Geronimo Allison

Wide receiver for Illinois. 2015: 65 catches, 882 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Illinois · #8

6′4″ · Tampa, FL

Illinois 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 87 nationally · Joined Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 wide receiver for Illinois. 2015: 65 catches, 882 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Illinois in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Illinois, 1,480 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 160 yds at Washington.Washington · L 19-442014

201411 games

Signed with Illinois3-star out of Iowa Western C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#87 national

CFB

College

Illinois

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2015

2 coaches

2014

Tim Beckman

Illinois

2015

Bill Cubit

Illinois

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tim Beckman → Bill Cubit. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Illinois6-7HC: Tim Beckman · Balanced

2015Illinois5-7HC: Bill Cubit · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (90th percentile). Strength: rec yards (89th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#50 / 521 · 90th pct

Rec yards#58 / 521 · 89th pct

882

Long catch#201 / 521 · 61st pct

Yards / catch#213 / 521 · 59th pct

13.6

Rec TDs#203 / 521 · 54th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.0	82.7	18.1	0.3
Road5g	4.6	60.6	12.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.7	100	16.7	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	46.8	14.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bret Bielema

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Illinois	65	882	13.6	3	--
2014	Illinois	41	598	14.6	5	--
Career		106	1,480	14.0	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2015

W 14–13

vs Nebraska

8 rec · 91 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With W. Lunt — 251 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 46.8 · -14 rush yds (3 car) · R. Frain — 33 AVG · 49 LONG · 6 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-3vs Kent State	2	57	28.5	1	34
Wk 2	W 44-0vs Western Illinois	8	124	15.5	0	28
Wk 3	L 14-48@ North Carolina	4	53	13.3	0	19
Wk 4	W 27-25vs Middle Tennessee	10	128	12.8	0	42
Wk 5	W 14-13vs Nebraska	8	91	11.4	1	26
Wk 6	L 20-29@ Iowa	8	148	18.5	1	53	Season-high 148 yds
Wk 8	L 13-24vs Wisconsin	8	99	12.4	0	31
Wk 9	L 0-39@ Penn State	4	34	8.5	0	12
Wk 10	W 48-14@ Purdue	4	22	5.5	0	9
Wk 11	L 3-28vs Ohio State	1	38	38.0	0	38
Wk 12	L 23-32@ Minnesota	3	46	15.3	0	27
Wk 13	L 14-24vs Northwestern	5	42	8.4	0	14
Total		65	882	15.7	3	53

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology