2009 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Roster

Head Coach: Ron Zook

Season: 7th

Aaron Gress

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 219

High School:
Hometown:: (Visalia, CA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Akeem Spence

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 307

Age: 33 yrs

High School:: Fort Walton Beach
Hometown:: (Fort Walton Beach, FL)

83.60

Natl: 847

Pos: 87

St: 120

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Age: 33

Andrew Carter

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 270

High School:: Leon
Hometown:: (Tallahassee, FL)

84.05

Natl: 791

Pos: 74

St: 111

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Anthony Morris

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 200

High School:: Thornton Township
Hometown:: (Harvey, IL)

89.01

Natl: 228

Pos: 19

St: 5

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Anthony Santella

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 190

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

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: P

Antonio Steele

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 215

High School:
Hometown:: (Long Beach, CA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Arrelious Benn

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 220

Age: 36 yrs

High School:: Dunbar
Hometown:: (Washington, DC)

96.43

Natl: 14

Pos: 2

St: 2

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Age: 36

Brian Gamble

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 185

High School:: Washington
Hometown:: (Massillon, OH)

81.68

Natl: 732

Pos: 65

St: 32

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Bud Golden

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 195

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

89.60

Natl: 232

Pos: 31

St: 11

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Chris Duvalt

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 159

High School:: Lake Gibson
Hometown:: (Lakeland, FL)

87.25

Natl: 308

Pos: 23

St: 40

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Clay Nurse

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 260

High School:: High Point
Hometown:: (Beltsville, MD)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Corey Lewis

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 305

High School:: East Stroudsburg SHS
Hometown:: (Cresco, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Corey Liuget

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 300

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: Hialeah
Hometown:: (Hialeah, FL)

92.54

Natl: 114

Pos: 9

St: 23

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Age: 35

RS-SO

Craig Wilson

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 320

High School:: Hargrave Military Academy
Hometown:: (Harvey, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Daniel Dufrene

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 205

High School:
Hometown:: (Visalia, CA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Darius Purcell

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 210

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

75.22

Natl: 1128

Pos: 92

St: 34

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Daryle Ballew

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 310

High School:: Withrow International
Hometown:: (Cincinnati, OH)

82.70

Natl: 623

Pos: 60

St: 27

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Dere Hicks

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 175

High School:: Valley Forge Military Academy (HS)
Hometown:: (Wayne, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Derek Dimke

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 180

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

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: K

Deries Hodge

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 213

High School:: Harrisburg
Hometown:: (Harrisburg, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Donsay Hardeman

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 220

High School:
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Eric Watts

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 220

High School:: Samuel W. Wolfson
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Erique Robertson

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 207

High School:: Maple Heights
Hometown:: (Maple Heights, OH)

80.90

Natl: 816

Pos: 90

St: 41

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Fred Sykes

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 190

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

83.15

Natl: 700

Pos: 90

St: 96

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Garrett Edwards

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 192

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

84.50

Natl: 466

Pos: 29

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Glenn Foster

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 285

High School:: Mount Carmel
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

87.20

Natl: 450

Pos: 30

St: 10

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Graham Pocic

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-7
Weight: 305

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

88.66

Natl: 300

Pos: 23

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Greg Fuller

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 242

High School:: Thornton Township
Hometown:: (Harvey, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Hubie Graham

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 227

High School:: West Scranton
Hometown:: (Scranton, PA)

89.05

Natl: 285

Pos: 17

St: 12

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Hugh Thornton

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 336

Age: 34 yrs

High School:: Oberlin
Hometown:: (Oberlin, OH)

86.30

Natl: 549

Pos: 44

St: 28

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Age: 34

Isiah Williams

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 210

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

93.53

Natl: 72

Pos: 6

St: 2

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Jack Cornell Jr.

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 291

High School:: Quincy Notre Dame
Hometown:: (Quincy, IL)

87.65

Natl: 345

Pos: 28

St: 9

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Jack Ramsey

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 200

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

89.50

Natl: 249

Pos: 42

St: 5

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Jacob Charest

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 192

High School:: Butler
Hometown:: (Matthews, NC)

85.40

Natl: 579

Pos: 31

St: 18

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Jake Feldmeyer

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 280

High School:: Centerville
Hometown:: (Dayton, OH)

79.27

Natl: 1391

Pos: 121

St: 94

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Jarred Fayson

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 184

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

92.18

Natl: 99

Pos: 13

St: 14

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Jason Ford

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 235

High School:: Althoff Catholic
Hometown:: (Belleville, IL)

87.65

Natl: 407

Pos: 54

St: 9

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Jeff Allen

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 306

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: King College Prep
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Age: 35

Jeff Cumberland

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 260

High School:: Brookhaven
Hometown:: (Columbus, OH)

91.86

Natl: 113

Pos: 10

St: 7

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Jeffery Allen

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 324

High School:: King College Prep
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

81.97

Natl: 828

Pos: 73

St: 21

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Jerry Brown

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 262

High School:: Vashon
Hometown:: (Saint Louis, MO)

80.45

Natl: 736

Pos: 77

St: 13

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Joelil Thrash

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 180

High School:: Woodson H.D.
Hometown:: (Washington, DC)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Jon Asamoah

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 305

Age: 37 yrs

High School:: Rich East Campus
Hometown:: (Park Forest, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Age: 37

Josh Brent

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 280

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

90.64

Natl: 158

Pos: 21

St: 4

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Justin Green

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 195

High School:: Louisville Male
Hometown:: (Louisville, KY)

93.49

Natl: 97

Pos: 12

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Justin Lattimore

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 215

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

80.07

Natl: 1317

Pos: 69

St: 174

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Justin Sanders

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 195

High School:
Hometown:: (Booneville, MS)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Justin Staples

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 245

High School:: St. Edward
Hometown:: (Lakewood, OH)

87.20

Natl: 451

Pos: 31

St: 21

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Kyle Yelton

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180

High School:: Chesterton Senior
Hometown:: (Chesterton, IN)

78.44

Natl: 858

Pos: 8

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: K

Lendell Buckner

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 340

High School:: Leo Catholic
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

Natl: 216

Pos: 26

St: 4

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Leon Hill

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 320

High School:: Leo Catholic
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

87.25

Natl: 491

Pos: 37

St: 10

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Marcus Thomas

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 157

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

81.35

Natl: 771

Pos: 55

St: 18

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Marques Wilkins

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 182

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

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Martez Wilson

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 252

Age: 36 yrs

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

97.25

Natl: 8

Pos: 1

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Age: 36

Matt Eller

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 205

High School:: Bishop Kenny
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: P

Michael Buchanan

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 255

Age: 34 yrs

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

87.70

Natl: 433

Pos: 35

St: 9

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Age: 34

Michael Hoomanawanui

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 260

Age: 37 yrs

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

81.35

Natl: 675

Pos: 40

St: 14

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Age: 37

Mike Garrity

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 255

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

79.43

Natl: 926

Pos: 82

St: 26

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Mikel LeShoure

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 5-11.63
Weight: 227

Age: 35 yrs

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

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Age: 35

RS-FR

Nate Palmer

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 240

Age: 35 yrs

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

85.03

Natl: 586

Pos: 69

St: 15

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Age: 35

Nate Swanson

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-8
Weight: 325

High School:: Bureau Valley
Hometown:: (Malden, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Nathan Bussey

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 202

Age: 36 yrs

High School:: Dunbar
Hometown:: (Washington, DC)

83.60

Natl: 576

Pos: 22

St: 5

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: ATH

Age: 36

Nathan Scheelhaase

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 185

Age: 34 yrs

High School:: Rockhurst
Hometown:: (Kansas City, MO)

88.69

Natl: 301

Pos: 22

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Age: 34

Patrick Nixon-Youman

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 180

High School:: Middleburg
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

90.50

Natl: 213

Pos: 16

St: 37

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Phil Haig

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 185

High School:: Henry Sibley Senior
Hometown:: (Saint Paul, MN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Rahkeem Smith

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 220

High School:: Hargrave Military Academy
Hometown:: (Chatham, VA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Reggie Ellis

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 278

High School:: Dunbar
Hometown:: (Washington, DC)

88.15

Natl: 361

Pos: 35

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Russell Ellington

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 235

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

77.56

Natl: 1201

Pos: 151

St: 33

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Ryan Palmer

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-7
Weight: 310

High School:: GlenOak
Hometown:: (Canton, OH)

80.52

Natl: 715

Pos: 42

St: 33

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Ryan Sedlacek

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 300

High School:: Staples
Hometown:: (Westport, CT)

78.72

Natl: 1143

Pos: 103

St: 7

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Steve Matas

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 270

High School:: Mentor
Hometown:: (Mentor, OH)

80.45

Natl: 858

Pos: 79

St: 45

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Tavon Wilson

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 215

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: Woodson H.D.
Hometown:: (Washington, DC)

83.60

Natl: 663

Pos: 51

St: 2

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Age: 35

Terry Hawthorne

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 5-11.75
Weight: 195

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: East St. Louis
Hometown:: (East St. Louis, IL)

94.93

Natl: 52

Pos: 1

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Age: 35

Tim Kynard

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 255

High School:: St. John's Jesuit
Hometown:: (Toledo, OH)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Tommie Hopkins

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 175

High School:: East St. Louis
Hometown:: (East St. Louis, IL)

83.15

Natl: 916

Pos: 67

St: 15

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Tyler Sands

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 305

High School:: Boyertown Area
Hometown:: (Boyertown, PA)

87.65

Natl: 408

Pos: 33

St: 19

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Ugochukwu Uzodinma

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 240

High School:: Dunbar
Hometown:: (Washington, DC)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Walt Aikens

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 210

Age: 34 yrs

High School:: Harding University High
Hometown:: (Charlotte, NC)

77.44

Natl: 1495

Pos: 119

St: 43

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Age: 34

Walter Aikens

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180

High School:: Harding University High
Hometown:: (Charlotte, NC)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Whitney Mercilus

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 258

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: Garfield
Hometown:: (Akron, OH)

83.60

Natl: 662

Pos: 46

St: 34

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Age: 35

Wisdom Onyegbule

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 280

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

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Zak Pedersen

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 210

High School:: Joliet Catholic Academy
Hometown:: (Joliet, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LS

Steve Hull

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: -

High School:: Sycamore
Hometown:: (Sycamore, OH)

83.15

Natl: 887

Pos: 109

St: 49

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Randall Hunt

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 315

High School:: Valley Forge Military Academy (HS)
Hometown:: (Wayne, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Anterio Jackson

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 300

High School:: Fenger Academy
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Chris James

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 190

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

91.01

Natl: 140

Pos: 13

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

A.J. Jenkins

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: -

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: Terry Parker
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Age: 35

Antonio James

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 245

High School:: Washington
Hometown:: (Massillon, OH)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Brandon Jordan

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 290

High School:: Merrillville
Hometown:: (Merrillville, IN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Mark Jackson

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 312

High School:: Harmony Community School
Hometown:: (Cincinnati, OH)

88.77

Natl: 232

Pos: 22

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Supo Sanni

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 197

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

84.50

Natl: 631

Pos: 72

St: 17

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

RS-FR

Ashante Williams

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 205

High School:: Mayfield
Hometown:: (Cleveland, OH)

78.27

Natl: 1176

Pos: 83

St: 58

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

RS-SO

Ian Thomas

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 206

High School:: DeMatha Catholic
Hometown:: (Hyattsville, MD)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

RS-SR

Daniel Dufrene

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 205

High School:: Stranahan
Hometown:: (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

82.36

Natl: 404

Pos: 42

St: 38

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Troy Pollard

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 5-8
Weight: 177

High School:: Andrew Jackson
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

78.29

Natl: 1013

Pos: 103

St: 126

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB