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Tim Simpson, OG . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndJason Verduzco, QB . . . . . .2ndDoug Higgins, K . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . .2nd1991 Tim Simpson, OG . . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stMike Poloskey, OLB . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stMarlon Primous, S . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndElbert Turner, WR . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndDana Howard, LB . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndKameno Bell, RB . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMChris Richardson, K . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMJason Verduzco, QB . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMMike Hopkins, S . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMKen Dilger, TE . . . . . . . . . . . .NA . . . . . .HM1992 Brad Hopkins, OT . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stDana Howard, LB . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . . . .1stSimeon Rice, LB . . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndJason Verduzco, QB . . . . . .2nd . . . . . .HMJohn Holecek, LB . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMJim Pesek, OG . . . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMGreg Engel, C . . . . . . . . . . . .HMFilmel Johnson, CB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HMChris Richardson, K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HMForry Wells, P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HM1993 Dana Howard, LB . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stSimeon Rice, LB . . . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stJohn Holecek, LB . . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stGreg Engel, C . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndRandy Bierman, OG . . . . . .HMKevin Hardy, LB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HMMikki Johnson, NT . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMChris Richardson, K . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HM1994 Dana Howard, LB . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stSimeon Rice, LB . . . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stKevin Hardy, LB . . . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stJohn Holecek, LB . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndKen Dilger, TE . . . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndAntwoine Patton, DB . . . . .HM . . . . .2ndJonathan Kerr, OL . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMChris Richardson, K . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HM1995 Kevin Hardy, LB . . . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stSimeon Rice, LB . . . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stBrett Larsen, P . . . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndAntwoine Patton, DB . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndTyrone Washington, DB . . .HM . . . . . .HM1996 Robert Holcombe, RB . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndDennis Stallings, LB . . . . . . .HM1997 Robert Holcombe, RB . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMDanny Clark, LB . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HM1998 Danny Clark, LB . . . . . . . . . .HMRocky Harvey, HB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HMAsim Pleas, CB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HMRyan Schau, OT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HM1999 Ray Redziniak, OG . . . . . . . .HM . . . . .2ndMarques Sullivan, OT . . . . .HM . . . . .2ndDanny Clark, LB . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMRameel Connor, DE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HMSteve Fitts, P . . . . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMTony Francis, CB . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMKurt Kittner, QB . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMNeil Rackers, PK . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HM2000 Fred Wakefield, DE . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1st

Marques Sullivan, OT . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndRay Redziniak, OG . . . . . . . .HM . . . . .2ndLuke Butkus, C . . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMSteve Fitts, P . . . . . . . . . . . . .HMRobert Franklin, LB . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMRocky Harvey, RB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HMJosh Whitman, TE . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMEugene Wilson, CB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HM2001 Jay Kulaga, OG . . . . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stTony Pashos, OT . . . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stEugene Wilson, CB . . . . . . . .1st . . . . . . .1stLuke Butkus, C . . . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndKurt Kittner, QB . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndBrandon Lloyd, WR . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndPeter Christofilakos, PK . . .2nd . . . . . .HMBobby Jackson, S . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . .2ndChristian Morton, CB . . . . .2nd . . . . . .HMJerry Schumacher, LB . . . . .2nd . . . . . .HMMuhammad Abdullah, S . .HM . . . . . .HMSteve Fitts, P . . . . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMBrandon Moore, DT . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HM2002 Bucky Babcock . . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMDavid Diehl . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndAntoineo Harris . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMBrandon Lloyd . . . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . . .HMTony Pashos . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . .2ndDerrick Strong . . . . . . . . . . .2ndJerry Schumacher . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . . .HMEugene Wilson . . . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2ndWalter Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HM2003 Sean Bubin . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . . . . .Matt Sinclair . . . . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HMDerrick Strong . . . . . . . . . . .HM . . . . . . . . .Steve Weatherford . . . . . . .HM . . . . . .HM

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ALL-CENTURY TEAM

1890-1990CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF ILLINOIS FOOTBALLNearly 5,000 ballots were cast in the fall of 1990 by Fighting Illini fans fromaround the country in selecting Illinois’ 25-man All-Century football team. Theteam was chosen as part of the University’s celebration of 100 years of football.

Alex Agase, GEvanston, Ill.

Dick Butkus, LB/CChicago, Ill.

Moe Gardner, NTIndianapolis, Ind.

Burt Ingwersen, TFulton, Ill.

Scott Studwell, LBEvansville, Ind.

Mike Bass, KTampa, Fla.

J.C. Caroline, HBColumbia, S.C.

Jeff George, QBIndianapolis, Ind.

Jim Juriga, GWheaton, Ill.

Don Thorp, DTArlington

Heights, Ill.

Dan Beaver, KLong Beach, Calif.

Doug Dieken, TEStreator, Ill.

Jim Grabowski, FBChicago, Ill.

John Karras, HBArgo, Ill.

David Williams, WR, Los Angeles, Calif.

Chuck Bennis, GLincoln, Ill.

Tony Eason, QBWalnut Grove, Calif.

Red Grange, HBWheaton, Ill.

Ray Nitschke, FB/LBChicago, Ill.

Dave Wilson, QBAnaheim, Calif.

Al Brosky, SChicago, Ill.

Dike Eddleman, PCentralia, Ill.

George Halas, EChicago, Ill.

Ed O’Bradovich, E/PHillside, Ill.

Buddy Young, RBChicago, Ill.

ALL-CENTURY TEAM


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The Fighting Illini Most Valuable Football Player isselected each year by a vote of team members. Thefollowing is a list of Illinois’ MVPs since 1930.1930 Stan Bodman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1931 Fred Frink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1932 Gil Berry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1933 Dave Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1934 Les Lindberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1935 Ed Gryboski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1936 Cliff Kuhn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1937 Jack Berner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB1938 James Hodges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1939 Bill Lenich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D1940 George Bernhardt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1941 Nate Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1942 Elmer Engle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1943 Eddie Bray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1944 Buddy Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1945 Mac Wenskunas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1946 Alex Agase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1947 Ike Owens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1948 James Valek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1949 John Karras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1950 Tony Klimek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1951 Charles Boerio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB1952 Al Brosky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1953 Don Ernst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1954 Jack Chamblin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1955 Em Lindbeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB1956 Dave Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1957 Ron Hanson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1958 Gene Cherney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1959 Bill Burrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1960 Joe Rutgens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1961 Tony Parrilli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1962 Ken Zimmerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1963 Dick Butkus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1964 Dick Butkus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1965 Jim Grabowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1966 Ron Guenther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1967 John Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1968 Rich Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1969 Doug Dieken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1970 Doug Dieken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1971 Terry Masar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P-HB1972 Larry McCarren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CLarry Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE1973 Eddie Jenkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HBOctavus Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE1974 Tom Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBJeff Hollenbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB1975 Stu Levenick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OTBruce Beaman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DB1976 Jerry Finis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OTScott Studwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB1977 John Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBJames Coleman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TB1978 John Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBRandy Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1979 Lawrence McCullough . . . . . . . . . . .QB1980 Dave Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB

1981 Tony Eason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QBKelvin Atkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OLBRon Ferrari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OLBDan Gregus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DTMike Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K1982 Tony Eason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB1983 Don Thorp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DT1984 David Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR1985 David Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR1986 Keith Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB1987 Darryl Usher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR1988 Keith Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB1989 Moe Gardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NTMike Bellamy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR1990 Howard Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB1991 Kameno Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB1992 Jason Verduzco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB1993 Dana Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB1994 Dana Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB1995 Kevin Hardy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB1996 Robert Holcombe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB1997 Robert Holcombe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB1998 Danny Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB1999 Kurt Kittner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB2000 Kurt Kittner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB2001 Kurt Kittner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB2002 Antoineo Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB2003 Derrick Strong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE

CHICAGO TRIBUNE SILVER FOOT-BALL AWARDThe Chicago Tribune has awarded the SilverFootball to the Big Ten’s Most Valuable Playereach year since 1924. To be eligible for the confer -ence award, a player must have been selected ashis team’s MVP.YEAR PLAYER POS. SCHOOL1924 Red Grange HB Illinois1925 Tim Lowry C Northwestern1926 Benny Friedman QB Michigan1927 Ken Rouse C Chicago1928 Chuck Bennett HB Indiana1929 Bill Glassgow HB Iowa1930 Wesly Fesler DE Ohio St.1931 Clarence Munn OG Minnesota1932 Harry Newman QB Michigan1933 Joe Laws Back Iowa1934 Pug Lund Back Minnesota1935 Jay Berwanger Back Chicago1936 Vernon Huffman Back Indiana1937 Corbett Davis FB Indiana1938 Howard Weiss FB Wisconsin1939 Nile Kinnick FB Iowa1940 Tom Harmon HB Michigan1941 Jack Graf FB Ohio State1942 Dave Schreiner DE Wisconsin1943 Otto Graham HB Northwestern1944 Les Horvath HB Ohio State1945 Ollie Cline FB Ohio State1946 Alex Agase OG Illinois1947 Chalmers Elliott HB Michigan1948 Art Murakowski Back Northwestern1949 Robert Wilson C Wisconsin1950 Vic Janowicz HB Ohio State1951 Bill Reichardt FB Iowa1952 Paul Giel HB Minnesota1953 Paul Giel HB Minnesota1954 Alan Ameche FB Wisconsin1955 Howard Cassidy HB Ohio State1956 Kenny Ploen QB Iowa1957 Jim Pace HB Michigan1958 Randy Duncan QB Iowa1959 Bill Burrell OG Illinois1960 Tom Brown OG Minnesota1961 Sandy Stephens QB Minnesota1962 Ron VanderKelen QB Wisconsin1963 Dick Butkus LB Illinois1964 Bob Timberlake QB Michigan1965 Jim Grabowski FB Illinois1966 Bob Griese QB Purdue1967 Leroy Keyes HB Purdue1968 Ron Johnson HB Michigan1969 Mike Phipps QB Purdue1970 Mike Adamle FB Northwestern1971 Eric Allen HB Michigan State1972 Otis Armstrong HB Purdue1973 Archie Griffin TB Ohio State1974 Archie Griffin TB Ohio State1975 Cornelius Greene QB Ohio State1976 Rob Lytle TB Michigan1977 Larry Bethea DT Michigan St.

1978 Rick Leach QB Michigan1979 Tim Clifford QB Indiana1980 Mark Herrmann QB Purdue1981 Art Schlichter QB Ohio State1982 Anthony Carter WR Michigan1983 Don Thorp DT Illinois1984 Keith Byars TB Ohio State1985 Chuck Long QB Iowa1986 Jim Harbaugh QB Michigan1987 Lorenzo White TB Michigan State1988 A. Thompson TB Indiana1989 A. Thompson TB Indiana1990 Nick Bell RB Iowa1991 Desmond Howard WR Michigan1992 Lee Gissendaner WR Northwestern1993 Brent Moss RB Wisconsin1994 Kerry Collins QB Penn State1995 Eddie George RB Ohio State1996 Orlando Pace OT Ohio State1997 Charles Woodson DB Michigan1998 Joe Germaine QB Ohio State1999 Ron Dayne RB Wisconsin2000 Drew Brees QB Purdue2001 Antwaan Randle El QB Indiana2002 Brad Banks QB Iowa2003 Chris Perry RB MichiganCHICAGO TRIBUNE BIG TEN MOST VALUABLE PLAYER1924 Red Grange, B1946 Alex Agase, G1959 Bill Burrell, G1963 Dick Butkus, C-LB1965 Jim Grabowski, FB1983 Don Thorp, DTDAVE MCCLAIN COACH OF THE YEAR(chosen by writers and broadcasters)1983 Mike White1988 John Mackovic1989 John Mackovic2001 Ron Turner (unanimous)UPI COACH OF THE YEAR1983 Mike White1988 John MackovicLINEMAN OF THE YEAR(as chosen by Big Ten media)1989 Moe Gardner, NT, Defensive1994 Simeon Rice, LB, DefensiveDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR1990 Darrick Brownlow, LB (media)1990 Moe Gardner, NT (coaches)1993 Dana Howard, LB (coaches and media)1994 Dana Howard, LB (coaches and media)BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR1992 Simeon Rice, RLB (media)

BIG TEN HONORS

Tailback Robert Holcombe was named the team’s MVP in1996 and 1997. He set the school’s all-time rushing recordduring the 1997 season.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS




1964 Dick Butkus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CGeorge Donnelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1965 Jim Grabowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FBDon Hansen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB1966 Bo Batchelder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .EKai Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1967 Ron Bess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HBKen Kmiec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1968 Carson Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ETony Pleviak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1969 Doug Redmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GBruce Erb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB1970 Kirk McMillin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GDoug Dieken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1971 Glenn Collier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ELarry McCarren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1972 Larry McCarren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CJohn Wiza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB1973 John Gann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GKen Braid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB1974 Ty McMillin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBRevie Sorey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1975 Dean March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DEStu Levenick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OT1976 Dean March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DEScott Studwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBMarty Friel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TE1977 Kurt Steger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QBRickie Mitchem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W1978 John Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBCharlie Weber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1979 Lawrence McCullough . . . . . . . . . . . .QBStanley Ralph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DT1980 Dave Dwyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DTRon Ferrari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Spec. TDave Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB1981 Greg Boeke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CRon Ferrari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OLBJack Squirek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MLB1982 Mike Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .KDan Gregus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DTMike Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR1983 Don Thorp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DTTim Brewster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TEJoe Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1984 David Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DBRick Schulte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OG1985 Jack Trudeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QBCraig Swoope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DBChris White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K1986 Scott Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DEMark Dennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OTSam Ellsworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBShane Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB1987 Mike Scully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OGMike Piel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DEDarrick Brownlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB1988 Glenn Cobb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SMark McGowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OT

1989 Craig Schneider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OTMike Bellamy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WRSteve Glasson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBMoe Gardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NT1990 Moe Gardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NTDarrick Brownlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBCurt Lovelace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHoward Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB1991 Tim Simpson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OGMarlon Primous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SMike Hopkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S1992 Brad Hopkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OTJohn Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WRSteven Mueller . . . . . . . . . . . . .Honorary1993 Greg Engel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CFilmel Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CBGary Voelker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR1994 Pete Gabrione . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB/CJohn Holecek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBDana Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBJon Kerr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OG1995 Jason Dulick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WRKevin Hardy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBBrett Larsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P1996 Rodney Byrd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FBTy Douthard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RBPaul Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NTDennis Stallings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LB1997 Ivan Benson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDanny Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBRobert Holcombe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1998 Ivan Benson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDanny Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBRyan Schau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OL1999 Danny Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBSteve Havard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HBRay Redziniak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OGNeil Rackers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PK2000 Muhammad Abdullah . . . . . . . . . . . . .FSBobby Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SSRay Redziniak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OGFred Wakefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE2001 Luke Butkus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CBobby Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SSKurt Kittner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QBBrandon Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DT2002 Tony Pashos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OTJerry Schumacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LBEugene Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CBWalter Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WR2003 Sean Bubin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OLCarey Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FBDerrick Strong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DE

FOOTBALL CAPTAINS

MONSIGNOR DUNCAN AWARDThe Monsignor Edward J. Duncan Award, the Illini team chap-lain since 1943, was initiated in 1994 in recognition of themore than 50 years of service the director of the NewmanFoundation has provided the football team and the Division ofIntercollegiate Athletics. The award is presented annually to theUniversity of Illinois football letterman who has displayedexemplary integrity and dedication to this community/state/country/ church through public service and citzenship.

1994 Timothy J. McCarthy ’721995 Michael B. Bass ’831996 Russell “Ruck” Steger ’501997 Phil Knell ’671998 Tony Eason ’831999 Dick Butkus ’642000 Kris Jenner ’822001 Glenn H. Collier ’722002 Jack Trudeau ’862003 Tony Clements ’71

YEAR PLAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .POSITION1890 Scott Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB1891 R. W. Hart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1892 R. W. Hart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1893 George H. Atherton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1894 J.E. Pfeffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1895 Robert J. Hotchkiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1896 Charles D. Beebe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1897 Don Sweney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1898 A. R. Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1899 E.C. McLane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1900 Arthur R. Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-HB1901 Justa M. Lindgren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1902 Garland (Jake) Stahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1903 Claude J. Rothgeb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G-E1904 C. A. Fairweather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1905 C. J. Moynihan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T-HB1906 Ira T. Carrithers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1907 Lion Gardiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1908 F. C. Van Hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1909 Benjamin F. Baum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1910 G. D. Butzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1911 Chester C. Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1912 William H. Woolston . . . . . . . . . . .FB-HB1913 Enos M. Rowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1914 Ralph D. Chapman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1915 John W. Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1916 Frank B. Macomber . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB1917 Reynold R. Kraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1918 B. A. Ingwersen . . . . . . . . . . . .T (Acting)1919 William K. Kopp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1920 J. C. Depler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1921 L. W. Walquist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1922 David D. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1923 James W. McMillen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1924 Frank E. Rokusek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-T1925 Harold E. (Red) Grange . . . . . . . . . . .HB1926 Charles E. Kassel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E1927 Robert Reitsch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C

1928 Albert J. Nowack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1929 Russell J. Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1930 Olaf E. Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1931 Gilbert Berry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1932 Gilbert Berry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB1933 Herman Walser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1934 Charles Bennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GJack Beynon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QB1935 Charles S. Galbreath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1936 Elvin C. Sayre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1937 Lowell Spurgeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1938 James W. McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1939 Melvin Brewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1940 Thomas J. Riggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1941 Selected each game1942 James Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1943 Selected each game1944 Selected each game1945 Ralph Serpico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1946 Mac Wenskunas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1947 Art Duffelmeier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1948 Herb Siegert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1949 Lyle Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1950 Bill Vohaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1951 Charles Studley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1952 Alfred Brosky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1953 Robert Lenzini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1954 Jan Smid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1955 Selected each game1956 James Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C1957 Dale Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1958 Jack Delveaux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1959 Bill Burrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G1960 Bill Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FB1961 Gary Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T1962 Bob Scharbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TKen Zimmerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HB1963 Mike Taliaferro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .QBDick Deller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G

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EAST-WEST SHRINE GAME(San Francisco, Calif.)Bob Reitsch, T 1927Butch Nowack, T 1928Lou Gordon, T 1930Frosty Peters, QB 1930Gil Berry, HB 1933Ken Nelson, QB 1937Jim McDonald, C 1939Mel Brewer, G 1940George Bujan, C 1945Ralph Serpico, G 1945Bill Kolens, T 1946Lou Agase, T 1948Lynn Lynch, G 1951Al Brosky, HB 1953Tom O’Connell, QB 1953Dan Sabino, C, 1952Rocky Ryan, E 1954Stan Wallace, FB 1954Robert Lenzini, OL, 1955Em Lindbeck, QB 1955Jan Smid, G 1955Abe Woodson, HB 1957Bob Mitchell, HB 1958Joe Rutgens, T 1960Tony Parrilli, G 1961Dick Butkus, C 1964George Donnelly, HB 1964Archie Sutton, T 1964Jim Grabowski, FB 1965Don Hansen, LB 1965Ron Bess, DB 1967Larry McCarren, C 1972Mike Wells, QB 1972Octavus Morgan, LB 1973Gerry Sullivan, OT 1973Joe Hatfield, C 1974Mark Petersen, DE 1974Stu Levenick, OT 1975Lonnie Perrin, TB 1975Scott Studwell, LB 1976Dan Beaver, K 1976Greg Boeke, C 1981Tony Eason, QB 1983Oliver Williams, WR 1983Mike Weingrad, LB 1983Bob Stowe, OG 1983Chris Babyar, OL 1984Cap Boso, TE 1985Scott Kehoe, OG 1987Mike Piel, DE 1988Steve Glasson, LB 1990Darrick Brownlow, LB 1991Mel Agee, DT 1991Chris Green, CB 1991Henry Jones, DB 1991Tim Simpson, OG 1992Greg Engel, C 1994Ken Dilger, TE 1995

Jason Dulick, WR, 1997Robert Holcombe, RB, 1998Danny Clark, LB, 1999Rameel Connor, DE, 2000Michael Young, LB, 2000Luke Butkus, OL, 2002Bobby Jackson, S, 2002Kurt Kittner, QB, 2002Brandon Moore, DT, 2002Ron Turner, head coach, 2002*Jerry Schumacher, LB, 2003Walter Young, WR, 2003Christian Morton, CB, 2004* coached the East squadCOLLEGE ALL-STAR GAME(Chicago, Ill.)Jack Beynon, QB 1935Ed Gryboski, G 1936Tommy Wilson, FB 1937Gene Dykstra, T 1937Ken Nelson, QB 1937Cliff Kuhn, G 1937Bob Castelo, E 1939Jim McDonald, C 1939Jim Reeder, T 1940Mel Brewer, G 1940Dick Good, T 1942Liz Astroth, QB 1942Bill Huber, E 1943Don Greenwood, HB 1944Tony Storti, HB 1944Steve Sucic, E 1945Joe Pawlowski, G 1945Don Greenwood, HB 1945Perry Moss, QB 1945George Bujan, C 1946Buddy Young, HB 1947Alex Agase, T 1947Julius Rykovich, HB 1947Mac Wenskunas, C 1947Perry Moss, QB 1948Lou Agase, T 1948Ike Owens, E 1948Al Mastrangeli, C 1949Bob Prymuski, T 1949Walt Kersulis, E 1950Al Tate, T 1951Lynn Lynch, G 1951Paul Douglass, HB 1951Bill Vohaska, C 1951Chuck Boerio, C 1952John Karras, HB 1952Tom O’Connell, QB 1953Andy Wodziak, E 1953Stan Wallace, FB 1954Abe Woodson, HB 1957Wayne Bock, T 1957Bob Mitchell, HB 1958Ray Nitschke, FB 1958

Rod Hanson, E 1958Rich Kreitling, E 1959Bill Brown, FB 1961Joe Rutgens, T 1961Joe Krakoski, HB 1961Dick Butkus, C 1965George Donnelly, HB 1965Archie Sutton, T 1965Jim Grabowski, FB 1966Don Hanson, LB 1966JAPAN BOWL(Tokyo, Japan)Lonnie Perrin, TB 1975Stu Levenick, OT 1975Scott Studwell, LB 1976John Sullivan, LB 1978Bruce Thornton, DT 1978Mike Priebe, DT 1979L. McCullough, QB 1979Earnest Adams, LB 1980Greg Boeke, C 1981Ron Ferrari, OLB 1981Rick George, CB 1981Tony Eason, QB 1983Mike Martin, WR 1983Mike Bass, K 1983Mark Helle, C 1983Dan Gregus, DT 1983Mark Butkus, DT 1984Tim Brewster, TE 1984Mike Heaven, DB 1985Steve Nelson, DL 1986Craig Swoope, DM 1986Jack Trudeau, QB 1986David Williams, WR 1986Chris White, K 1986Ron Bohm, DL 1987Mike Piel, DE 1988Scott Davis, DE 1988Jeff Markland, LB 1988Elbert Turner, WR 1992OPTIMIST BOWL(Tucson, Ariz.)Bob Allen, G 1958Bill Burrell, G 1959SUN BOWL(Phoenix, Ariz.)Ron Nietupski, T 1958Bob Allen, G 1958COPPER BOWL(Phoenix, Ariz.)Bill Burrell, G 1959John Easterbrook, QB 1960Cliff Roberts, T 1960Marshall Starks, HB 1960

ILLINI IN ALL-STAR GAMES



BUTKUS AWARDSymbolic of the nation’s top colle-giate linebacker, the Butkus Award isnamed after former University ofIllinois All-American linebackerDick Butkus. It has been presentedannually since 1985 to the nation’stop collegiate linebacker by theDowntown Athletic Club ofOrlando.

Considered the greatest line-backer in the history of football,Butkus was a two-time All-Americaselection in 1963 and 1964. Heearned the Silver Football Award in1963 as the Big Ten’s Most ValuablePlayer after leading the Illini to theBig Ten championship. Butkusmoved on to a Hall of Fame careerwith the Chicago Bears, where hewas a six-time All-Pro selection.Butkus finished third in the 1964Heisman Trophy voting and had hisnumber, 50, retired at Illinois in1986 and his professional jersey, No.51, retired in Chicago in 1994.

Butkus helped lead the Illini toa 1964 Rose Bowl victory over Washington andwas a two-time first-team All-Big Ten selection asa linebacker and center. He finished his Illinoiscareer with 373 tackles and was the 1964National Player of the Year, as selected by theAmerican Football Coaches Association.

Butkus was selected to the Pro FootballHall of Fame in 1979, the College Football Hallof Fame in 1983 and the Rose Bowl Hall ofFame in 1995.

In 1994 and 1995, the Butkus Awardreturned to its Orange and Blue roots with back-to-back Illini recipients in Dana Howard (1994)and Kevin Hardy (1995). Howard was the BigTen’s leading tackler and a three-time All-Big Tenselection. Hardy exploded onto the nationalscene as a senior, earning All-America honors inevery major publication and All-Big Ten honorsfor the second consecutive season.

BUTKUS AWARD RECEIPIENTS1985 Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma1986 Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma1987 Paul McGowan, Florida State1988 Derrick Thomas, Alabama1989 Percy Snow, Michigan State1990 Alfred Williams, Colorado1991 Erick Anderson, Michigan

1992 Marvin Jones, Florida State1993 Trev Alberts, Nebraska1994 Dana Howard, Illinois1995 Kevin Hardy, Illinois1996 Matt Russell, Colorado1997 Andy Katzenmoyer, Ohio St.1998 Chris Claiborne, USC1999 LaVar Arrington, Penn State2000 Dan Morgan, Miami2001 Rocky Calmus, Oklahoma2002 E.J. Henderson, Maryland2003 Teddy Lehman, Oklahoma

Kevin Hardy (top) and Dana Howard (bottom) won back-to-back Butkus Awards in 1994-95.



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Ed Brady, LB 1984Cap Boso, TE 1986Guy Teafatiller, DT 1986Mark Dennis, OL 1987Mike Scully, OG 1988Mike Bellamy, WR 1990Mel Agee, DT 1991Chris Green, DB 1991Brad Hopkins, OT 1993Dana Howard, LB 1995Robert Holcombe, HB 1998Garrett Johnson, DT 1999Marques Sullivan, OL 2001Fred Wakeifeld, DE 2001Kurt Kittner, QB 2002Tony Pashos, OT 2003Eugene Wilson, CB 2003Sean Bubin, OL 2004MARTIN LUTHER KINGALL-AMERICAN BOWL(San Francisco, Calif.)Mike Bellamy, WR 1990ALL-AMERICA CLASSIC(Tampa, Fla.)Romero Brice, LB 1991Quintin Parker, DB 1991HULA BOWL(Honolulu, Hawaii)Tom O’Connell, QB 1953Bill Burrell, G 1960Joe Rutgens, T 1961Tony Parrilli, G 1962Dick Butkus, C 1965Archie Sutton, T 1965Jim Grabowski, FB 1966Don Hansen, LB 1966John Wright, E 1968Ken Kmiec, E 1968Larry McCarren, C 1972Chuck Kogut, LB 1973Gerry Sullivan, OT 1973Mike Gow, DB 1974Mark Petersen, DE 1974Stu Levenick, OT, 1975Scott Studwell, LB 1976Carooq Taylor, DB 1980Kelvin Atkins, OLB 1981Don Thorp, DT 1984Dwight Beverly, RB 1984Mike Heaven, DB 1986Jim Juriga, OG 1986Guy Teafatiller, DT 1986Scott Davis, DE 1988Bobby Dawson, DB 1988Dave Harbour, C 1988Glenn Cobb, S 1989Keith Jones, RB 1989Darrick Brownlow, LB 1991

Moe Gardner, NT 1991Howard Griffith, RB 1991Tim Simpson, OG 1992Chris Brown, OL 1997Danny Clark, LB 1999Luke Butkus, OL 2001Antoineo Harris, RB 2002AMERICAN BOWLCAN-AM BOWL(Tampa, Fla.)Larry Allen, LB 1972Tab Bennett, LB 1972Mike Wells, QB 1972John Levanti, OG 1973Garvin Roberson, SE 1973Mike Heinrich, OT 1973Revie Sorey, OG 1974Ty McMillin, LB 1974Lonnie Perrin, TB 1975Chubby Phillips, TB 1975Jim Stauner, DB 1976John Sullivan, LB 1978ALL-STAR GRIDIRON CLASSIC(Orlando, Fla.)Michael Dean, WR 2000Josh Whitman, TE 2001Jay Kulaga, OL 2002David Diehl, OL 2003Antoineo Harris, RB 2003Carey Davis, FB 2004Marc Jackson, S 2004Jeff Ruffin, DT 2004Derrick Strong, DE 2004PARADISE BOWL(Utah)Michael Hall, CB 2002

ILLINI IN ALL-STAR GAMESNORTH-SOUTH ALL-STAR GAME(Miami, Fla. - 19 7 5 ;D e t r o i t , Mich., 19 76 - )Rex Smith, E 1952Pete Bachouros, HB 1952Elry Falkenstein, QB 1953Ken Miller, FB 1953Percy Oliver, G 1956Dave Walker, G 1956Rod Hanson, E 1957Ray Nitschke, FB 1957Paul Adams, T 1957Dale Smith, HB 1957Jack Delveaux, FB 1958John Gremer, T 1959Bill Brown, FB 1960Joe Wendryhoski, G 1960Gary Brown, T 1961Gregg Schumacher, E 1964Ed Washington, G 1964Bruce Sullivan, S 1966John Wright, E 1967Tony Pleviak, T 1968Larry Allen, LB 1972Dan Beaver, K 1976Mac McCracken, LB 1976Jerry Finis, OT 1976BLUE-GRAYALL-STAR GAME(Montgomery, Ala.)Tony Klimek, E 1950Al Tate, T 1950Leo Cahill, G 1950Charles Brown, G 1950Andy Wodziak, E 1953Bob Weddell, T 1953Bill Tate, FB 1953Herb Borman, C 1954Cliff Waldbeser, E 1954Jack Chamblin, C 1955Gene Cherney, C 1959Ron Hill, E 1959Larry Lavery, T 1960Bob Scharbert, T 1963Fred Custardo, QB 1965Ron Acks, LB 1965Gary Eickman, T 1965Kai Anderson, C 1966Tom Smith, T 1966Bob Robertson, T 1967Rich Johnson, FB 1968Doug Dieken, TE 1970Tab Bennett, LB 1972Ty McMillin, LB 1974Revie Sorey, G 1974J. DiFeliciantonio, DT 1976Jerry Finis, OT 1976Phil McDonald, C 1976Chubby Phillips, TB 1976

Jim Stauner, DB 1976Randy Taylor, C 1978John Gillen, LB 1980Greg Boeke, C 1981Troy McMillin, OG 1981Calvin Thomas, FB 1981Jack Squirek, MLB 1981Mike Heaven, DB 1984Chris Babyar, OL 1984David Edwards, DB 1984Rick Schulte, OL 1984Mark Dennis, OL 1986Ron Bohm, DT 1986Darryl Usher, WR 1987Anthony Williams, TE 1987Keith Taylor, DB 1987Jim Blondell, DE 1987Mike Scully, OG 1987Greg Engel, C 1993David Olson, TE 1993Ken Blackman, OL 1995Dennis Stallings, LB 1996Ray Redziniak, OG 2000Josh Whitman, TE 2000Michael Young, LB 2000Ron Turner, 2000*Derrick Strong, DE 2003*coached the Blue SquadCOLLEGE ALL-AMERICAGAME(Lubbock, Texas)Jim Rutgens, T 1961Jim Warren, HB 1964Bill Pasko, E 1964

Dick Butkus, C 1965Archie Sutton, T 1965George Donnelly, FB 1965Jim Grabowski, FB 1966Don Hansen, LB 1966CHALLENGE BOWL(Seattle, Wash.)James Coleman, TB 1977Rich Grimmett, OT 1977Kurt Steger, QB 1977SENIOR BOWL(Mobile, Ala.)Al Brosky, HB 1953Andy Wodziak, E 1953Rocky Ryan, E 1954Stan Wallace, FB 1954Jan Smid, G 1955Ray Nitschke, FB 1958Rod Hanson, E 1958Joe Wendryhoski, T 1961George Donnelly, HB 1965Ron Acks, S 1966Kai Anderson, C 1967Bob Robertson, T 1967Doug Dieken, TE 1970Joe Smalzer, TE 1975Dan Beaver, K 1976John Gillen, LB 1980Troy McMillin, OG 1981Jack Squirek, MLB 1981Adam Lingner, C 1984Oliver Williams, WR 1984Don Thorp, DT 1984

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Four Illini played in the 2004 All-Star Gridiron Classic in Orlando, Fla. — (l-r) defensive tackle Jeff Ruffin, fullback Carey Davis, defensive end DerrickStrong and safety Marc Jackson.





The University of Illinois Athlete of the Yearwas first given in 1940 to Bill Hapac, who playedbasketball and baseball. The award was givenannually until it was discontinued in 1973. Therewere no awards given until 1982, when the BigTen began a Conference Athlete of the Year, inwhich each school nominated a male and femaleathlete. Since 1982, the University of Illinois hasrecognized a Male and Female Athlete of theYear.

In 1993, the awards were renamed the DikeEddleman Athlete of the Year awards in honor ofthe 11-time UI letterman and former Olympian.The awards are announced each June and pre-sented at the annual Varsity “I” banquet in thefall.

This season the awards were given to men’sgymnast Justin Spring and Leisha Alcia ofwomen’s soccer. Spring was the 2004 NCAA highbar champion during his sophomore campaign,while Alcia was a first team All-American goal-keeper for the Illini soccer team. Spring becomesthe fifth men’s gymnast to earn the prestigiousaward and the first since David Zeddies in 1989.Alcia is the first ever soccer player claim theDivision of Intercollegiate Athletics’ (DIA) topprize.

Spring was one of two NCAA champions forIllinois this year. He won the high bar title at theNCAA Championships in dramatic fashion atAssembly Hall, scoring a 9.775 on the final rou-tine of the competition to take the crown infront of the home fans. That performance, alongwith his fifth-place showing on the parallel barsat NCAAs, earned him the third and fourth All-America accolades of his young career. He alsoled the top-ranked Illini to a third-place finish inthe team race. At the Big Ten Championships,Spring won the floor exercise and placed secondin the all-around with a school-record score of55.600 while leading Illinois to its first team titlein 15 years. During the regular season, the Burke,Va., native won 19 of 40 event titles, a rate whichis nearly unprecedented in gymnastics, and puthis name atop the UI record books on five differ-ent events – the floor exercise, vault, parallel bars,high bar and all-around. He was named NCAAGymnast of the Week on three occasions and wasa five-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week.

In addition, Spring, who is widely recognizedas one of the country’s most exciting up-and-coming gymnasts, has begun to make a splash onthe national and international scenes. He recently

placed fourth on high bar at the 2004 U.S.Gymnastics Championships, and, last August, hecompeted for Team USA at the World UniversityGames in Daegu, South Korea, where headvanced to the finals on the floor exercise.

Alcia was the driving force for JanetRayfield’s Fighting Illini soccer squad that won aBig Ten Tournament Championship and cruisedto a second place regular season conference fin-ish, both firsts for the program. Known for herability to make difficult, acrobatic saves, Alciaplayed all but 17 minutes for the Illini in 2003,posting 12 solo shutouts and becoming the UIcareer leader in shutouts (16), saves (256) andgoals against average (GAA) (1.14). The juniorwas named a first team All-American by threedifferent organizations (NSCAA, Soccerbuzz andCSTV), was a first team All-Big Ten selectionand was named Big Ten Player of the Week onthree separate occasions.

A Mississauga, Ontario, native, Alcia rankedeighth in the nation and led the Big Ten in GAA(0.54) while leading an Illini defense that wasone of the best in the nation. The unit shatteredmultiple records, including fewest goals allowed(12) and shutouts in a season (13). The 13shutouts were the second most by a team in Big

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Kurt Kittner led Illinois to an outright Big Ten title and aBCS game to earn Athlete of the Year honors in 2002.

19441. Les Horvath, Ohio State2. Glenn Davis, Army3. Doc Blanchard, Army4. Don Whitmire, Navy5. Buddy Young, Illinois19511. Dick Kazmaier, Princeton2. Hank Lauricella, Tennessee3. Babe Parilli, Kentucky4. Bill McColl, Stanford5. John Bright, Drake6. John Karras, Illinois7. Larry Isbell, Baylor8. Hugh McElhenny,Washington9. Ollie Matson, San Francisco10. Don Coleman, Michigan St.19531. John Lattner, Notre Dame2. Paul Giel, Minnesota3. Paul Cameron, UCLA4. Bernie Faloney, Maryland5. Bob Garrett, Stanford6. Alan Ameche, Wisconsin7. J.C. Caroline, Illinois8. J.D. Roberts, Oklahoma9. Lamar McHan, Arkansas10. Steve Meilinger, Kentucky19591. Billy Cannon, Lousiana St.2. Richie Lucas, Penn State3. Don Meridith, SMU4. Bill Burrell, Illinois5. Charlie Flowers, Mississippi

19631. Roger Staubach, Navy2. Billy Lothridge, Georgia Te c h3. Sherman Lewis, Michigan St.4. Don Trull, Baylor5. Scott Appleton, Texas Coll.6. Dick Butkus, Illinois7. Jim Sidle, Auburn8. Terry Isaacson, Air Force9. Jay Wilkinson, Duke10. George Mira, Miami (Fla.)19641. John Huarte, Notre Dame2. Jerry Rhome, Tulsa3. Dick Butkus, Illinois4. Bob Timberlake, Michigan5. Jack Snow, Notre Dame19651. Mike Garrett, Southern Cal2. Howard Twilley, Tulsa3. Jim Grabowski, Illinois4. Don Anderson, Texas Tech5. Floyd Little, Syracuse19801. George Rogers, South Carolina2. Hugh Green, Pitt3. Herschel Walker, Georgia4. Mark Herrmann, Purdue5. Jim McMahon, BYU6. Art Schlichter, Ohio State7. Neil Lomax, Portland State8. Jarvis Redwine, Nebraska9. Ken Easley, UCLA10. Dave Wilson, IllinoisAnthony Carter, Michigan

19821. Herschel Walker, Georgia2. John Elway, Stanford3. Eric Dickerson, SMU4. Anthony Carter, Michigan5. Dave Rimington, Nebraska6. Todd Blackledge, Penn St.7. Tom Ramsey, UCLA8. Tony Eason, Illinois9. Dan Marino, Pitt10. Mike Rozier, Nebraska19891. Andre Ware, Houston2. Anthony Thompson, Indiana3. Major Harris, West Virginia4. Tony Rice, Notre Dame5. Darian Hagan, Colorado6. Dee Dowis, Air Force7. Emmitt Smith, Florida8. Percy Snow, Michigan State9. Ty Detmer, Brigham Young10. Raghib Ismail, Notre Dame35. Jeff George, Illinois20011. Eric Crouch, Nebraska2. Rex Grossman, Florida3. Ken Dorsey, Miami4. Joey Harrington, Oregon5. David Carr, Fresno State6. Antwaan Randle El, Indiana7. Roy Williams, Oklahoma8. Bryant McKinnie, Miami9. Dwight Freeney, Syracuse10. Julius Peppers, North Carolina12. Kurt Kittner, Illinois

Year Player Pos1967 Ken Kmiec DE1968 Bill Nowack DG1969 Bob Bess HB1970 Kirk McMillin OG1971 Mike Navarro FB1972 Larry McCarren C1973 Ken Braid LB1974 Ty McMillin LB1975 Lonnie Perrin TB1976 Dean March DE1977 Mike McCray QB1978 Dale Hardy DB1979 Doug Cozen TE1980 Rick George DB

1981 Rick George DB1982 Mark Helle OG1983 Mike Johnson DE1984 Rick Schulte OG1985 Alec Gibson DE1986 Tom Schertz OT1987 Tom Schertz OT1988 Joe Skubisz OT1989 Darrick Brownlow LB1990 Mike Hopkins DB1991 John Wright WR1992 Darren Boyer RB1993 Gary Voelker WR1994 John Holecek LB1995 Matt Cushing TE

1996 Jason Dulick WR1997 Robert Holcombe RB1998 Garrett Johnson DT1999 Matt Carlton DT2000 Michael Young LB2001 Nick Piazza S2002 Tony Pashos OT2003 Derrick Strong DE

BRUCE CAPEL AWARDThe Bruce Capel Award is given to the Most Courageous Fighting Illini player. The award is named afterthe Illinois football player who was killed as a serviceman in Vietnam. Capel, a UI letterman from 1962-64, was an Illini teammate of Dick Butkus and Jim Grabowski.

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(Includes former Fighting Illini who played duringthe regular season of the National Football League,The American Football League, 1960-69, or the All-American Conference, 1946-51, all of whichevolved into the current NFL.)Ron Acks, LB-Atlanta Falcons (1968-71); New England Patriots (1972-73); Green Bay Packers (1974-76)Alex Agase, G-Los Angeles Dons (AAC) (1947); Chicago Rockets (AAC) (1947); Cleveland Browns (AAC) (1948-51)Mel Agee, DT-Indianapolis Colts (1991-1992); Atlanta Falcons (1992-95)Derek Allen, OL-New York Giants (1995)Kelvin Atkins, LB-Chicago Bears (1983)John Bauer, G-New York Giants (1954)Mike Bellamy, WR-Indianapolis Colts (1992)George Bernhardt, G-Brooklyn Dodgers (AAC) (1946-48); Chicago Rockets (AAC) (1948)Gilbert Berry, B-Chicago Cardinals (1935)Marv Berschet, G-Washington Redskins (1954-55)Les Bingaman, G-Detroit Lions (1948-54)Ken Blackman, OL-Cincinnati Bengals (1996-98)Wayne Bock, T-Chicago Cardinals (1957)Chuck Boerio, LB-Green Bay Packers (1952)Cap Boso, TE-St. Louis Cardinals (1986); Chicago Bears (1987-91)Ed Brady, LB-Los Angeles Rams (1984-86); Cincinnati Bengals (1986-91); Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1992- 95)

Earl Britton, B-Frankford (PA) Yellowjackets (1927);Dayton Triangles (1927-28); Chicago Cardinals (1929)Mitchell Brookins, WR-Buffalo Bills (1984-86); San Diego Chargers (1988)Al Brosky, DB-Chicago Cardinals (1954)Bill Brown, FB-Chicago Bears (1961); Minnesota Vikings (1962-74)Chris Brown, OL-Seattle Seahawks (1998)Darrick Brownlow, LB-Dallas Cowboys (1991); Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1992-93); Dallas Cowboys (1994); Washington Redskins (1995-96 ); Chicago Bears (1997)Lloyd Burdick, T-Chicago Bears (1931-32); Cincinnati Reds (1933)*Dick Butkus, LB-Chicago Bears (1965-73)Luke Butkus, C-San Diego Chargers (2002); Houston Texans (2004-)Darryl Byrd, LB-Los Angeles Raiders (1983-84)J. C. Caroline, DB-Chicago Bears (1956-65)Danny Clark, LB-Jacksonville Jaguars (2000-03); Oakland Raiders (2004-)David Cook, B-Chicago Cardinals (1934-36);Brooklyn Dodgers (1936)Jameel Cook, FB-Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2001 - )John Counts, RB-New York Giants (1962-63)Matt Cushing, TE-Pittsburgh Steelers (1998-)John Crangle, B-Chicago Cardinals (1923)James Crawford, G-Chicago Bears (1925)Russell Daugherty, B-Frankford (PA) Yellowjackets (1927)

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Year Player Pos Team Pick1944 Tony Butkovich RB Los Angeles Rams 111954 Stan Wallace DB Chicago Bears 61954 John Bauer G Cleveland Browns 121959 Rich Kreitling WR Cleveland Browns 111961 Joe Rutgens DT L.A. Raiders, AFL 4Joe Rutgens DT Washington Redskins 31965 Dick Butkus LB Chicago Bears 31965 George Donnelly DB San Francisco 49ers 131966 Jim Grabowski FB Green Bay Packers 9Jim Grabowski FB Miami Dolphins, AFL 11981 Dave Wilson QB New Orleans Saints 1supplemental draft1983 Tony Eason QB New England Patriots 151988 Scott Davis DE Los Angeles Raiders 251990 Jeff George QB Indianapolis Colts 11991 Henry Jones DB Buffalo Bills 261992 Brad Hopkins OT Houston Oilers 131996 Kevin Hardy LB Jacksonville Jaguars 2Simeon Rice LB Arizona Cardinals 3

Jeff George (right) became thefirst overall No. 1 pick at Illinoisin the NFL draft when theIndianapolis Colts selected himin 1990.

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Ten history behind Penn State's 17 in 2000. Thedefense also posted two record-breaking consecu-tive shutout streaks of five and six games, and475 and 631 minutes in 2003.

Since the award was first given in 1940, foot-ball players have earned the Athlete of the Yearaward 24 times, including Buddy Young, DikeEddleman, Dick Butkus and Kurt Kittner.

ILLINOIS DIKE EDDLEMANATHLETES OF THE YEAR1940 William J. Hapac, basketball/baseball1941 John Drish, basketball & baseball1942 Andy Phillip, basketball & baseball1943 Andy Phillip, basketball & baseball1944 Buddy Young, football & track1945 Walton “Junior” Kirk, basketball1946 Herbert McKenley, track1947 Alex Agase, football & wrestling1948 Dwight “Dike” Eddleman, football, basketball & track1949 Dwight “Dike” Eddleman, football, basketball & track1950 Russ Steger, football & baseball1951 Don Sunderlage, basketball1952 Charles Boerio, football1953 Clive Fo l l m e r, basketball & baseball1954 J.C. Caroline, football1955 Paul Judson, basketball1956 Em Lindbeck, football & baseball1957 Abe Woodson, football & track1958 Bob Mitchell, football & track1959 Abe Grossfeld, gymnastics1960 Bill Burrell, football1961 Bill Brown, football & track1962 Doug Mills, football, basketball & baseball1963 Harold Holmes, gymnastics1964 Dick Butkus, football1965 Dick Butkus, football1966 Jim Grabowski, football1967 Jim Dawson, basketball1968 Dave Scholz, basketball1969 Dave Scholz, basketball1970 Mike Price, basketball1971 Lee LaBadie, track/cross country1972 Rick Gross, track/cross country1973-81 Award not given1982 Tony Eason, football1983 Tony Eason, footballMarianne Dickerson, track/cc1984 Don Thorp, footballKaren Brems, gymnastics1985 Charles Lake, gymnasticsKelly McNee, track/cross country1986 David Williams, footballJonelle Polk, basketball1987 Darrin Fletcher, baseball Mary Eggers, volleyball

1988 Tim Simon, trackMary Eggers, volleyball1989 David Zeddies, gymnasticsMary Eggers, volleyball1990 Kendall Gill, basketballLaura Bush, volleyball1991 Jon Llewellyn, wrestlingSarah Sharp, basketballRenee Heiken, golf 1992 Tim Simpson, footballLen Sitko, track/cross countryRenee Heiken, golfTonja Buford, track1993 Marko Koers, trackTonja Buford, track1994 Anthony Jones, trackTina Rogers, volleyball1995 Dana Howard, footballSteve Marianetti, wrestlingTonya Williams, track1996 Kevin Hardy, footballTonya Williams, track1997 Ernest Benion, wrestlingAshley Berggren, basketball1998 Eric Siebert, wrestlingAshley Berggren, basketballYvonne Harrison, track & field1999 Oliver Freelove, tennisCristy Chapman, volleyball2000 Jason Anderson, baseballJessica Aveyard, swimming2001 Adam Tirapelle, wrestlingPerdita Felicien, track & field2002 Kurt Kittner, footballPerdita Felicien, track & field2003 Matt Lackey, wrestlingAmer Delic, tennisPerdita Felicien, track & field2004 Justin Spring, gymnasticsLeisha Alcia, soccer

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Rich Johnson, FB-Houston Oilers (AFL) (1969)Henry Jones, DB-Buffalo Bills (1991-2001); Atlanta Falcons (2002)Keith Jones, RB-Atlanta Falcons (1989-1992)Jim Juriga, OG-Denver Broncos (1986-91)John Karras, B-Chicago Cardinals (1952)Michael Kasap, T-Baltimore Colts (AAC) (1947);Buffalo Bills (AAC) (1947)Charles Kassel, E-Chicago Bears (1927);Frankford (PA) Yellowjackets (1927-28);Chicago Cardinals (1929-33)Edward Kawal, C-Chicago Bears (1931-36);Washington Redskins (1937)Kurt Kittner, QB-Atlanta Falcons (2002-03)Anthony Klimek, E-Chicago Cardinals (1951-52)Oscar Knop, B-Hammond Pros (1922-23);Chicago Bears (1923-27)Frank Knox, G-Detroit Lions (1935)William Kovacsy, T-Hammond Pros (1923)Reynold Kraft, E-Minneapolis Marines (1922)Joe Krakoski, DB-Washington Redskins (1961);Oakland Raiders (AFL) (1963-66)Rich Kreitling, WR-Cleveland Browns (1959-63);Chicago Bears (1964)Ralph Lanum, B-Decatur/Chicago Staleys/Bears (1920-24)Lou Levanti, G-Pittsburgh Steelers (1951-52)Greg Lewis, WR-Philadelphia Eagles (2003-)Adam Lingner, C-Kansas City Chiefs (1983-86);

New England Patriots (1986); Buffalo Bills (1986-95)Brandon Lloyd, WR-San Francisco 49ers (2003-)Lynn Lynch, G-Chicago Cardinals (1951)J.P. Machado, OL-New York Jets (1999-2003)Achille Maggioli, B-Buffalo Bills (AAC) (1948);Detroit Lions (1949); Baltimore Colts (1950)Mike Malczyk, LS-New York Giants (2002)Jeff Markland, FB-Pittsburgh Steelers (1988)Mike Martin, WR-Cincinnati Bengals (1983-89)Larry McCarren, C-Green Bay Packers (1973-85)James McCarthy, E-Chicago Cardinals (1944);Pittsburgh Steelers (1944); Brooklyn Dodgers (AAC) (1946-47); Chicago Rockets (AAC) (1948); Chicago Hornets (AAC) (1949)Walter McIlwain, B-Racine Legion (1926)Ernie McMillan, OT-St. Louis Cardinals (1961-74);Green Bay Packers (1975)James McMillen, G-Milwaukee Badgers (1923);Cleveland Indians (1923, 31); Chicago Bears (1924-28, 30-31, 35)Terry Miller, LB-Detroit Lions (1970); St. Louis Cardinals (1971-76)*Bobby Mitchell, RB-WR-Cleveland Browns (1958-61); Washington Redskins (1962-68)Brandon Moore, OL-New York Jets (2002-)Aaron Moorehead, WR-Indianapolis Colts (2003-)

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2004 NFL DRAFT PICKS/FREE AGENT SIGNEESPlayer Pos Team RoundSean Bubin OL Jacksonville Jaguars (5th, 159)Christian Morton DB New England Patriots (7th, 233)Carey Davis FB Indianpolis Colts Free AgentMike Gomez LS Jacksonville Jaguars Free AgentEric McGoey WR Philadelphia Eagles Free AgentJeff Ruffin DT St. Louis Rams Free AgentDerrick Strong DE Carolina Panthers Free AgentWinston Taylor LB Miami Dolphins Free AgentILLINI IN THE SUPER BOWLEd Brady, Cincinnati - XXIIIBill Brown, Minnesota - IV, VIII, IXDarryl Byrd, L.A. Raiders - XVIIIJameel Cook, Tampa Bay - XXXVIIKen Dilger, Tampa Bay - XXXVIITony Eason, New England - XXGreg Engel, San Diego - XXIXJim Grabowski, Green Bay - I, IIHoward Griffith, Denver - XXXII, XXXIIIHenry Jones, Buffalo - XXVI, XXVII, XXVIIIJim Juriga, Denver - XXIVRobert Holcombe, St. Louis - XXXIV, XXXVIBrad Hopkins, Tennessee - XXXIVAdam Lingner, Buffalo - XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIIIRay Nitschke, Green Bay - I, II

Preston Pearson, Baltimore - III; Pittsburgh - IX; Dallas - X, XII, XIIISimeon Rice, Tampa Bay - XXXVIIJack Squirek, L.A. Raiders - XVIIICalvin Thomas, Chicago - XXEugene Wilson, New England - XXXVIIIWalter Young, Carolina - XXXVIIIILLINI COACHES IN SUPER BOWLCOACHESBob Gambold, Denver - XIIDenny Marcin, New York Giants - XXXVDwain Painter, San Diego - XXIXSean Payton, New York Giants - XXXVChuck Studley, San Francisco - XVI; Miami - XIXMike White, St. Louis - XXXIVKirby Wilson, Tampa Bay - XXXVII

Scott Davis, DE-Los Angeles Raiders (1988-1991,1994)Mark Dennis, OT-Miami Dolphins (1987-94); Cincinnati Begnals (1994); Carolina Panthers (1995-96)John Depler, C-Hammond (IN) Pros (1921); Dayton (OH) Triangles (1929); Orange (NJ) Tornados (1929)Dave Diehl, OL-New York Giants (2003-)Doug Dieken, OT-Cleveland Browns (1971-84)Ken Dilger, TE-Indianapolis Colts (1995-2001); Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2002-)George Donnelly, DB-San Francisco 49ers (1966-67)Paul Douglass, DB-New York Giants (1953)Ty Douthard, RB-Cincinnati Bengals (1997)Clarence Drayer, T-Dayton (OH) Triangles (1925)Tony Eason, QB-New England Patriots (1983-89);New York Jets (1989-90)David Edwards, DB-Pittsburgh Steelers (1985-88)Greg Engel, C-San Diego Chargers (1994-98);Detroit Lions (1999-2000)Ron Ferrari, LB-San Francisco 49ers (1982-86)Moe Gardner, NT-Atlanta Falcons (1991-96)Jeff George, QB-Indianapolis Colts (1990-93)Atlanta Falcons (1994-96); Oakland Raiders (1997-98); Minnesota Vikings (1999); Washington Redskins (2000-01)John Gillen, LB-St. Louis Cardinals (1981-83)Louis Gordon, T-Chicago Cardinals (1930-31, 32-35);Brooklyn Dodgers (1931); Green Bay Packers (1936-37); Chicago Bears (1938)Jim Grabowski, FB-Green Bay Packers (1966-70);Chicago Bears (1971)Garland Grange, E-Chicago Bears (1925, 28-34)*Harold “Red” Grange, B-Chicago Bears (1925, 1928-34); New York Yankees (1926-27)African Grant, DB-Washington Redskins (1988);Miami Dolphins (1989-90)Chris Green, DB-Miami Dolphins (1991-1994);Buffalo Bills (1995)Don Greenwood, RB-Cleveland Redskins (1946-47)Donald Griffin, B-Chicago Rockets (AAC) (1946)Howard Griffith, RB-L.A. Rams (1994); Carolina Panthers (1995-96); Denver Broncos (1997-2001)Rich Grimmett, OT-Dallas Cowboys (1980-81)*George Halas, E-Decatur/Chicago Staleys (player/coach) (1920-21); Chicago Bears (player/coach) (1922-29); Coach only (1933-42, 46-55, 58-67)Michael Hall, DB-Washington Redskings (2004-)Raymond Hall, T-New York Yankees (1927)Don Hansen, LB-Minnesota Vikings (1966-67); Atlanta Falcons (1969-76); New Orleans Saints (1976); Seattle Seahawks (1976); Green Bay Packers (1977)Dave Harbour, C-Washington Redskins (1988-89)

Kevin Hardy, LB-Jacksonville Jaguars (1996-2001); Dallas Cowboys (2002); Cincinnati Bengals (2003-)Antoineo Harris, RB-San Diego Chargers (2003)Frank Hartley, TE-Cleveland Browns (1994-95)Baltimore Ravens (1996)Tom Hicks, LB-Chicago Bears (1976-81)Nathan Hodel, T-Arizona Cardinals (2001-)Robert Holcombe, RB-St. Louis Rams (1998-2001); Tennessee Titans (2002-)John Holecek, LB-Buffalo Bills (1995-2000); San Diego Chargers (2001); Atlanta Falcons (2002)Brad Hopkins, OT-Tennessee Titans (1993-)Dana Howard, LB-St. Louis Rams (1995)Chicago Bears (1996-97)Burt Ingwersen, T-Chicago Staleys/Bears (1920-21)Bobby Jackson, DB-Green Bay Packers (2003)Trenton Jackson, FL-Philadelphia Eagles (1966);Washington Redskins (1967)John Janata, OT-Chicago Bears (1983-84)Filmel Johnson, DB-Buffalo Bills (1994-95)Garrett Johnson, DL-New England (1999-2001); Denver Broncos (2002-)Johnny Johnson, QB-Detroit Lions (1996)Mike Johnson, DT-Houston Oilers (1984-85)Nathan Johnson, T-New York Yankees (AAC) (1946-47, 50); Chicago Rockets (AAC) (1948);Chicago Hornets (AAC) (1949)

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Long snapper Nathan Hodel enters his fourth season withthe Arizona Cardinals.





Scott Studwell, LB-Minnesota Vikings (1977-90)Steven Sucic, B-Los Angeles Rams (1946);Boston Yanks (1947); Detroit Lions (1947-48)Gerry Sullivan, OT-Cleveland Browns (1974-81)John Sullivan, LB-New York Jets (1979)Marques Sullivan, OL-Buffalo Bills (2001-)Archie Sutton, OT-Minnesota Vikings (1965-67)Craig Swoope, DB-Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1986-87); Indianapolis Colts (1987-89)Mike Taliaferro, QB-New York Jets (AFL) (1964-67);Boston Patriots (AFL-NFL) (1968-70);Buffalo Bills (1972)Keith Taylor, DB-Indianapolis Colts (1988-91); New Orleans Saints (1992-1993); Washington Redskins (1994-96)Guy Teafatiller, DT-Minnesota Vikings (1987)Calvin Thomas, FB-Chicago Bears (1982-88);Denver Broncos (1988)Bruce Thornton, DT-Dallas Cowboys (1979-80, 82)Don Thorp, DT-New Orleans Saints (1984); Indianapolis Colts (1988); Miami Dolphins (1989)Jack Trudeau, QB-Indianapolis Colts (1986-1993);New York Jets (1994 ); Carolina Panthers (1995)Bob Trumpy, TE-Cincinnati Bengals (1968-77)Scott Turner, DB-Washington Redskins (1995-97), San Diego Chargers (1998-2001); Denver Broncos (2003-)Chuck Ulrich, T-Chicago Cardinals (1954-58)Darryl Usher, WR-New England Patriots (1988);Cleveland Browns/Phoenix Cardinals (1989)Fred Wakefield, DE-Arizona Cardinals (2001-)Stan Wallace, DB-Chicago Bears (1954, 56-58)Trayvon Waller, DB-New Orleans Saints (2001-)Laurie Walquist, B-Chicago Bears (1922-31)Jimmy Warren, DB-San Diego Chargers (AFL) (1964-65); Miami Dolphins (AFL) (1966-69);Oakland Raiders (1970-77)Mike Wells, QB-Minnesota Vikings (1973-76);Cincinnati Bengals (1977)Joe Wendryhoski, C-Los Angeles Rams (1964-66);New Orleans Saints (1967-68)Josh Whitman, TE-San Diego Chargers (2001-02); Miami Dolphins (2003)David Williams, WR-Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1986);Los Angeles Raiders (1987)Oliver Williams, WR-Chicago Bears (1983);Indianapolis Colts (1985-86)Dave Wilson, QB-New Orleans Saints (1981-89)Eugene Wilson, FS-New England Patriots (2003-)Abe Woodson, DB-San Francisco 49’ers (1958-64);St. Louis Cardinals (1965-66)John Wright Sr., WR-Atlanta Falcons (1968);Detroit Lions (1969)

Claude “Buddy“ Young, RB-N.Y. Yankees (AAC-NFL) (1947-51); Dallas Texans (1952);Baltimore Colts (1953-55)Michael Young, LB-Arizona Cardinals (2001-)Walter Young, WR-Carolina Panthers (2003-)Current players in bold.*Member of Pro Football Hall of Fame

Wide receiver Aaron Moorehead caught a touchdown atIllinois’ Memorial Stadium in a 2003 preseason game dur-ing his first season in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts.

ILLINI IN THE PROSG. Max Morris, E-Chicago Rockets (AAC) (1948);Brooklyn Dodgers (AAC) (1948)Perry Moss, QB-Green Bay Packers (1948)Vern Mullen, B-Canton Bulldogs (1923); Chicago Bears (1924-27); Chicago Cardinals (1927); Pottsville Maroons (1927)Bob Naponic, QB-Houston Oilers (1970)Everett Nelson, T-Chicago Bears (1929)*Ray Nitschke, LB-Green Bay Packers (1958-72)Tim Norman, G-Chicago Bears (1983)Ed O’Bradovich, DE-Chicago Bears (1962-71)Tommy O’Connell, QB-Chicago Bears (1953); Cleveland Browns (1956-57); Buffalo Bills (AFL) (1960-61)Vince Osby, LB-San Diego Chargers (1984-85)Willie Osley, DB-New England Patriots (1974); Kansas City Chiefs (1974-76); New Orleans Saints (1976)Isaiah Owens, E-Chicago Rockets (AAC) (1948)Tony Pashos, OL-Baltimore Ravens (2003-)Paul Patterson, B-Chicago Hornets (AAC) (1949)Walter Pearce, B-Decatur/Chicago Staleys/Bears (1920-22); Kenosha Maroons (1924); Providence (R.I.) Steamrollers (1925)Preston Pearson, RB-Baltimore Colts (1967-69);Pittsburgh Steelers (1970-74); Dallas Cowboys (1975-80)Peter Perez, G-Chicago Bears (1945)Lonnie Perrin, RB-Denver Broncos (1976-78);Washington Redskins (1979); Chicago Bears (1979)Ross Petty, G-Decatur Staleys (1920)Mike Piel, DE-Los Angeles Rams (1988-1993)Bert Piggott, B-Los Angeles Dons (AAC) (1947)Cyril Pinder, RB-Philadelphia Eagles (1968-70); Chicago Bears (1971-72); Dallas Cowboys (1973)Paul Podmajerski, G-Chicago Bears (1944)Eli Popa, DB-Chicago Cardinals (1952)Sam Price, RB-Miami Dolphins (AFL) (1966-68)Neil Rackers, K-Cincinnati Bengals (2000-02); Arizona Cardinals (2003-)Ray Redziniak, OL-Cincinnati Bengals (2001-02) Simeon Rice, DE-Arizona Cardinals (1996-2000); Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2001-)Harry Richman, G-Chicago Bears (1929)Cliff Roberts, T-Oakland Raiders (AFL) (1961)Bob Robertson, C-Houston Oilers (AFL) (1968)E. T. Rundquist, T-Chicago Cardinals (1922)Joe Rutgens, DT-Washington Redskins (1961-69)John “Rocky” Ryan, WR-DB-Philadelphia Eagles (1956-58); Chicago Bears (1958)Julius Rykovich, B-Buffalo Bills (AAC) (1947-48);Chicago Rockets (AAC) (1948); Chicago Bears (1949-51)Greg Schumacher, DE-Los Angeles Rams (1967-68)

Hubbard Shoemaker, G-Decatur/Chicago Staleys (1920-21)Mike Scully, OG-Washington Redskins (1988)Ryan Schau, OL-Philadelphia Eagles (1999-2001); Houston Texans (2002); St. Louis Rams (2004-)Tom Schau, OL-Green Bay Packers (2000-01); Buffalo Bills (2002)Herbert Siegert, G-Washington Redskins (1949-51)Wayne Siegert, G-New York Yankees (1951)Russell Smith, G-Chicago Cardinals (1920, 23-25);Chicago Staleys (1921)Revie Sorey, OG-Chicago Bears (1975-83)Jack Squirek, LB-Los Angeles Raiders (1982-86);Miami Dolphins (1986); San Diego Chargers (1987)Dennis Stallings, LB-Tennessee Titans (1997-99)Marshall Starks, DB-St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) (1962-63); New York Jets (AFL) (1964-66)Edward Sternaman, B-Decatur/Chicago Staleys/Bears (1920-21, 23-30)Joseph Sternaman, B-Chicago Bears (1922-23, 27-30)Don Stevens, RB-Philadelphia Eagles (1952, 54)Peter Stinchcomb, B-Chicago Staleys/Bears (1921-22); Columbus Tigers (1923); Louisville Colonels (1926)Jerry Strum, C-Denver Broncos (AFL) (1961-66); New Orleans Saints (1967-70); Houston Oilers (1971); Philadelphia Eagles (1972)

ILLINI IN THE PROS

A former walk-on at the University of Illinois, wide receiverGreg Lewis went on to sign a free agent contract and makethe Philadelphia Eagle squad.





YEAR NAME, POSITION, TEAM (round, pick if available)1937 NFL Elvin Sayre, C, Detroit (8th, 77)1939 NFL Jim McDonald, C, Detroit (20th, 187)1940 NFL Mel Brewer, G, Green Bay (15th)Jim Reeder, T, Green Bay (20th)1941 NFL Tom Riggs, T, Washington (21st, 195)1943 NFL Eddie McGovern, B, Chicago Cardinals (26th, 244)1944 NFL Tony Butkovich, B, Cleveland (1st, 11)Alex Agase, G, Green Bay (8th, 71)John Genis, T, Brooklyn (14th, 133)Don Griffin, B, Green Bay (14th, 137)Ray Grierson, E, Brooklyn (26th, 265)1945 NFL Les Joop, T, Detroit (9th, 82)Mike Kasap, T, Detroit (12th, 115)Ray Florek, B, Cleveland (26th, 268)1946 NFL Mac Wenskunas, C, Chicago Cardinals (2nd, 11)Julius Rykovich, B, Chicago Bears (2nd, 14)Chick Maggioli, B, Washington (11th, 99)Frank Bauman, E, Chicago Bears (12th, 104)Stan Sprague, E, Washington (14th, 129)Tom Gallagher, B, Chicago Bears (19th, 174)Butch Kolens, G, New York Giants (27th, 255)1947 NFL Art Dufelmeier, B, Chicago Cardinals (9th, 70)Dwight “Dike” Eddleman, B, Chicago Bears (9th, 75)Russ Steger, B, LA Rams (11th, 93)Lou Levanti, C, LA Rams (23rd, 213)Jack Pierce, B, Chicago Bears (30th, 285)Bob Prymuski, G, LA Rams (32nd, 299)1947 AAFC Buddy Young, B, NY Yankees (special selection)Bill Huber, E, Cleveland (11th, 88)Mac Wenskunas, C, Chicago Rockets (18th, 136)Bill Franks, T, Chicago Rockets (25th, 17 0 )1948 NFL Les Bingaman, T, Detroit (3rd, 15)Bob Cunz, T, Green Bay (8th, 61)Russ Steger, B, Detroit (13th, 107)Perry Moss, B, Green Bay (13th, 111)Lou Agase, T, Green Bay (15th, 131)1948 AA F C Les Bingaman, T, Brooklyn (5th, 27)Lou Agase, T, Chicago Rockets (14th, 82)Russ Steger, B, Cleveland (17th, 113)Dwight “Dike” Eddleman, B, Cleveland (21st, 145)Ike Owen, E, Chicago Rockets (24th, 162)Lou Levanti, C, Baltimore (25th, 171)Sam Zatkoff, E, Baltimore (26th, 179)Pe r ry Moss, B, San Francisco (27th, 19 0 )Herb Siegert, G, San Francisco (29th, 206)1949 NFL Al Mastrangeli, C, Green Bay (13th, 123)

Lyle Button, T, Philadelphia (13th, 131)Tony Klimek, E, Chicago Cardinals (14th, 140)Herb Siegert, G, Washington (18th, 178)Walt Kersulis, E, LA Rams (23rd, 227)1949 Bob Prymuski, T, Baltimore (8th, 57)AAFC Al Mastrangeli, C, NY Yankees (9th, 64)Walt Kersulis, E, Cleveland (14th, 108)Murney Lazier, B, Baltimore (20th, 147)1950 NFL Lyle Button, T, Washington (14th, 175)Walt Kersulis, E, Pittsburgh (23rd, 294)Johnny Karras, B, Detroit (28th, 356)Russ Steger, B, Detroit (29th, 369)1951 NFL Lynn Lynch, G, Chicago Cardinals (5th, 51)Dick Raklovits, G, Detroit, (8th, 91)Wayne Siegert, T, Detroit (13th, 153)Paul Douglass, B, NY Giants (13th, 158)Chuck Brown, G, Chicago Bears (18th, 216)Al Tate, T, San Francisco (20th, 234)Al Brosky, B, LA Rams (27th, 324)1952 NFL Johnny Karras, B, Chicago Cardinals (2nd, 16)Chuck Ulrich, T, Philadelphia (4th, 41)Marv Berschet , T, Washington (16th, 187)Herb Neathery, B, Cleveland (16th ,189)

ILLINI IN THE NFL DRAFT

Illlinois’ all-time rusher Robert Holcombe was drafted in thesecond round by the St. Louis Rams in 1998.

DANNY CLARK, LBYear ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS INT-YDS1996 32 20 52 1-1 0-0 0-01997 70 25 95 13-55 5-34 1-01998 84 31 115 10-25 0-0 2-241999 82 37 119 11-65 3-19 1-0Career 268 113 381 35-146 8-53 4-24JAMEEL COOK, FBRUSHINGYear G ATT YDS AVG Y/PG TD-LP1998 10 48 190 4.0 19.0 0-131999 12 19 121 6.4 10.1 0-272000 10 49 215 4.4 21.5 0-17Career 32 226 526 4.5 16.4 0-27RECEIVINGYear G NO YDS AVG TD LONG1999 12 26 288 11.1 5 612000 10 34 218 6.4 1 18Career 22 60 506 8.4 6 61MATT CUSHING, TEYear REC YDS AVG TD LONG1994 13 155 11.9 2 281995 15 194 12.9 2 401996 22 203 9.2 0 241997 14 157 11.2 0 23Career 64 709 11.1 4 40KEN DILGER, TEYear REC YDS AVG TD LONG1991 18 212 11.8 1 271992 6 42 7.0 0 121993 17 212 12.5 2 381994 48 607 12.7 6 36Career 89 1073 12.1 9 38KEVIN HARDY, LBYear ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS INT-YDS1992 41 26 67 7-42 4-34 0-01993 57 17 74 8-29 2-17 0-01994 50 30 80 8-34 1-11 2-221995 74 31 105 15-115 11-103 3-26Career 222 104 326 38-220 18-165 5-48ROBERT HOLCOMBE, RBRUSHINGYear G ATT YDS AVG Y/PG TD-LP1994 9 125 520 4.2 52.0 4-361995 11 264 1051 4.0 95.6 5-561996 11 260 1281 4.9 116.5 12-671997 11 294 1253 4.3 113.9 4-48Career 42 943 4,105 4.4 97.7 25-67RECEIVINGYear G NO YDS AVG TD LONG1994 9 6 44 7.3 0 141995 11 8 57 7.1 0 201996 11 23 241 10.5 1 661997 11 35 277 7.9 2 63Career 42 72 619 8.6 3 66BOBBY JACKSON, DBYear ST AT TOT TFL-YDS PBU INT-YDS1997 28 8 36 5-17 4 1-01998 41 10 51 2-3 6 1-02000 53 23 76 3-8 4 2-392001 47 18 65 6-14 12 2-95Career 159 59 228 16-42 26 6-134KURT KITTNER, QBYear ATT COMP PCT YDS TD INT LONG1998 162 72 44.4 782 1 7 501999 396 216 54.5 2,702 24 5 672000 297 173 58.2 1,982 18 8 612001 409 221 54.0 3,256 27 14 67Career 1,264 682 53.9 8,722 70 34 67

GREG LEWIS, WRYear G NO YDS AVG TD LONG1999 10 12 149 12.4 1 542000 11 40 544 13.6 6 552001 12 13 225 17.3 1 592002 12 38 538 14.2 4 49TOTAL 45 103 1,456 14.1 12 59BRANDON LLOYD, WRYear G NO YDS AVG TD LONG1999 12 30 511 17.0 2 492001 12 65 1062 16.3 10 592002 12 65 1010 15.5 9 49TOTAL 36 160 2583 16.1 21 59AARON MOOREHEAD, WRYear G NO YDS AVG TD LONG1999 10 6 85 14.2 1 322000 11 30 520 17.3 4 612001 11 17 289 17.0 2 362002 12 32 399 12.5 2 32TOTAL 32 85 1293 15.2 9 61NEIL RACKERS, PKYear 0-29 30-39 40-49 50+ FGs LONG XPT PTS1996 0-0 1-2 1-3 0-0 2-5 42 18-18 241997 2-2 1-3 2-3 0-2 5-10 41 10-11 251998 2-2 3-4 2-3 0-1 7-10 46 14-16 351999 6-7 5-7 7-9 2-3 20-26 50 44-44 110Career 10-11 10-16 12-18 2-6 34-51 50 86-89 194SIMEON RICE, LBYear ST AT TOT TFL-YDS PBU QBS1992 33 8 41 11-67 5 9-651993 27 15 42 15-65 5 8-451994 42 16 58 20-126 6 16-1141995 45 24 69 23-127 4 12-80Career 147 63 210 69-385 20 45-304FRED WAKEFIELD, DEYear ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS FUM-YDS1997 17 8 25 6-29 5-29 1-01998 12 10 22 5-10 3-8 0-01999 25 18 43 10-41 4-27 0-02000 40 21 61 21-78 9-58 1-0Career 94 57 151 42-158 21-122 2-0JOSH WHITMAN, TEYear REC YDS AVG TD LONG1997 9 98 10.9 0 301998 10 121 12.1 0 201999 20 189 9.4 3 332000 13 144 11.1 4 38Career 52 552 10.6 7 38EUGENE WILSON, DBYear ST AT TOT TFL-YDS PBU INT-YDS1999 0 3 3 0-0 0 0-02000 26 11 37 1-6 16 4-222001 54 16 70 1-6 30 6-292002 59 7 66 2-14 14 1-0Total 139 37 176 4-26 60 11-51MIKE YOUNG, LBYear ST AT TOT TFL-YDS QBS FUM-YDS1997 50 33 83 5-18 2-17 2-441998 27 22 49 5-23 1.5-16 0-01999 27 21 48 4-16 3-14 1-02000 31 25 56 1-0 0-0 0-0Career 135 101 236 15-57 6.5-47 3-44WALTER YOUNG, WRYear G NO YDS AVG TD LONG1999 12 14 267 19.1 1 462000 11 27 403 14.9 0 572001 12 50 890 17.8 8 612002 12 56 822 14.7 6 51TOTAL 47 147 2382 17.1 15 61

ILLINOIS STATS OF CURRENT PROS





Sam Price, HB, Miami (11th)Ed Russell, T, Buffalo (16th)Ron Acks, DB, NY Jets (16th)Gary Eickman, DE, Denver (17th)1966 AFL Kai Anderson, C, Miami (11th), redshirt1967 NFL Bruce Sullivan, DB, Washington (10th, 250)1968 NFL Cyril Pinder, RB, Philadelphia (2nd, 39)John Wright, WR, Detroit (2nd, 53)Terry Miller, LB, Detroit (8th, 202)Bob Robertson, C, Houston (9th, 224)Ken Kmiec, DB, Dallas (9th, 241)NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE1969 Rich Johnson, RB, Houston (3rd, 78)Tony Pleviak, DE, Atlanta (5th, 127)Bob Naponic, QB, Houston (10th, 256)1971 Doug Dieken, T, Cleveland (6th, 142)1973 Mike Wells, QB, Minnesota (4th, 80)Tab Bennett, LB, San Diego (9th, 214)Willie Osley, DB, Kansas City (10th, 251)Larry Allen, LB, Green Bay (10th, 255)Larry McCarren, C, Green Bay (12th, 308)1974 Gerry Sullivan, C-T, Cleveland (7th, 171)Octavus Morgan, LB, Pittsburgh

(16th, 412)1975 Revie Sorey, G, Chicago (5th, 110)Tom Hicks, LB, Chicago (6th, 151)Mark Peterson, DE, Kansas City (16th, 396)1976 Lonnie Perrin, RB, Denver (5th, 139)Stu Levenick, T, Baltimore (9th, 258)Doug Kleber, T, Cleveland (10th, 271)Joe Smalzer, TE, Cleveland (14th, 381)1977 Scott Studwell, LB, Minnesota (9th, 250)Dan Beaver, K, Minnesota (10th, 278)1978 Rich Grimmett, T, Seattle (9th, 231)1979 Darwin Tucker, DB, LA Rams (4th, 99)John Sullivan, LB, Chicago (6th, 147)Bruce Thornton, DT, Dallas (8th, 219)1980 Lawrence McCullough, WR, Washington (9th, 241)1981 John Gillen, LB, St. Louis (5th, 116)Mike Sherrod, TE, St. Louis (11th, 281)1982 Dave Wilson, QB, New Orleans (1st, in 1981 supplemental draft)Jack Squirek, LB, Oakland (2nd, 35)Ron Ferrari, LB, San Francisco (7th, 195)Kelvin Atkins, LB, Tampa Bay (8th, 212)1983 Tony Eason, QB, New England (1st, 15)Mike Bass, K, New England (6th, 155)Mike Martin, WR, Cincinnati (8th, 221)Adam Lingner, C, Kansas City (9th, 231 )Oliver Williams, WR, Chicago (12th, 313 )1984 Mitchell Brookins, WR, Buffalo (4th, 95)Dwight Beverly, RB, Indianapolis (6th, 147)Don Thorp, DT, New Orleans (6th, 156)Ed Brady, LB, LA Rams (8th, 215)Mike Johnson, DE, Houston (9th, 227)Bob Stowe, T, Indianapolis (11th, 290)Mark Butkus, DT, Chicago (11th, 298)Moe Bias, LB, LA Rams (12th, 328)Mike Weingrad, LB, Miami (12th, 333)1985 Mike Heaven, DB, Tampa Bay (4th, 92)Chris Babyar, G, Buffalo (10th, 253)John Ayres, DB, Atlanta (11th, 284)1986 Jack Trudeau, QB, Indianapolis (2nd, 47)David Williams, WR, Chicago (3rd, 82)Craig Swoope, DB, Tampa Bay (4th, 83)Jim Juriga, T, Denver (4th, 104)Thomas Rooks, RB, Minnesota (6th, 14 7 )Chris White, K, Indianapolis (7th, 172)Cap Boso, TE, Pittsburgh (8th, 207)Bob Sebring, LB, Houston (9th, 225)Guy Teafatiller, DT, Buffalo (10th, 251)1987 Mark Dennis, OT, Miami (8th, 212)Jerry Reese, TE, Atlanta (10th, 264)1988 Scott Davis, DE, LA Raiders (1st, 25)Mike Piel, DT, LA Rams (3rd, 82)Keith Ta y l o r, DB, New Orleans (5th, 13 4 )Darryl Usher, WR, New England (7th,181)Bobby Dawson, DB, Pittsburgh


Offensive tackle Tony Pashos was selected by the BaltimoreRavens in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft.

Tommy O’Connell, QB, Chicago Bears (18th, 212)Chuck Boerio, C, Green Bay (20th, 231)Dick Jenkins, T, Washington (21st, 247)Joe Vernasco, E, Cleveland (26th, 312)Don Stevens, B, Philadelphia (30th, 353)1953 NFL Rex Smith, E, Philadelphia (5th)Pete Bachouros, B, Philadelphia (19th)1954 NFL Stan Wallace, B, Chicago Bears (1st, 6)John Bauer, G, Cleveland (1st, 12)Rocky Ryan, E, Philadelphia (2nd, 21)Ken Miller, B, Chicago Bears (14th, 162)Jim Baughman, G, Cleveland (21st, 252)Claude Talieferro, B, Baltimore (29th, 341)1955 NFL Dick Miller, T, Detroit (25th, 300)Bob Gongala, B, San Francisco (30th, 356)1956 NFL J.C. Caroline, B, Chicago Bears (7th, 82)Em Lindback, QB, LA Rams (12th, 144)Mickey Bates, B, LA Rams (29th, 348)1957 NFL Abe Woodson, B, San Francisco (2nd, 15)Wayne Bock, T, Chicago Cardinals (5th, 58)Percy Oliver, G, Green Bay (20th, 231)Gary Francis, E, Pittsburgh (24th, 282)1958 NFL Ray Nitschke, B, Green Bay (3rd, 36)Bobby Mitchell, B, Cleveland (7th, 84)Carl Johnson, T, Green Bay (10th, 110)Rod Hanson, E, Washington (24th, 282)1959 NFL Rich Kreitling, E, Cleveland (1st, 11)Jack Delveaux, B, NY Giants (9th, 107)Darrell DeDecker, T, Chicago Cardinals (18th, 207)Bruce Dollahan, T, San Francisco (23rd, 270)Ron Nietupski, T, Cleveland (29th, 346)1960 NFL Bill Burrell, LB, Chicago Cardinals (5th, 50)1960 AFL Bill Burrell, LB, Buffalo (round N/A) DeJustice Coleman, HB, HoustonJohn Gremer, G, Houston1961 NFL Joe Rutgens, T, Washington (1st, 3)Bill Brown, B, Chicago Bears (2nd, 20)Joe Krakoski, B, Washington (6th, 72)Marshall Starks, HB, St. Louis (8th, 106)Tony Parrilli, G, San Francisco (11th, 149)Ernie McMillan, E, St. Louis (13th 176)Larry Lavery, T, Philadelphia (17th, 238)1961 AFL Joe Rutgens, T, Oakland (1st, 4)Cliff Roberts, T, LA Chargers (6th)Bill Brown, B, NY Titans (6th)Ernie McMillan, T, Boston (10th)Joe Wendryhoski, T, NY Titans (13th)Joe Krakoski, HB, Oakland (18th)Darrell DeDecker, C, Boston (23rd)1962 NFL Ed O’Bradovich, E, Chicago Bears (7th, 91)Charles Dickerson, T, Cleveland (9th, 123)

Gary Brown, B, San Francisco (18th, 246)1962 AFL Johnny Counts, HB, NY Titans (24th)Charles Dickerson, T, Boston (28th)Tony Parrilli, G, Buffalo (33rd)1963 NFL Mike Taliaferro, QB, NY Giants (10th, 138)Thurman Walter, E, Green Bay (17th, 238)1963 AFL Mike Taliaferro, QB, NY Titans (28th)1965 NFL Dick Butkus, LB, Chicago Bears (1st, 3)George Donnelly, B, San Francisco (1st, 13)Archie Sutton, T, Minnesota (2nd, 15)Gregg Schumacher, E, San Francisco (13th, 170)Dave Powless, G, NY Giants (17th, 225)1965 AFL Dick Butkus, LB, Denver (2nd)George Donnelly, DB, Denver (4th)Bill Minor, LB, Oakland (11th)Dave Powless, G, Kansas City (15th)1966 NFL Jim Grabowski, FB, Green Bay (1st, 9)Don Hansen, LB, Minnesota (3rd, 42)Ron Acks, DE, Minnesota (4th, 57)Sam Price, HB, NY Giants (16th, 240)Gary Eickman, T, NY Giants (17th, 254)Kai Anderson, C, NY Giants (18th, 268)Dale Greco, DT, Minnesota (18th, 270)1966 AFL Jim Grabowski, FB, Miami (1st, 1)Don Hansen, LB, Miami (7th)


Fullback Jameel Cook was a 2001 draftee of the TampaBay Buccanneers.





ST. LOUIS/ARIZONA CARDINALSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1943 26th Eddie McGovern B1946 2nd Mac Wenskunas C1947 7th Art Dufelmeier B1949 14th Tony Klimek E1951 5th Lynn Lynch G1952 2nd Johnny Karras B1957 5th Waytne Bock T1959 18th Darrell DeDecker T1960 5th Bill Burrell LB1961 6th Marshall Starks HB1961 13th Ernie McMillan E1981 116 5th John Gillen LB1981 281 11th Mike Sherrod TE1996 3 1st Simeon Rice LBALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsRussell Smith G 1920, 23-25E.T. Rundquist T 1922John Crangle B 1923Vern Mullen B 1927Earl Britton B 1929Charles Kassel E 1929-33Louis Gordon T 1930-31, 32-35David Cook B 1934-36Gilbert Berry B 1935James McCarthy E 1944Lynn Lynch G 1951Anthony Klimek E 1951-52John Karras B 1952Eli Popa DB 1952Al Brosky DB 1954Chuck Ulrich T 1954-58Wayne Bock T 1957Ernie McMillan OT 1961-74Marshall Starks DB 1962-63Abe Woodson DB 1965-66Terry Miller LB 1971-76John Gillen LB 1981-83Cap Boso TE 1986Daryl Usher WR 1989Simeon Rice LB 1996-2000Nathan Hodel LS 2001-Fred Wakefield DE 2001-Michael Young LB 2001-Neil Rackers PK 2003-ATLANTA FALCONSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1969 127 5th Tony Pleviak DE1985 284 11th John Ayres DB1987 264 10th Jerry Reese TE1989 62 3rd Keith Jones RB1991 87 4th Moe Gardner NT2002 158 5th Kurt Kittner QBALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsJohn Wright Sr. WR 1968Ron Acks LB 1968-71Don Hansen LB 1969-76

Keith Jones RB 1989-92Moe Gardner NT 1991-96Mel Agee DT 1992-95Jeff George QB 1994-96John Holecek LB 2002Henry Jones DB 2002Kurt Kittner QB 2002-2003BALTIMORE RAVENSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos2003 173 5th Tony Pashos TALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsTony Pashos OL 2003-

BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1961 23rd Darrell DeDecker C1961 10th Ernie McMillan T1962 28th Charles Dickerson T1983 15 1st Tony Eason QB1983 155 6th Mike Bass K1988 181 7th Darryl Usher WR2003 36 2nd Eugene Wilson CB2004 233 7th Christian Morton DBALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsMike Taliaferro QB 1868-70Ron Acks LB 1972-73Willie Osley DB 1974Tony Eason QB 1983-89Adam Ligner C 1986Darryl Usher WR 1988Garrett Johnson DL 1999-2001Eugene Wilson FS 2003-BOSTON YANKSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsSteven Sucic B 1947

BROOKLYN DODGERSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1944 14th John Genis T1944 26th Ray Grierson E1948 27 5th Les Bingaman TALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsLouis Gordon T 1931David Cook B 1936George Bernhardy G 1946-48James McCarthy E 1946-47Max Morris E 1948

ALL-TIME ILLINI ON NFL ROSTERS(11th,295)1989 Keith Jones, RB, Atlanta (3rd, 62)1990 Jeff George, QB, Indianapolis (1st, 1)Mike Bellamy, WR, Philadelphia (2nd, 50)1991 Henry Jones, DB, Buffalo (1st, 26)Moe Gardner, NT, Atlanta (4th, 87)Darrick Brownlow, LB, Dallas (5th, 132)Mel Agee, DT, Indianapolis (6th, 152)Chris Green, DB, Miami (7th, 191)Howard Griffith, RB, Indianapolis (9th, 236)1992 Elbert Turner, WR, Houston (7th, 189)Kameno Bell, RB, Miami (12th, 328)Tim Simpson, G, Cleveland (12th, 329)1993 Brad Hopkins, T, Houston (1st, 13)1994 Filmel Johnson, DB, Buffalo (7th, 221)1995 Ken Dilger, TE, Indianapolis (2nd, 48)John Holecek, LB, Buffalo (5th, 144)Dana Howard, LB, Dallas (5th, 168)Scott Turner, DB, Washington (7th, 226)1996 Kevin Hardy, LB, Jacksonville (1st, 2)Simeon Rice, LB, Arizona (1st, 3)Ken Blackman, OL, Cincinnati (3rd, 69)1997 Dennis Stallings, LB, Houston (6th, 181)1998 Robert Holcombe, RB, St. Louis (2nd, 37th)1999 J.P. Machado, OL, N.Y. Jets (6th, 197)2000 Neil Rackers, PK, Cincinnati (6th, 169)Danny Clark, LB, Jacksonville (7th, 245)2001 Marques Sullivan, OT, Buffalo (5th, 14 4 )Jameel Cook, FB, Tampa Bay (6th, 174)2002 Kurt Kittner, QB, Atlanta (5th, 158)2003 Eugene Wilson, CB, New England (2nd, 36)Brandon Lloyd, WR, San Francisco (4th, 124)David Diehl, G, NY Giants (5th, 160)Tony Pashos, OT, Baltimore (5th, 173)Walter Young, WR, Carolina (7th, 226)2004 Sean Bubin, OL, Jacksonville (5th, 159)Christian Morton, CB, New England(7th, 233)

Marques Sullivan is on the depth chart at nearly everyoffensive line position for the Buffalo Bills, the team thatdrafted him in 2001.






CHICAGO ROCKETSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1947 136 18th Mac Wenskunas C1947 170 25th Bill Franks T1948 82 14th Lou Agase T1948 162 24th Ike Owen EALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsDonald Griffin B 1946Alex Agase G 1947George Bernhardt G 1948Nathan Johnson T 1948James McCarthy E 1948Max Morris E 1948Isaiah Owens E 1948Julius Rykovich B 1948CINCINNATI BENGALSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1983 221 8th Mike Martin WR1996 69 3rd Ken Blackman OL2000 139 6th Neil Rackers PKALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsBob Trumpy TE 1968-77Mike Wells QB 1977Mike Martin WR 1983-89Ed Brady LB 1986-91Mark Dennis OT 1994Ken Blackman OL 1996-2001Ty Douthard RB 1997Neil Rackers PK 2000-02Ray Redziniak OL 2001-02Kevin Hardy LB 2003-

CINCINNATI REDSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsLloyd Burdick T 1933CLEVELAND BROWNSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1944 11 1st Tony Butkovich B1945 26th Ray Florek B1947 88 11th Bill Huber E1948 113 17th Russ Steger B1948 145 21st Dike Eddelman B1952 16th Herb Neathery B1952 26th Joe Vernasco E1954 12 1st John Bauer G1954 21st Jim Baughman G1954 29th Claude Taliaferro B1958 7th Bobby Mitchell B1959 11 1st Rich Kreitling E1959 29th Ron Nietupski T1949 108 14th Walt Kersulis E1962 9th Charles Dickerson T1971 142 6th Doug Dieken T1974 171 7th Gerry Sullivan C-T

1976 271 10th Doug Kleber T1976 381 14th Joe Smalzer TE1992 329 12th Tim Simpson GALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsAlex Agase G 1948-51Tommy O’Connell QB 1956-57Bobby Mitchell RB 1958-61Rich Kreitling WR 1959-63Doug Dieken OT 1971-84Gerry Sullivan OT 1974-81Daryl Usher WR 1989Frank Hartley TE 1994-96CLEVELAND INDIANSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsJames McMillen G 1923, 31

CLEVELAND REDSKINSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsDon Greenwood RB 1946-47COLUMBUS TIGERSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsPeter Stinchcomb B 1923DALLAS TEXANSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsClaude “Buddy” Young RB 1952

DALLAS COWBOYSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1968 241 9th Ken Kmiec DB1979 219 8th Bruce Thornton DT1991 132 5th Darrick Brownlow LB1995 168 5th Dana Howard LBALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsCyril Pinder RB 1973Preston Pearson RB 1975-80Bruce Thornton DT 1979-80, 82Rich Grimett OT 1980-81Darrick Brownlow LB 1991-1994Kevin Hardy LB 2002DAYTON TRIANGLESALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsClarence Drayer T 1925Earl Britton B 1927-28John Depler C 1929

ALL-TIME ILLINI ON NFL ROSTERS

BUFFALO BILLSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1960 Bill Burrell LB1962 33rd Tony Parrill G1966 16th Ed Russell T1984 95 4th Mitchell Brookins WR1985 253 10th Chris Babayar G1991 26 1st Henry Jones DB1994 221 7th Filmell Johnson DB1995 144 5th John Holecek LB2001 144 5th Marques Sullivan OLALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsMichael Kasap T 1947Julius Rykovich B 1947-48Achille Maggioli B 1948Tommy O’Connell QB 1960-61Mike Taliaferro QB 1972Mitchell Brookins WR 1984-86Adam Lingner C 1986-95Henry Jones DB 1991-2001Filmel Johnson DB 1994-96Chris Green DB 1995John Holecek LB 1995-2000Marques Sullivan OL 2001-Tom Schau OL 2002CANTON BULLDOGSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsVern Mullen B 1923

CAROLINA PANTHERSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos2003 226 7th Walter Young WRALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsJack Trudeau QB 1995Mark Dennis OT 1995-96Howard Griffith RB 1995-96Walter Young WR 2003-CHICAGO BEARSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1946 2nd Julie Rykovich B1946 12th Frank Bauman E1946 19th Tom Gallagher B1947 7th Dike Eddelman B1947 28th Jack Pierce B1951 18th Chuck Brown G1952 18th Tommy O’Connell QB1954 6 1st Stan Wallace B1954 14th Ken Miller B1956 7th J.C. Caroline B1961 2nd Bill Brown B1962 7th Ed O’Bradovich E

1965 3 1st Dick Butkus LB1975 110 5th Revie Sorey G1975 151 6th Tom Hicks LB1979 147 6th John Sullivan LB1983 313 12th Oliver Williams WR1984 297 11th Mark Butkus DT1986 82 3rd David Williams WRALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsJoseph Sternaman B 1922-23, 27-30George Halas E 1922-29 Laurie Walquist B 1922-31Oscar Knop B 1923-27James McMillen G 1924-28, 30-31, 35Vern Mullen B 1924-27James Crawford G 1925Garland Grange E 1925, 28-34Harold “Red” Grange B 1925, 1928-34Charles Kassel E 1927Everett Nelson T 1929Harry Richman G 1929Lloyd Burdick T 1931-32Edward Kawal C 1931-36Louis Gordon T 1938Paul Podmajerski G 1944Peter Perez G 1945Julius Rykovich B 1949-51Tommy O’Connell QB 1953Stan Wallace DB 1954, 56-58J.C. Caroline DB 1956-65John “Rocky” Ryan WR/DB 1958Bill Brown FB 1961Ed O’Bradovich DE 1962-71Rich Kreitling WR 1964Dick Butkus LB 1965-73Jim Grabowski FB 1971Cyril Pinder RB 1971-72Revie Sorey OG 1975-83Tom Hicks LB 1976-81Lonnie Perrin RB 1979Calvin Thomas FB 1982-88Kelvin Atkins LB 1983Tim Norman G 1983Oliver Williams WR 1983John Janata OT 1983-84Cap Boso TE 1987-91Dana Howard LB 1996-1999CHICAGO HORNETSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsNathan Johnson T 1949James McCarthy E 1949Paul Patterson B 1949






ALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsBob Robertson C 1968Rich Johnson FB 1969Bob Naponic QB 1970Jerry Strum C 1971Mike Johnson DT 1984-85Brad Hopkins OT 1993-Dennis Stallings LB 1997-1999Robert Holcombe RB 2002-INDIANAPOLIS COLTSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1948 171 25th Lou Levanti C1948 179 26th Sam Zatkoff E1949 57 8th Bob Prymuski T1949 147 20th Murney Lazier B1976 258 9th Stu Levenick T1984 147 6th Dwight Beverly RB1984 290 11th Bob Stowe T1986 47 2nd Jack Trudeau QB1986 172 7th Chris White K1990 1 1st Jeff George QB1991 152 6th Mel Agee DT1991 236 9th Howard Griffith RB1995 48 2nd Ken Dilger TEALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsMichael Kasap T 1947Achille Maggioli B 1950Claude “Buddy” Young RB 1953-55Preston Pearson RB 1967-69Oliver Williams WR 1985-86Jack Trudeau QB 1986-93Craig Swoope DB 1987-89Don Thorp DT 1988Keith Taylor DB 1988-91Jeff George QB 1990-93Mel Agee DT 1991-92Mike Bellamy WR 1992Ken Dilger TE 1995-2001Aaron Moorehead WR 2003-

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1996 2 1st Kevin Hardy LB1999 245 7th Danny Clark LB2004 159 5th Sean Bubin OLALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsKevin Hardy LB 1996-2001Danny Clark LB 2000-2003

KANSAS CITY CHIEFSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1965 15th Dave Powless G1973 251 10th Willie Osley DB1983 231 9th Adam Lingner CALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsWillie Osley DB 1974-76Adam Lingner C 1983-86KENOSHA MAROONSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsWalter Pearce B 1924LOS ANGELES DONSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsAlex Agase G 1947Bert Piggott B 1947

LOUISVILLE COLONELSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsPeter Stinchcomb B 1926MIAMI DOLPHINSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1966 1 1st Jim Grabowski FB1966 7th Don Hansen LB1966 11th Sam Price HB1966 11th Kai Anderson C1984 333 12th Mike Weingrad LB1987 212 6th Mark Dennis OT1991 191 7th Chris Green DB1992 328 12th Kameno Bell RBALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsSam Price RB 1966-68Jimmy Warren DB 1966-69Jack Squirek LB 1986Mark Dennis OT 1987-94Don Thorp DT 1989African Grant DB 1989-90Chris Green DB 1991-94

MILWAUKEE BADGERSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsJames McMillen G 1923MINNEAPOLIS MARINESALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsReynold Kraft E 1922

ALL-TIME ILLINI ON NFL ROSTERSDECATUR/CHICAGO STALEYSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsGeorge Halas E 1920-21Burt Ingwersen T 1920-21Ralph Lanum B 1920-24Walter Pearce B 1920-22Ross Petty G 1920Hubbard Shoemaker G 1920-21Edward Sternaman B 1920-21, 23-30Russell Smith G 1921Peter Strinchcomb B 1921-22

DENVER BRONCOSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1965 2nd Dick Butkus LB1965 4th George Donnelly DB1966 17th Gary Eickman DE1976 139 5th Lonnie Perrin RB1986 104 4th Jim Juriga TALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsJerry Strum C 1961-66Lonnie Perrin RB 1976-78Jim Juriga OG 1986-91Calvin Thomas FB 1988Howard Griffith RB 1997-2001Garrett Johnson DL 2002DETROIT LIONSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1937 8th Elvin Sayre C1945 7th Les Joop T1945 10th Mike Kasap T1948 3rd Les Bingaman T1948 13th Russ Steger B1950 28th Johnny Karras B1950 29th Russ Steger B1951 8th Dick Raklovits G1951 13th Wayne Siegert T1955 25th Dick Miller T1968 53 2nd John Wright Sr. WR1968 202 8th Terry Miller LBALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsFrank Knox G 1935Steven Sucic B 1947-48Les Bingaman G 1948-54Achille Maggioli B 1949John Wright Sr. WR 1969Terry Miller LB 1970Johnny Johnson QB 1996Greg Engel C 1999-2000

FRANKFORD (PA) YELLOWJACKETSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsEarl Britton B 1927Russell Daugherty B 1927Charles Kassel E 1927-28

GREEN BAY PACKERSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1940 13th Mel Brewer G1940 18th Jim Reeder T1944 6th Alex Agase G1944 12th Don Griffin B1948 6th Bob Cunz T1948 11th Perry Moss B1948 13th Lou Agase T1952 20th Chuck Boerlo C1957 20th Percy Oliver G1958 3rd Ray Nitschke B1958 10th Carl Johnson T1963 17th Thurman Walter E1966 9 1st Jim Grabowski FB1973 253 10th Larry Allen LB1973 308 12th Larry McCarren CALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsLouis Gordon T 1936-37Perry Moss QB 1948Chuck Boerlo LB 1952Ray Nitschke LB 1958-72Jim Grabowski FB 1966-70Larry McCarren C 1973-85Ron Acks LB 1974-76Ernie McMillan OT 1975Don Hansen LB 1977Tom Schau OL 2000-01Bobby Jackson S 2002-03HAMMOND (IND) PROSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsJohn Depler C 1921Oscar Knop B 1922-23William Kovacsy T 1923

HOUSTON TEXANSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsRyan Schau OL 2002Terrell Washington DE 2002Luke Butkus C 2004HOUSTON/TENNESSEE TITANSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1960 DeJustice Coleman HB1960 John Gremer G1968 224 9th Bob Robertson C1969 78 3rd Rich Johnson RB1969 256 10th Bob Naponic QB1984 228 9th Mike Johnson DE1986 225 9th Bob Sebring LB1992 189 7th Elbert Turner WR1993 13 1st Brad Hopkins T1997 181 6th Dennis Stallings LB






ORANGE (NJ) TORNADOSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsJohn Depler C 1929PHILADELPHIA EAGLESDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1949 13th Lyle Button T1952 4th Chuck Ulrich T1952 30th Don Stevens B1953 5th Rex Smith E1953 19th Pete Bachouros B1954 2nd Rocky Ryan E1961 17th Larry Lavery T1968 39 2nd Cyril Pinder RB1990 50 2nd Mike Bellamy WRALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsDon Stevens RB 1952, 54John “Rocky” Ryan WR/DB 1956-58Tranton Jackson FL 1966Cyril Pinder RB 1968-70Jerry Strum C 1972Ryan Schau OL 1999-2001Greg Lewis WR 2003-PITTSBURGH STEELERSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1950 23rd Walt Kersulis E1957 24th Gary Francis E1974 412 16th Octavuws Morgan LB1986 207 8th Cap Boso TE1988 295 11th Bobby Dawson DBALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsJames McCarthy E 1944Lou Levanti G 1951-52Preston Pearson RB 1970-74David Edwards DB 1985-88Jeff Markland FB 1988Matt Cushing TE 1998-POTTSVILLE MAROONSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsVern Mullen B 1927

PROVIDENCE STEAMROLLERSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsWalter Pearce B 1925RACINE LEGIONALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsWalter McIllwain B 1926

LA/ST. LOUIS RAMSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1947 9th Russ Steger B1947 21st Lou Levanti C1949 23rd Walt Kersulis E1951 27th Al Brosky B1956 12th Em Lindback QB1956 29th Mickey Bates B1979 99 4th Darwin Tucker DB1984 215 8th Ed Brady LB1984 328 12th Moe Bias LB1988 82 3rd Mike Piel DT1998 37 2nd Robert Holcombe RBALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsSteven Sucic B 1946Joe Wendryhoski C 1964-66Greg Schumacher DE 1967-68Ed Brady LB 1984-86Mike Piel DE 1988-93Howard Griffith RB 1994Dana Howard LB 1995Robert Holcombe RB 1998-2001Ryan Schau OL 2004SAN DIEGO CHARGERSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1961 6th Cliff Roberts T1973 214 9th Tab Bennett LBALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsJimmy Warren DB 1964-65Vince Osby LB 1984-85Jack Squirek LB 1987Mitchell Brookins WR 1988Greg Engel C 1994-97Scott Turner DB 1998-2001John Holecek LB 2001Josh Whitman TE 2001-02Luke Butkus C 2002SAN FRANCISCO 49ERSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1948 190 27th Perry Moss B1948 206 29th Herb Siegert G1951 20th Al Tate T1955 30th Bob Gongala B1957 2nd Abe Woodson B1959 23rd Bruce Dollahan T1961 11th Tony Parrill G1962 18th Gary Brown B1965 13 1st George Donnelly B1965 13th Gregg Schumacher E1982 195 7th Ron Ferrari LB2003 124 4th Brandon Lloyd WR


MINNESOTA VIKINGSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1966 3rd Don Hansen LB1966 4th Ron Acks DE1966 18th Dale Greco DT1971 80 4th Mike Wells QB1977 250 9th Scott Studwell LB1977 278 10th Dan Beaver K1986 147 6th Thomas Rooks RBALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsBill Brown FB 1962-74Archie Sutton OT 1965-67Don Hansen LB 1966-67Mike Wells QB 1973-76Scott Studwell LB 1977-90Guy Teafatiller DT 1987Jeff George QB 1999NEW ORLEANS SAINTSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1982 1 1st Dave Wilson QB1984 156 6th Don Thorp DT1988 134 5th Keith Taylor DBALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsJerry Strum C 1967-70Joe Wendryhoski C 1967-68Don Hansen LB 1976Willie Osley DB 1976Dave Wilson QB 1981-89Don Thorp DT 1984Keith Taylor DB 1992-93Trayvon Waller DB 2001

NEW YORK GIANTSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1946 27th Butch Kolens G1951 13th Paul Douglas B1959 9th Jack Delveaux B1963 10th Mike Taliaferro QB1965 17th Dave Powless G1966 16th Sam Price HB1966 17th Gary Eickman T1966 18th Kai Anderson C2003 160 5th David Diehl GALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsPaul Douglass DB 1953John Bauer G 1954John Counts RB 1962-63Derek Allen OL 1995-96Mike Malczyk LS 2002David Diehl OL 2003-

NEW YORK JETSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1966 16th Ron Acks DB1999 197 6th J.P. Machado OLALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsMike Taliaferro QB 1964-67Marshall Starks DB 1964-66John Sullivan LB 1979Tony Eason QB 1989-90Jack Trudeau QB 1994J.P. Machado QB 1999-2003Brandon Moore OL 2003-NEW YORK TITANSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1961 6th Bill Brown B1961 13th Joe Wendryhoski T1962 24th Johnny Counts HB1963 28th Mike Taliaferro QB

NEW YORK YANKEESDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1947 Buddy Young B1949 64 9th Al Mastrangeli CALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsHarold “Red” Grange B 1926-27Raymond Hall T 1927Nathan Johnson T 1946-47, 50Claude “Buddy” Young RB 1947-51Wayne Siegert G 1951LA/OAKLAND RAIDERSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1961 4 1st Joe Rutgens T1961 18th Joe Krakoski HB1965 11th Bill Minor LB1982 35 2nd Jack Squirek LB1988 25 1st Scott Davis DEALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsCliff Roberts T 1961Joe Krakoski DB 1963-66Jimmy Warren DB 1970-77Jack Squirek LB 1982-86Darryl Byrd LB 1983-84David Williams WR 1987Scott Davis DE 1988-91, 1994Jeff George QB 1997-98Danny Clark LB 2004-






ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS(as selected by cosida) FIRST-TEAM SELECTIONSBob Lenzini, DT, 1952Jim Grabowski, FB, 1964, 1965John Wright Sr., E, 1966Jim Rucks, DE, 1970Bob Bucklin, DE, 1971Dan Gregus, DL, 1980, 1981, 1982Mike Hopkins, DB, 1991John Wright Jr., WR, 1992Brett Larsen, P, 1994Josh Whitman, TE, 1999, 2000SECOND-TEAM SELECTIONSBruce Capel, C, 1964Ron Acks, DB, 1965John Wright Sr., E, 1967Bob Bucklin, DE, 1970Dan Beaver, K, 1976Bruce Thornton, DT, 1977Charlie Weber, FB, 1977, 1978Curt Lovelace, C, 1990John Wright Jr., WR, 1991Brett Larsen, P, 1995Fred Wakefield, DE, 1999, 2000Tony Pashos, OT, 2002

THIRD-TEAM SELECTIONSDick Deller, G, 1963Mike Taliaferro, QB, 1963Dave Tomasula, LB, 1967Tony Pleviak, DL, 1968HONORABLE MENTIONSELECTIONSMike Dundy, HB, 1963Tony Pleviak, DL, 1967Doug Redmann, OG, 1969DISTRICT IVTony Pashos, OT, 2002ILLINOIS POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERSTwelve Illinois athletes, includ-ing five football players, havewon NCAA postgraduate schol-arships. Postgraduate scholar-ship winners must carry a mini-mum 3.4 (4.0) grade point aver-age and are also evaluated onthe basis of athletic achieve-ment, extracurricular activitiesand community and civicinvolvement.

Robert Scott Bucklin (Football), 1972Lynn Devers (Gymnastics), 1991Kerry Dickson (Men’s Track), 1984Michael Durkin (Men’s Track & Cross Country), 1975Mike Hopkins (Football), 1991Claude Howat (Baseball), 1971Curtis Lovelace (Football), 1990Laurence McCarren Jr.(Football), 1973Mary Ellen Murphy (Golf), 1983Jon Schmidt (Men’s Track & Cross Country), 1983David Stoldt (Men’s Gymnastics), 1980John Wright Jr. (Football), 1992Josh Whitman (Football), 2000

Jim Grabowski was amongfour former college student-athletes inducted into theGTE Academic All-AmericaHall of Fame April 22, 1993.The other inductees werefootball’s Raymond Berry andDave Casper, and basketball’sKermit Washington.

To be eligible for theGTE Academic All-AmericaHall of Fame, an athlete musthave been a GTE AcademicAll-America team memberwith a cumulative grade-pointaverage of 3.0 (4.0 scale). Inaddition, his/her class must have been graduat-ed for at least 10 years. Academic All-AmericaHall of Fame members must have attainedhigh achievements in their chosen professionsand have made substantial contributions totheir communities.

Grabowski was a two-time consensus All-

American who, as a sopho-more, was the MVP of the1964 Rose Bowl. He placedthird in the balloting for theHeisman Trophy as a senior in1965. He graduated as afinance major.

The Big Te n’s career ru s h-ing leader at the time of hisgraduation, Gr a b owski was af i r s t - round draft choice of theNFL-champion Green Ba yPackers and played six years ofp rofessional football with thePackers and Chicago Be a r s .

Gr a b owski has beeni n vo l ved with many charitable organizationsand is an officer of the Red Cloud At h l e t i cFund, which raises money for Sioux In d i a n s .

The color analyst for Illini football radiobroadcasts, Grabowski is Chief OperatingOfficer of Great Lakes TelecommunicationCorp.

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA HALL OF FAME

ACADEMIC HONORSALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsAbe Woodson DB 1958-64George Donnelly DB 1966-67Ron Ferrari LB 1982-86Brandon Lloyd WR 2003-SEATTLE SEAHAWKSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1978 231 9th Rich Grimmett TALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsDon Hansen LB 1976

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1982 212 8th Kelvin Atkins LB1985 92 4th Mike Heaven DB1986 83 4th Craig Swoope DB2001 174 6th Jameel Cook FBALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsDavid Williams WR 1986Craig Swoope DB 1986-87Darrick Brownlow LB 1992-93Ed Brady LB 1992-96Jameel Cook FB 2001-Simeon Rice DE 2001-Ken Dilger TE 2002-WASHIINGTON REDSKINSDRAFT CHOICESYear Pick Rd Name Pos1941 19th Tom Riggs T1946 9th Chick Maggioli B1946 12th Stan Sprague E1949 18th Herb Siegert G1950 14th Lyle Button T1952 16th Marv Berschet T1952 21st Dan Jenkins T1958 24th Rod Hanson E1961 3 1st Joe Rutgens T1967 250 10th Bruce Sullivan DB1995 226 7th Scott Turner DBALL-TIME ROSTERName Pos YearsEdward Kawal C 1937Herbert Siegert G 1949-51Marv Berschet G 1954-55Joe Krakoski DB 1961Joe Rutgens DT 1961-69Bobby Mitchell RB/WR 1962-68Trenton Jackson FL 1967Lonnie Perrin RB 1979African Grant DB 1988Mike Scully OG 1988Dave Harbour C 1988-89Keith Taylor DB 1994-96

Darrick Brownlow LB 1995-96Scott Turner DB 1995-97Jeff George QB 1999-2001Michael Hall DB 2004





In 1914, the Big Ten Conference en-dowed a Medal of Honor, to be awardedannually at each institution to the studentdemonstrating proficiency in scholarshipand academics. Beginning in 1982, awoman athlete from each institution hasalso been awarded the Conference Medal ofHonor.

Tennis standouts Phil Stolt andJennifer McGaffigan were named the 2004winners of the Big Ten Conference Medalof Honor.

Senior Phil Stolt, a graduate ofNorthern Highlands High School, hasexcelled both on the court and in the class-room while at Illinois. He is a four-timeAll-Big Ten selection and three-timeAcademic All-Big Ten pick while posting a3.407 cumulative grade point average as afinance major. After leading the Illini tounprecedented success throughout hiscareer, including an NCAA team title, a64-match winning streak and a third con-secutive Big Ten title, Stolt’s career record was101-42 in singles and 128-32 in doubles compe-tition, totals which rank him 10th and fifth,respectively, on the all-time UI career win lists.He was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation insingles during his career, and he and doublesteammate Brian Wilson were ranked No. 2 indoubles at one point during his senior season.During his rookie campaign in 2001, Stolt setthe Illinois record for wins by a freshman with32. In 2003, he was the recipient of the ITAMidwest Region’s Rafael Osuna SportsmanshipAward.

Fighting Illini senior Jennifer McGaffigan isa graduate of Bettendorf High School. While atIllinois, McGaffigan maintained an impressive3.498 grade point average as an accountingmajor. On the court, she started every dualmatch of her career in both singles and doubles(94 in all), playing in No. 1 singles in 89 of thosematches. She is the Illinois career leader in singleswins (104), doubles wins (104) and combinedwins (208). She had record of 30-10 and wasranked as high as No. 14 on the season. In dou-bles, she and teammate Cynthya Goulet had a30-9 record and were ranked as high as No. 7 inthe country.. In 2002, McGaffigan was Illinois’first player to qualify for the NCAA singles tour-nament in 10 years, and the following year shereached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA doubles tour-

nament with partner Michelle Webb. She is afour-time All-Big Ten selection and three-timeAcademic All-Big Ten pick. During her freshmanseason in 2001, she was named Illinois’ first-everBig Ten Freshman of the Year.

In the 86-year history of the award, 14Fighting Illini football players have earned theaward, including the most recent in punter ForryWells in 1994. There has been one father-son UIMedal of Honor duo, Lee Sentman (track) in1931 and his son, Lee Sentman III (fencing) in1958. Gymnast Howard Beck (1974 and 1975)is the only two-time recipient of the award.

BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONORRECIPIENTS1915 Edward A. Williford, basketball1916 Elmo Paul Hohman, track1917 Clyde Godel Alwood, basketball1918 John Leo Klein, football & baseball1919 G.C. Gucheit, football1920 John B. Felmley, basketball & track1921 John S. Prescott, track 1922 Clarence Crossley, baseball1923 Otto H. Vogel, football, basketball and baseball1924 Walter Roettger, baseball & basketball1925 Gilbert J. Roberts, football

BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONORFIRST-TEAMAgee, Mel, DL, 1987-1988Allen, Bob, RG, 1957Ash, Dave, C, 1959Beaver, Dan, K, 1974, 1976Benson, Ivan, DB, 1996-98Braid, Ken, LB, 1972Boyle, Kenny, TE, 2000, 02Brosnan, Brian, S, 2002Bucklin, Bob, DE, 1970-71Capel, Bruce, C, 1964Chamblin, Jack, C, 1954Cole, Mike, DL, 1992-1993Collier, Glenn, DE, 1971Conroy, John, WR, 1996Craig, Ryan, DB, 1997Cushing, Matt, TE, 1997DeDecker, Darrel, G, 1960Deller, Dick, RT, 1962-1963Dennis, Mark, OT, 1986Diehl, David, OL, 1999-02Donnelly, Pat, DB, 1990Dulick, Jason, WR, 1993Dundy, Mike, RB, 1963Engel, Greg, C, 1991-1992Erb, Bruce, LB, 1969Ernst, Don, T, 1953Fitts, Steve, P, 1999Finis, Jerry, OL, 1976Flynn, Dennis, OT, 1981Freund, Peter, QB, 1988Gatton, Joe, TE, 1996-1997Glielmi, Rob, LB, 1985Gomez, Mike, LS, 2002Gow, Mike, DB, 1973Grabowski, Jim, FB, 19 6 4 - 6 5Greenlee, Andy, DB, 1997Gregus, Dan, DL, 1980-82Gregus, Kurt, LB, 1987-89Gusich, Mike, DB, 1996-98Hardy, Kevin, LB, 1993Hayes, Erik, OL, 1992Haywood, Brad, FB, 2003Henkel, Bill, LB, 1988, 1990Hodel, Nathan, OL, 19 9 7 - 0 0Holcombe, Robert, RB, 19 9 7Hopkins, Mike, DB, 1989-91Huisinga, Larry, DB, 19 71 - 7 2Jenner, Kris, QB, 1982-1983Juriga, Jim, OG, 1985Ka u t t e r, Brett, DT, 19 9 9 - 0 2Kittner, Kurt, QB, 1999Kleckner, Bill, DB, 1974Klein, Jim, FL, 1993-1994

Koch, Bryan, OL, 2003Koester, Kraig, TE, 1992-93Kornfeld, Mark, QB, 2001, 03Kulaga, Jay, OL, 1999-00Larsen, Brett, P, 1993-95Lauzen, Joe, DL, 1996Lenzini, Bob, T, 1953Lopez, John, WR, 1980-81Lovelace, Curt, C, 1988-90Malczyk, Mike, LS, 2000Matha, Ryan, DT, 2002McCarren, Larry, C, 1972McCracken, Mac, LB, 1976McCray, Mike, QB, 1977McGoey, Eric, WR, 2001-03McMillin, Troy, OL, 1978McMillin, Ty, LB, 1973Minor, Jim, C, 1955, 1956Moore, Ryan, WR, 1995-96Moss, Scott, DE, 2003Navarro, Mike, FB, 1972Nawrocki, Nolan, LB, 1996, ‘98Ogata, B.J., TE, 2000O’Laughlin, J.J., QB, 1992Pashos, Tony, OL, 1999-02Piazza, Nick, WR, 19 9 8 - 01Pleviak, Tony, DL, 1966-68Redmann, Doug, G, 1969Rucks, Jim, E, 1970Sewall, Luke, DB, 1982-83Schau, Ryan, OL, 1996-1998Schau, Tom, OL, 1996-1998Schnack, Jason, P, 1992Schwarzentraub, Jeff, QB, 19 9 3Shaffer, Jim, LB, 1990Shepard, Bryan, DB, 1998Smith, Dale, B, 1957Steinhaus, Steve, OL, 1994Taliaferro, Mike, QB, 1963

Tesdall, Seth, DT, 1999Thornton, Bruce, DL, 1977Tomasula, Dave, LB, 1967Tubbs, JJ, PK, 2000-03Venegoni, John, LB, 1981Voelker, Gary, WR, 1992-93Wakefield, Fred, DE, 1997-00Weber, Charlie, RB, 1977Wells, Mike, QB, 1971Whitman, Josh, TE, 1998-00Willis, Steve, S, 1995Wright, Dave, T, 1971Wright, John, Sr., E, 19 6 5 - 6 7Wright, John, Jr., WR, 19 9 0 - 9 2Young, John, TE, 2003SECOND-TEAMAcks, Ron, DB, 1964Bedalow, John, TE, 1972Blackwell, Don, OT, 1972Gann, John, OB, 1972Hogan, Mickey, RT, 1968Hollenbach, Jeff, QB, 1973Jordan, Larry, G, 1967Kleber, Doug, TE, 1973Petersen, Mark, DE, 1973Smith, Tom, T, 1966Uecker, Bill, DB, 1973Wiza, John, LB, 1972THIRD-TEAMAcks, Ron, DB, 1965Biezczad, Bob, OL, 1969Petkus, Bob, T, 1965HONORABLE MENTIONBess, Ron, HB, 1965Bucklin, Bob, DE, 1969Guenther, Ron, L, 1965Hogan, Mickey, RT, 1967Jeske, Tom, DE, 1969Kaiser, John, SE, 1969Kimbell, Steve, C, 1964-65McDonough, Mike, LG, 19 6 8Pnazek, Karl, DL, 1969Rodgers, Randy, FB, 1968Rose, Jerry, C, 1967Stellwagen, Joel, G, 1964, 19 6 6Sturrock, Tom, OT, 1968Whiteside, Jim, RT, 1968

NCAA AWARD OF VALORAwarded only five times since 1974, the Award of Valor is presented toa coach, administrator, or current or former varsity letterwinner who,when confronted with a situation involving personal danger, averted orminimized potential disaster by courageous action or noteworthy brav-ery. In 1982, former Fighting Illini football player Timothy J.McCarthy ’71 was presented the award for his actions in the assassina-tion attempt of President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981.McCarthy served as a secret service agent and was wounded in the lineof duty. In that same incident, another UI graduate, presidential presssecretary James Brady, was also wounded.

NCAA SILVER ANNIVERSARY AWARDThis award is given annually to six distinguished former student-athleteson their silver anniversary (25th) as college graduates. In 1990, Illinoisgreat Dick Butkus ’65 was presented the award along with a group thatincluded Dr. Donald Baxter (basketball, Mercer University), Paul Bucha(swimming, U.S. Military Academy), Dr. Archie Roberts (baseball,Columbia University) and Roger Staubach (football, U.S. NavalAcademy). Following his career at Illinois, Butkus earned Pro FootballHall of Fame honors with the Chicago Bears, and also has distinguishedhimself as a sports commentator and actor.

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN

2004 Big Ten Medal of Honor winners JenniferMcGaffigan from women’s tennis and Phil Stolt of men’stennis.



1926 John W. Mauer, basketball1927 Doran T. Rue, track1928 Richard G. Finn, baseball1929 Robert B. Orlovich, track1930 Richard C. Oeler, gymnastics1931 Lee Sentman, track1932 Edward F. Gbur, baseball1933 R. Dean Woolsey, track & cross country1934 Ralph J. Epstein, fencing1935 Irving Seeley, track1936 Arthur Fisher, gymnastics1937 Harry Combes, basketball1938 Allen Sapora, wrestling1939 Archie Deuschman, wrestling1940 Frank E. Richart, Jr., golf1941 Park Brown, track & cross country1942 William Hocking, basketball1943 Edwin S. Parker, baseball & basketball1944 Warren F. Goodell, track1945 Donald Delaney, basketball1946 Robert Phelps, track1947 Robert Richards, track1948 George Fischer, baseball1949 T. Dwight Eddleman, football, basketball & track1950 Russ Steger, football & baseball1951 Don Laz, track and football1952 Richard Calisch, track 1953 Clive Follmer, basketball & baseball1954 Robert Lenzini, football & track1955 Edwin G. Jackson, Jr., wrestling1956 Daniel E. Dudas, baseball1957 Robert Dintelmann, track & cross country1958 Lee Sentman, fencing1959 Abraham Grossfeld, gymnastics1960 Robert J. Madix, baseball1961 Charles Campbell, fencing1962 Stuart R. Cohn, fencing1963 David J. Downey, basketball1964 Richard W. Deller, football1965 G. Bogie Redmon, basketball & track 1966 James S. Grabowski, football1967 Robert J. Bachman, swimming1968 Paul Gary Shapin, gymnastics1969 Dennis A. Rott, wrestling1970 Lawrence B. Schwartz, fencing1971 Ernest Clements, tennis1972 Robert Bucklin, football1973 Robert J. Mango, track1974 Howard Beck, gymnastics1975 Howard Beck, gymnastics1976 Glenn Hummell, tennis1977 Craig Virgin, track & cross country1978 Steve Yasukawa, gymnastics1979 John Davis, gymnastics1980 Dave Stoldt, gymnastics1981 John Kakacek, wrestling

1982 Randy Conte, baseballLisa Robinson, basketball1983 Rich Baader, track Mary Ellen Murphy, golf1984 Kerry Dickson, trackKaren Brems, gymnastics1985 Peter Bouton, tennisSue Arildsen, tennis1986 Jim Juriga, footballChristy Flesvig, tennis1987 Graeme McGufficke, swimming Jonelle Polk, basketball1988 Tim Simon, trackDisa Johnson, volleyball1989 Peter Freund, footballChris Schwarz, volleyball1990 John Murray, tennisCelena Mondie-Milner, track1991 Aaron Mobarak, trackLynn Devers, gymnastics1992 Mike Hopkins, footballKate Riley, basketball1993 Brad Lawton, trackLindsey Nimmo, tennis1994 Forry Wells, football & baseballTonya Booker, basketball1995 Steve Marianetti, wrestlingCarmel Corbett, track1996 Marko Koers, trackDawn Riley, track1997 Seth Brady, wrestlingKelly Scherr, volleyball1998 Eric Siebert, wrestlingAshley Berggren, basketball 1999 Bobby True, trackStacy Schapiro, tennis2000 Travis Romagnoli, gymnasticsTara Mendozza, track& cross country2001 Graydon Oliver, tennisBetsy Spicer, volleyball2002 John Lockhart, wrestlingGia Lewis, track & field2003 Andy Schutzenhoffer, baseballMichelle Webb, tennis2004 Phil Stolt, tennisJennifer McGaffigan, tennis

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