2009 Illinois Fighting Illini Tackles through 01/07/2010
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Thomas | SO | LB | 12 | 57 | 38 | 95 | 7.92 |
| 2 | Garrett Edwards | JR | DB | 12 | 52 | 27 | 79 | 6.58 |
| 3 | Tavon Wilson | SO | DB | 12 | 56 | 18 | 74 | 6.17 |
| 4 | Nate Bussey | JR | LB | 12 | 30 | 13 | 43 | 3.58 |
| 5 | Donsay Hardeman | SR | DB | 9 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 4.67 |
| 6 | Russell Ellington | SO | LB | 11 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 3.82 |
| 7 | Corey Liuget | SO | DL | 12 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 3.00 |
| 8 | Dere Hicks | SR | DB | 12 | 25 | 9 | 34 | 2.83 |
| 9 | Walter Aikens | FR | DB | 8 | 26 | 6 | 32 | 4.00 |
| 10 | Doug Pilcher | SR | DL | 12 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 2.67 |
| 11 | Clay Nurse | JR | DL | 12 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 2.58 |
| 12 | Terry Hawthorne | FR | DB | 12 | 23 | 7 | 30 | 2.50 |
| 13 | Josh Brent | JR | DL | 12 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 2.42 |
| 14 | Travon Bellamy | JR | DB | 12 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 1.92 |
| 15 | Aaron Gress | JR | LB | 12 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 1.83 |
| 16 | Antonio James | SR | DL | 12 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 1.67 |
| 17 | Evan Frierson | FR | LB | 12 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 1.58 |
| 18 | Rahkeem Smith | SR | DL | 12 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0.92 |
| 19 | Supo Sanni | SO | DB | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1.22 |
| 20 | Ashante Williams | FR | DB | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1.13 |
| 21 | Martez Wilson | JR | LB | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 22 | Zach Becker | SO | TE | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.73 |
| 23 | Whitney Mercilus | FR | DL | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.73 |
| 24 | Sirod Williams | SR | DL | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.50 |
| 25 | Antonio Gully | JR | DB | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.45 |
| 26 | Cordale Scott | SO | WR | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.40 |
| 27 | Mikel LeShoure | SO | RB | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.27 |
| 28 | Chris Duvalt | SR | WR | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.25 |
| 29 | Dustin Jefferson | JR | LB | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.25 |
| 30 | Nate Palmer | FR | LB | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.27 |
| 31 | Bo Flowers | JR | DB | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 |
| 32 | Derek Dimke | SO | K | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 |
| 33 | Justin Green | FR | RB | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.22 |
| 34 | Tad Keely | JR | OL | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.18 |
| 35 | Jeff Cumberland | SR | WR | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.17 |
| 36 | Daryle Ballew | SO | DL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 |
| 37 | A.J. Jenkins | SO | WR | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 |
| 38 | Jarred Fayson | JR | WR | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 39 | Daniel Dufrene | SR | RB | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 |
| 40 | Joelil Thrash | FR | DB | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 |
| 41 | Arrelious Benn | JR | WR | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 42 | Fred Sykes | SO | WR | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 43 | Jeff Allen | SO | OL | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 44 | Wisdom Onyegbule | SO | DL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 45 | Patrick Nixon-Youman | FR | DB | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Total | 12 | 500 | 286 | 786 | 65.50 | |||
| Opponents | 12 | 485 | 398 | 883 | 73.58 |