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Illinois Football Records
All-time career leaders for Illinois Fighting Illini football across 14 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.
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Passing records
Career Passing Yards
Top 10- 1Jack Trudeau1981–19858,725
- 2Kurt Kittner1998–20018,722
- 3Nathan Scheelhaase2010–20138,568
- 4Juice Williams2006–20098,037
- 5Luke Altmyer2023–20257,607
- 1Kurt Kittner1998–200170
- 2Luke Altmyer2023–202557
- 3Juice Williams2006–200956
- 4Nathan Scheelhaase2010–201355
- 4Jack Trudeau1981–198555
Career Completions
Top 10- 1Jack Trudeau1981–1985797
- 2Nathan Scheelhaase2010–2013775
- 3Kurt Kittner1998–2001682
- 4Jason Verduzco1989–1992678
- 5Luke Altmyer2025632
Career Pass Attempts
Top 10- 1Kurt Kittner1998–20011,264
- 2Jack Trudeau1981–19851,245
- 3Nathan Scheelhaase2010–20131,231
- 4Juice Williams2006–20091,136
- 5Jason Verduzco1989–19921,083
Rushing records
Career Rushing Yards
Top 20- 1Robert Holcombe1994–19974,105
- 2Chase Brown2019–20223,206
- 3Antoineo Harris1999–20022,985
- 4Thomas Rooks1982–19852,887
- 5Jim Grabowski1963–19652,878
- 1Howard Griffith1987–199031
- 2Jason Ford2008–201126
- 3Robert Holcombe1994–199725
- 3Thomas Rooks1982–198525
- 5Chubby Phillips1973–197624
Receiving records
Career Receiving Yards
Top 9- 1David Williams1983–19853,392
- 2Brandon Lloyd1999–20022,583
- 3A.J. Jenkins2008–20112,432
- 4Walter Young1998–20022,382
- 5Mike Martin1979–19822,300
Total Offense & Scoring records
Career Total Offense
Top 10- 1Nathan Scheelhaase2010–201310,634
- 2Juice Williams2006–200910,594
- 3Kurt Kittner1998–20018,880
- 4Jack Trudeau1981–19858,640
- 5Luke Altmyer2023–20258,348
Career Points
Top 10- 1Jason Reda2004–2007267
- 2Chris White1983–1985262
- 3Chris Richardson1991–1994259
- 4Doug Higgins1987–1990230
- 5Mike Bass1980–1982212
Defense records
Career Tackles
Top 7- 1John Sullivan1974–1978501
- 2Darrick Brownlow1987–1990483
- 3John Holecek1991–1994436
- 4J Leman2004–2007407
- 5Mason Monheim2012–2015392
Career Sacks
Top 9- 1Simeon Rice1992–199544.5
- 2Gabe Jacas2022–202527
- 3Scott Davis1983–198723
- 4Mike Poloskey1988–199120
- 5Jer'Zhan Newton2020–202318
Career Interceptions
Top 10- 1Al Brosky1950–195230
- 2Mike Gow1972–197419
- 3Craig Swoope1982–198513
- 3Mike Heaven1981–198413
- 5Eugene Wilson1999–200211
Career Tackles for Loss
Top 8- 1Simeon Rice1992–199569
- 2Moe Gardner1987–199057
- 3Don Thorp1980–198340
- 4Dawuane Smoot2013–201638.5
- 4J Leman2004–200738.5
Career Pass Breakups
Top 16- 1Eugene Wilson1999–200260
- 2Christian Morton2000–200241
- 3Bobby Jackson1997–200126
- 3Marlon Primous1988–199126
- 3Robert Crumpton1991–199426
Looking for today’s roster? See Illinois player ratings in College Football 27.
Sources & notes
- CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026.