Juice Williams J. Williams	QB	6'2"	235
56	Sirod Williams S. Williams	DL	6'0"	295
2	Martez Wilson M. Wilson	LB	6'4"	250
3	Tavon Wilson T. Wilson	DB	6'0"	205

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200