Receiver, Illinois, 2006–⁠09

Jeff Cumberland

Lettered 2006–⁠07 (school media guide)

Number
No. 17
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Columbus, OH
Born
May 2, 1987, in Columbus, Ohio

Wikipedia readers: about 231 a month over the past year

Jeff Cumberland played receiver at Illinois (2006–⁠09).

Career highs

131receiving yards, career highvs. Northwestern, 2007

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2006*Illinois1623214.5145
2007*Illinois1224320.3348
2008*Illinois2035217.6477
2009Illinois1117415.8334
Career591,00117.01177

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2006Illinois17WR
2007Illinois17WR
2008Illinois17WR
2009Illinois17WR6′5″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2009 Illinois 8 games, 11 catches, 174 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5vs.MissouriL 9–⁠37227016–
Sep 26atOhio StateL 0–⁠301606–
Oct 17atIndianaL 14–⁠271313–
Oct 31vs.MichiganW 38–⁠13251034–
Nov 7atMinnesotaW 35–⁠32245123–
Nov 14vs.NorthwesternL 16–⁠21117017–
Nov 27atCincinnatiL 36–⁠491707–
Dec 5vs.Fresno StateL 52–⁠53118118–
2008 Illinois 8 games, 20 catches, 352 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 4atMichiganW 45–⁠20177177–
Oct 11vs.MinnesotaL 20–⁠27224013–
Oct 18vs.IndianaW 55–⁠13237120–
Oct 25atWisconsinL 17–⁠27123023–
Nov 1vs.IowaW 27–⁠24333017–
Nov 8vs.Western MichiganL 17–⁠23376161–
Nov 15vs.Ohio StateL 20–⁠303221823
Nov 22atNorthwesternL 10–⁠27560031–
2007 Illinois 4 games, 12 catches, 243 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 15atSyracuseW 41–⁠20122122–
Nov 3atMinnesotaW 44–⁠1745312224
Nov 17vs.NorthwesternW 41–⁠22413114818
Jan 1 ✦vs.USCL 17–⁠49337015–
2006 Illinois 7 games, 16 catches, 232 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 9atRutgersL 0–⁠33115015–
Oct 7vs.IndianaL 32–⁠34145045–
Oct 14vs.OhioL 17–⁠20330115–
Oct 21atPenn StateL 12–⁠261808–
Oct 28atWisconsinL 24–⁠30441022–
Nov 4vs.Ohio StateL 10–⁠17462024–
Nov 11vs.PurdueL 31–⁠42231026–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2010
Height6′4″
Weight249 lb
40-yard dash4.45 s
10-yard split1.54 s
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill6.89 s
20-yard shuttle4.79 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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