2004 Illinois roster

29 players. From 3 states; the most from Illinois (2). The 2004 season.

Our source’s roster for 2004 is partial: 29 names, most without a position or size. Rosters are complete from about 2010.

Quarterbacks 3

No.	Player		Hometown	2004
	Jon Beutjer QB			1,082 passing yards, 8 TD
	Brad Bower QB			658 passing yards, 4 TD
	Chris Pazan QB			292 passing yards, 1 TD

Running backs 3

No.	Player		Hometown	2004
	Pierre Thomas RB			893 rushing yards, 8 TD
	Jason Davis RB			41 catches, 340 yards, 2 TD
	Brock Bolen RB			51 rushing yards

Receivers 4

No.	Player		Hometown	2004
	Kendrick Jones WR			47 catches, 687 yards, 5 TD
	Franklin Payne WR			25 catches, 214 yards, 1 TD
	Melvin Bryant II WR			12 catches, 111 yards, 3 TD
	DaJuan Warren WR			6 catches, 52 yards

Defensive backs 1

No.	Player		Hometown	2004
	Kelvin Hayden DB			4 INT

Specialists 2

No.	Player		Hometown	2004
	Jason Reda K2-star recruit		Rock Island, IL	7 of 12 field goals
	Steve Weatherford P			57 punts, 45.4 average

Athletes and others 16

Player	Hometown	2004
Morris Virgil-Winston		2 INT
Mark Kornfeld		14 catches, 183 yards
Justin Harrison	Bloomington, IL	1 INT
Mike Gawelek		1 INT
Taman Jordan		1 INT
Ade Adeyemo		9 catches, 135 yards
Marcus Mason 2-star recruit	Rockville, MD	28 rushing yards
Spencer Jensen		2 returns, 24 yards
Anthony McClellan		3 catches, 18 yards, 1 TD
Justin Ijei		16 rushing yards
Kevin Mitchell 3-star recruit	Fort Wayne, IN	1 return, 32 yards
Lonnie Hurst		2 catches, 13 yards
Matt Minnes		1 punt, 42.0 average
Sharriff Abdullah		1 return, 0 yards
Bucky Babcock		1 catch, 3 yards
Zach Gray		1 catch, 27 yards

Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2004 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.