Josh Ferguson

Running back for Illinois. 2015: 708 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 37 catches.

RB · Illinois · #6

5′10″ · Naperville, IL

Illinois 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1165 nationally · Signed with Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 running back for Illinois. 2015: 708 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 37 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Illinois in 2011.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Illinois, 1,443 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2011

Signed with Illinois3-star out of Joliet Catholic Academy

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1165 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 RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (97th percentile). Strength: rec yards (90th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#9 / 295 · 97th pct

Rec yards#29 / 295 · 90th pct

280

Yards / carry#94 / 314 · 69th pct

5.5

Rush yards#105 / 314 · 67th pct

708

Carries#114 / 314 · 64th pct

129

Long run#125 / 314 · 60th pct

Rush TDs#186 / 314 · 35th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	56.2	5.5	0.3
Road3g	124	7.5	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	76.2	6.4	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	81.8	5.8	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	129	708	5.5	3	--
2014	Illinois	146	735	5.0	8	--
Career		275	1,443	5.2	11	--

Season	Team
2015	Illinois	37	280	7.6	2	--
2014	Illinois	50	427	8.5	2	--
Career		87	707	8.1	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2015

W 14–13

vs Nebraska

50 rush yds (4 car)

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 · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-3vs Kent State	12	76	6.3	1	17
Wk 2	W 44-0vs Western Illinois	13	39	3.0	1	10
Wk 3	L 14-48@ North Carolina	22	133	6.0	1	52	Season-high 133 yds
Wk 4	W 27-25vs Middle Tennessee	20	83	4.2	0	18
Wk 5	W 14-13vs Nebraska	4	50	12.5	0	48
Wk 10	W 48-14@ Purdue	12	133	11.1	0	33
Wk 11	L 3-28vs Ohio State	12	49	4.1	0	27
Wk 12	L 23-32@ Minnesota	20	105	5.3	0	19
Wk 13	L 14-24vs Northwestern	14	40	2.9	0	13
Total		129	708	6.2	3	52

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