2005 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Roster

Head Coach: Ron Zook

Season: 7th

Adam Wilk

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 255

High School:: Lake Zurich
Hometown:: (Lake Zurich, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Alan Ball

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 195

High School:: Martin Luther King Jr.
Hometown:: (Detroit, MI)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Alex Stroud

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180

High School:: De La Salle High School
Hometown:: (Concord, CA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Andre Young

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 190

High School:: North Augusta
Hometown:: (North Augusta, SC)

84.86

Natl: 412

Pos: 27

St: 12

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: ATH

Andrew Burk

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 265

High School:: Castle
Hometown:: (Newburgh, IN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Anthony Broadnax

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180

High School:: Lithonia
Hometown:: (Lithonia, GA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Anthony Longe

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 175

High School:: St. Paul Open School
Hometown:: (Saint Paul, MN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Anthony Thornhill

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 220

High School:: Central
Hometown:: (Detroit, MI)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Arthur Boyd

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 255

High School:: Shaker Heights
Hometown:: (Cleveland, OH)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Ben Amundsen

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 280

High School:: Moline
Hometown:: (Moline, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Billy Garza

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 210

High School:: Porter
Hometown:: (Brownsville, TX)

77.05

Natl: 894

Pos: 59

St: 149

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Brad Bower

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 195

High School:: Hinsdale Central
Hometown:: (Hinsdale, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Brian Grzelakowski

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 200

High School:: Hinsdale Central
Hometown:: (Hinsdale, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Brit Miller

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 230

High School:: Eisenhower
Hometown:: (Decatur, IL)

81.50

Natl: 501

Pos: 68

St: 20

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Brock Bolen

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 230

High School:: Valley View
Hometown:: (Germantown, OH)

Natl: 291

Pos: 34

St: 7

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Bryan Truttling

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 300

High School:: East Chicago Central
Hometown:: (East Chicago, IN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Bryant Creamer

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 190

High School:: Simeon
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Charles Myles

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 290

High School:: Harper
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Chris Norwell

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-7
Weight: 250

High School:: Anderson
Hometown:: (Cincinnati, OH)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Chris Pazan

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 205

High School:: Brother Rice
Hometown:: (Oak Lawn, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Cornelius Dillard

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 165

High School:: St Martin De Porres
Hometown:: (Waukegan, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Cyruss Garrett

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 220

High School:: Romeoville
Hometown:: (Romeoville, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Dajuan Warren

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 185

High School:: Southfield
Hometown:: (Southfield, MI)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Dan Motuliak

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 275

High School:: Lafayette Jefferson
Hometown:: (Lafayette, IN)

77.77

Natl: 878

Pos: 83

St: 10

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Darnell Ray

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 175

High School:: Hazelwood East
Hometown:: (Saint Louis, MO)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Derek Walker

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 255

High School:: Glenbard East
Hometown:: (Lombard, IL)

77.05

Natl: 896

Pos: 62

St: 20

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Derrick McPhearson

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 180

High School:: Fork Union Military (HS)
Hometown:: (Hyattsville, MD)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Doug Pilcher

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 230

High School:: Hinsdale Central
Hometown:: (Hinsdale, IL)

85.25

Natl: 311

Pos: 23

St: 12

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Eric Block

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 282

High School:: Jesuit
Hometown:: (New Orleans, LA)

72.36

Natl: 1304

Pos: 122

St: 52

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Franklin Payne

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 176

High School:: University School
Hometown:: (Johnson City, TN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Gregory McClendon

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 207

High School:: Carver
Hometown:: (Columbus, GA)

74.09

Natl: 1169

Pos: 121

St: 64

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Guesly Dervil

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 180

High School:: Ed White
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

85.25

Natl: 391

Pos: 24

St: 37

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: ATH

Ibrahim Halsey

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 190

High School:: Elizabeth
Hometown:: (Elizabeth, NJ)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Immanuel Chu

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 263

High School:: Woodstock
Hometown:: (Woodstock, GA)

79.77

Natl: 710

Pos: 50

St: 41

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Ismail Abdunafi

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 285

High School:
Hometown:: (Bakersfield, CA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

J Leman

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 225

High School:: Champaign Central
Hometown:: (Champaign, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

J.J. Simmons

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 250

High School:: Penn
Hometown:: (Mishawaka, IN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

J.R. Kraemer

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 212

High School:: Lafayette
Hometown:: (Saint Joseph, MO)

77.05

Natl: 895

Pos: 42

St: 16

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

James McGill

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 215

High School:
Hometown:: (Bakersfield, CA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

James Ryan

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 280

High School:: Batavia
Hometown:: (Batavia, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

James Stevenson

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 225

High School:: Delsea Regional Sch
Hometown:: (Franklinville, NJ)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Jarvis Newson

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 185

High School:: Columbia
Hometown:: (Decatur, GA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Jason Davis

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 210

High School:: Lindbergh Sr.
Hometown:: (Saint Louis, MO)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Jason Reda

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 185

High School:: Rock Island
Hometown:: (Rock Island, IL)

77.77

Natl: 879

Pos: 14

St: 19

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: K

Jay Ramshaw

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 235

High School:: Centennial
Hometown:: (Champaign, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Jeff Sobol

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 255

High School:: Herculaneum
Hometown:: (Herculaneum, MO)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Jim LaBonte

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 305

High School:: Montini Catholic
Hometown:: (Lombard, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Jody Ellis

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180

High School:: Evanston Township
Hometown:: (Evanston, IL)

75.59

Natl: 1112

Pos: 103

St: 25

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Joe Mele

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 215

High School:: Manasquan
Hometown:: (Manasquan, NJ)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Josh Tischer

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 215

High School:: Morris Community
Hometown:: (Morris, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Justin Harrison

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 205

High School:: Bloomington
Hometown:: (Bloomington, IL)

76.32

Natl: 1087

Pos: 75

St: 23

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Kambrium Buckner

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 250

High School:: Morgan Park
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Kevin Gage

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 300

High School:: Downers Grove South
Hometown:: (Downers Grove, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Kevin Mitchell

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 195

High School:: Homestead
Hometown:: (Fort Wayne, IN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Kisan Flakes

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 190

High School:: Lovejoy
Hometown:: (Hampton, GA)

77.05

Natl: 893

Pos: 58

St: 54

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Kyle Knezetic

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 195

High School:: Minooka
Hometown:: (Minooka, IL)

74.14

Natl: 1152

Pos: 120

St: 26

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Lee Robinson

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 260

High School:
Hometown:: (Glen Ellyn, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Marcus Mason

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 190

High School:: Georgetown Preparatory School
Hometown:: (Rockville, MD)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Martin O'Donnell

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 305

High School:: Downers Grove South
Hometown:: (Downers Grove, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Matt Maddox

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 280

High School:: Manasquan
Hometown:: (Manasquan, NJ)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Mel Bryant

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 215

High School:: Muncie Central
Hometown:: (Muncie, IN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Michael Nabolotny

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 240

High School:: Glenbrook South
Hometown:: (Glenview, IL)

78.05

Natl: 812

Pos: 46

St: 30

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Mike Gomez

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 235

High School:
Hometown:: (Valencia, CA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Mike Trepina

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 265

High School:: Hinsdale South
Hometown:: (Darien, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Mike Zande

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 280

High School:: Maine South
Hometown:: (Park Ridge, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Paul Blalock

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 190

High School:: Waubonsie Valley
Hometown:: (Aurora, IL)

81.50

Natl: 500

Pos: 39

St: 19

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Pierre Thomas

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 215

High School:: Thornton Fractional South
Hometown:: (Lansing, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Rashard Mendenhall

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 224

Age: 38 yrs

High School:: Niles West
Hometown:: (Skokie, IL)

96.15

Natl: 57

Pos: 10

St: 4

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Age: 38

Remond Willis

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 220

High School:: Central
Hometown:: (New Madrid, MO)

77.05

Natl: 897

Pos: 103

St: 17

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Rodney Pittman

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 190

High School:: Friendly
Hometown:: (Fort Washington, MD)

72.36

Natl: 1305

Pos: 103

St: 23

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Russ Weil

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 230

High School:: Minooka
Hometown:: (Minooka, IL)

83.75

Natl: 423

Pos: 45

St: 12

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Ryan McDonald

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 255

High School:: West Ottawa Campus
Hometown:: (Holland, MI)

76.32

Natl: 1088

Pos: 112

St: 27

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Sam Carson

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 225

High School:: Downers Grove South
Hometown:: (Downers Grove, IL)

81.50

Natl: 607

Pos: 62

St: 15

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Sam Porter

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 221

High School:: Morgan Park
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

85.25

Natl: 312

Pos: 24

St: 13

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Scott Moss

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 230

High School:: Minooka
Hometown:: (Minooka, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Sirod Williams

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 226

High School:: Garfield Heights
Hometown:: (Cleveland, OH)

79.77

Natl: 711

Pos: 60

St: 24

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Steve Harris

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 185

High School:: Boylan Central Catholic
Hometown:: (Rockford, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Steve Weatherford

Class year: 2000 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 210

High School:: Terre Haute North Vigo
Hometown:: (Terre Haute, IN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: P

Tony Sparkman

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 285

High School:: Wayzata
Hometown:: (Minneapolis, MN)

76.32

Natl: 1089

Pos: 74

St: 11

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Tremayne Walker

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 285

High School:: James Rickards
Hometown:: (Tallahassee, FL)

78.05

Natl: 813

Pos: 59

St: 78

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Trevor Scott

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 269

High School:: Peach County
Hometown:: (Fort Valley, GA)

74.09

Natl: 1170

Pos: 107

St: 65

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Walter Mendenhall

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 195

High School:: Niles West
Hometown:: (Skokie, IL)

Natl: 293

Pos: 35

St: 9

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

William Bergen

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 260

High School:: Middleton
Hometown:: (Tampa, FL)

79.77

Natl: 709

Pos: 63

St: 71

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

William Davis

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 208

Age: 39 yrs

High School:: Eleanor Roosevelt
Hometown:: (Greenbelt, MD)

72.36

Natl: 1385

Pos: 95

St: 25

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: ATH

Age: 39

Xavier Fulton

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 245

Age: 39 yrs

High School:: Homewood-Flossmoor
Hometown:: (Flossmoor, IL)

Natl: 292

Pos: 36

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Age: 39

Zach Gray

Class year: 2002 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 260

High School:: Iroquois West
Hometown:: (Gilman, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Kyle Hudson

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 149

High School:: Mattoon
Hometown:: (Mattoon, IL)

78.05

Natl: 811

Pos: 76

St: 29

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Lonnie Hurst

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 185

High School:: University Of Detroit Jesuit HS
Hometown:: (Detroit, MI)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Gerard Jackson

Class year: 2003 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 230

High School:
Hometown:: (Dodge City, KS)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Charles Bailey Jr

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: -

High School:: Northrop
Hometown:: (Fort Wayne, IN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Immanuel Chu

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 270

High School:
Hometown:: (Woodstock, GA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL