Illinois Fighting Illini

2006 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT
22	Sharriff Abdullah S. Abdullah	DB	5'8"	170
93	Melvin Alaeze M. Alaeze	DL	6'3"	265
52	Jon Asamoah J. Asamoah	OL	6'5"	315
18	Alan Ball A. Ball	DB	6'1"	175
31	Travon Bellamy T. Bellamy	DB	6'1"	237
62	Eric Block E. Block	OL	6'3"	290
36	Jared Bosch J. Bosch	P	6'1"	200
15	Tim Brasic T. Brasic	QB	6'2"	200
43	Sam Carson III S. Carson III	LB	6'1"	254
17	Jeff Cumberland J. Cumberland	WR	6'5"	255
1	Vontae Davis V. Davis	DB	6'0"	204
81	Will Davis W. Davis	DL	6'3"	268
15	Chris Duvalt C. Duvalt	WR	5'11"	175
29	Jody Ellis J. Ellis	WR	6'0"	195
26	E.B. Halsey	RB	5'10"	200
32	Justin Harrison J. Harrison	DB	5'11"	207
28	Dere Hicks D. Hicks	DB	5'10"	175
16	Michael Hoomanawanui M. Hoomanawanui	TE	6'5"	270
21	Kyle Hudson K. Hudson	WR	5'11"	167
90	Antonio James A. James	DL	6'5"	255
6	Chris James C. James	WR	6'0"	195
87	Spencer Jensen S. Jensen	WR	6'1"	185
49	Kyle Knezetic K. Knezetic	LS	6'0"	205
68	Jim Labonte J. Labonte	OL	6'7"	305
47	J Leman	LB	6'3"	243
82	Frank Lenti Jr. F. Lenti Jr.	WR	6'2"	190
94	David Lindquist D. Lindquist	DL	6'3"	293
67	Matt Maddox M. Maddox	OL	6'4"	310
60	Ryan McDonald R. McDonald	OL	6'5"	296
	Derrick McPhearson D. McPhearson	WR
5	Rashard Mendenhall R. Mendenhall	RB	5'11"	224
	Walter Mendenhall W. Mendenhall	RB
44	Brit Miller B. Miller	LB	6'1"	250
69	Akim Millington A. Millington	OL	6'6"	313
42	Kevin Mitchell K. Mitchell	DB	6'0"	209
	Joe Morgan J. Morgan	WR
76	Charles Myles C. Myles	OL	6'6"	335
65	Josh Norris J. Norris	DL	5'11"	270
96	Chris Norwell C. Norwell	DL	6'6"	303
64	Martin O'Donnell M. O'Donnell	OL	6'5"	305
95	Doug Pilcher D. Pilcher	DL	6'5"	265
45	Rodney Pittman R. Pittman	LB	6'2"	242
13	Jason Reda J. Reda	K	6'1"	204
46	Tyler Rouse T. Rouse	DB	5'10"	199
25	Justin Sanders J. Sanders	DB	6'1"	202
30	Rahkeem Smith R. Smith	DL	6'1"	265
40	Antonio Steele A. Steele	LB	6'2"	218
30	Pierre Thomas P. Thomas	RB	5'11"	210
51	Anthony Thornhill A. Thornhill	LB	6'1"	221
91	Derek Walker D. Walker	DL	6'4"	270
8	DaJuan Warren D. Warren	WR	6'2"	215
41	Russ Weil R. Weil	RB	6'0"	241
7	Juice Williams J. Williams	QB	6'2"	235
56	Sirod Williams S. Williams	DL	6'0"	295
83	Jacob Willis J. Willis	WR	5'11"	182
37	Kyle Yelton K. Yelton	P	6'0"	190

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375