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Rashard Mendenhall turned in a strong rushing performance in his home town of Chicago Saturday.
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April 14, 2007
The Fighting Illini football team took its show on the road Saturday as it held its second major scrimmage of the spring at St. Rita High School in Chicago.
A crowd of several thousand watched Illinois scrimmage for nearly two hours in windy, cool conditions on the AstroPlay field. Among the highlights were the rushing of Rashard Mendenhall, who led the offense with 76 yards on the ground, including a 36-yard run. Converted defensive back Dere Hicks led all receivers with four catches for 51 yards. Eddie McGee went 7-of-10 through the air for 84 yards. Defensively, Tyler Rouse led with seven tackles and Antonio Steele added six. Rouse added an interception and Steele had one sack for 8 yards.
Rushing No. Yards TD Long
Rashard Mendenhall 10 76 0 36
Russ Weil 8 52 1 20
Eddie McGee 4 27 1 13
Juice Williams 4 9 0 6
Erique Robertson 2 1 0 5
Billy Garza 1 -5 0 0
Mike Mucha 1 3 0 3
Receiving No. Yards TD Long
Dere Hicks 4 51 0 27
Arrelious Benn 3 38 0 16
Chris James 2 32 0 25
DaJuan Warren 2 29 0 15
Erique Robertson 1 17 0 17
Will Judson 1 8 0 8
Marques Wilkins 1 5 0 5
Joe Morgan 1 4 0 4
Passing Att. Comp. Yards TD INT Long
Eddie McGee 10 7 84 0 0 27
Juice Williams 16 5 50 0 1 16
Billy Garza 7 3 50 0 0 25
Scoring Summary
5th Drive Eddie McGee 6 yard run
7th Drive Bo Flowers 2 yard fumble recovery
11th Drive Russ Weil 6 yard run
Defense - Tackles
Tyler Rouse - 7 (1 INT)
Antonio Steele - 6 (1 QBS-8yds.)
Chris Duvalt - 4 (1 PBU)
Bo Flowers - 3 (1 FR-1 TD)
Justin Harrison - 3
Kevin Mitchell - 3
Mike Ware - 3
Sam Carson - 2 (1 PBU)
David Lindquist - 2 (1 QBS-8 yds + 1 TFL-1 yd.)
Brit Miller - 2 (1 PBU)
Derek Walker - 2 (1 TFL-1 yd.)
Antonio James - 1 (1 PBU)
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