Reggie Corbin

Senior running back for Illinois. 2019: 675 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 3 catches.

RB · Illinois · Sr. · #2

5′10″ · 200 lb · Upper Marlboro, MD

Illinois 2019 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Illinois. 2019: 675 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 3 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Illinois, 2,361 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 90 yds at Rutgers.Rutgers · W 24-72016

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Illinois

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Lovie Smith

Illinois

Played his entire career under Lovie Smith.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Lovie Smith — 15-34 over that span.

2016Illinois3-9HC: Lovie Smith · Balanced, slow tempo

2017Illinois2-10HC: Lovie Smith · Balanced, slow tempo

2018Illinois4-8HC: Lovie Smith · Run-heavy

2019Illinois6-7HC: Lovie Smith · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: receptions (15th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Long run#74 / 326 · 77th pct

Rush TDs#86 / 326 · 70th pct

Carries#99 / 326 · 70th pct

143

Rush yards#117 / 326 · 64th pct

675

Yards / carry#203 / 326 · 37th pct

4.7

Rec yards#244 / 314 · 22nd pct

Receptions#258 / 314 · 15th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	61.6	4.1	0.6
Road4g	45.5	4.8	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	72.8	5.0	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	39.7	3.6	0.5

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 · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Illinois	143	675	4.7	7	--
2018	Illinois	128	1,085	8.5	9	--
2017	Illinois	18	78	4.3	0	--
2016	Illinois	86	523	6.1	2	--
Career		375	2,361	6.3	18	--

Season	Team
2019	Illinois	3	28	9.3	--
2018	Illinois	16	176	11.0	--
2017	Illinois	9	27	3.0	--
2016	Illinois	10	112	11.2	--
Career		38	343	9.0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2019

W 24–23

vs Wisconsin

83 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

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

With B. Hayes — 46 AVG · 55 LONG · 5 NO · B. Peters — 174 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 40.8 · -15 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-3vs Akron	6	36	6.0	1	23
Wk 3	L 31-34vs Eastern Michigan	18	144	8.0	1	35	Season-high 144 yds
Wk 4	L 38-42vs Nebraska	20	134	6.7	1	66
Wk 6	L 17-40@ Minnesota	14	68	4.9	0	21
Wk 7	L 25-42vs Michigan	9	14	1.6	0	8
Wk 8	W 24-23vs Wisconsin	17	83	4.9	1	43
Wk 9	W 24-6@ Purdue	12	47	3.9	1	20
Wk 10	W 38-10vs Rutgers	13	51	3.9	0	15
Wk 11	W 37-34@ Michigan State	7	29	4.1	1	11
Wk 13	L 10-19@ Iowa	6	38	6.3	0	19
Wk 14	L 10-29vs Northwestern	7	-10	-1.4	0	3
Bowl	L 20-35vs California	14	41	2.9	1	12
Total		143	675	4.3	7	66

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