2006 Illinois roster

27 players. From 5 states; the most from Illinois (5) and Ohio (2). The 2006 season.

Our source’s roster for 2006 is partial: 27 names, most without a position or size. Rosters are complete from about 2010.

Running backs 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2006
	Pierre Thomas RB					755 rushing yards, 5 TD
	Rashard Mendenhall RB4★4-star recruit				Skokie, IL	640 rushing yards, 5 TD

Receivers 7

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2006
	Kyle Hudson WR				Mattoon, IL	30 catches, 403 yards, 3 TD
17	Jeff Cumberland WR4★4-star recruit		6′5″		Columbus, OH	16 catches, 232 yards, 1 TD
	Jacob Willis WR					16 catches, 313 yards, 3 TD
	Derrick McPhearson WR					11 catches, 179 yards
	Jody Ellis WR2★2-star recruit				Evanston, IL	8 catches, 121 yards, 1 TD
12	Chris James WR4★4-star recruit		5′11″	195	Orange, TX	5 catches, 76 yards
	DaJuan Warren WR					26 rushing yards

Defensive backs 3

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2006
31	Travon Bellamy DB		6′0″	205	Greenbelt, MD	2 INT
	Alan Ball DB					1 INT
	Vontae Davis CB					1 INT

Athletes and others 12

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2006
	E.B. Halsey					23 returns, 116 yards
	Brit Miller					2 INT
	Kevin Mitchell 3★3-star recruit				Fort Wayne, IN	2 INT
	Jared Bosch					8 punts, 35.1 average
	Justin Harrison				Bloomington, IL	1 INT
	Justin Sanders					1 INT
	Frank Lenti Jr.					3 catches, 68 yards, 1 TD
	Joe Morgan				Canton, OH	2 catches, 24 yards
	Russ Weil					1 of 1 extra point
	Spencer Jensen					1 catch, −2 yards
	Walter Mendenhall					5 rushing yards
	Justin Ijei

Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2006 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.