Illinois
Tier 4Big Ten · FBS · Tier 4 · 85 players
- Head coach
- Bret Bielema
- Playbook
- ILLINOIS · 4 formations, 465 plays
79OVR
81OFF
77DEF
Roster split
85 players by side of the ball
- Offense3946%
- Defense4249%
- Special teams45%
Position split
Players per position group; shades follow the side of the ball
- QB34%
- RB56%
- WR911%
- TE56%
- OL1720%
- DL1315%
- LB1113%
- DB1821%
- ST45%
Class mix
23 seniors in their final year
- Freshman3136%
- Sophomore1619%
- Junior1518%
- Senior2327%
Abilities per player
How many abilities each player has
- No abilities6779%
- 1 ability1012%
- 2 abilities45%
- 3 or more45%
Recruiting regions
54% of players are from the Midwest
- Northeast45%
- Southeast2024%
- Midwest4654%
- South Central56%
- West1012%
Ratings vs FBS average
Roster average against all 9,944 FBS players
IllinoisFBS average
OVR
−0.1
SPD
±0.0
ACC
−0.4
AGI
+0.3
STR
+0.3
AWR
+0.3
Overall distribution
Players in each overall band
0
36
37
12
0
Starter vs backup
Top two on the depth chart at each position; a wide gap means thin depth
StarterBackup
QB
−11
HB
0
WR
0
TE
0
LT
−9
LG
−6
C
−15
RG
−11
RT
−3
LEDG
−1
REDG
−2
DT
−2
SAM
0
MIKE
−4
WILL
−5
CB
−6
FS
−3
SS
−20
K
−9
P
−1
Ability coverage
Abilities across the roster, most widely held first
- With ability
- 18/85
- Different abilities
- 29
- Platinum
- 1
50/502
Adrenaline2
Escape Artist2
Ground N Pound2
Hammer2
Press Pro2
Second Level2
Workhorse2
Size by position
Height and weight of every player
OffenseDefenseSpecial teams
Recruiting footprint
Hometown states across 29 states
- Illinois29
- Florida13
- California6
- Ohio5
- Mississippi3
- Indiana2
- Kansas2
- 22 other states25
Roster snapshot from 2026-10-05.