The Champaign Room · Jun 28, 2023
Which Illini will break the 1,000-yard mark in 2023?
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How many Illini have crossed the 1,000-yard barrier this century?
12
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I want to preface this by saying that there's not much.
And in the last decade, the 1,000-yard barrier has only been broken 10 times.
And Chase Brown did it twice — and it took him 498 attempts.
The others were:
2002 Antoineo Harris — 1,330 rushing yards
2002 Brandon Lloyd — 1,010 receiving yards
2007 Rashard Mendenhall — 1,681 rushing yards
2008 Arrelious Benn — 1,055 receiving yards
2010 Mikel Leshoure — 1,697 rushing yards
2011 A.J. Jenkins — 1,276 receiving yards