| 2006: Earned first-team All-Big Ten honors by the media and second team by the coaches ... Earned second-team All-Big Ten honors by Scout.com ... Team's Most Valuable Player and Outstanding Linebacker of the Year ... Team Captain ... Finished the season as the Big Ten leader in tackles with 152 (12.7 per game), which also ranked third in the NCAA ... Recorded 19 tackles for loss, which were the second best in the conference and rated seventh in the nation ... Total tackles of 152 were the most for an Illinois player since the 1990 season ... His 152 tackles and 19 tackles for loss both rank sixth in the Illinois record books for a single season ... Played and started in all 12 games ... Was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the second time during the season with his 22-tackle performance at Northwestern ... Posted 22 tackles at Northwestern, which tied the most by an NCAA player in 2006 and the most by any player in the Big Ten.
2005: Named the team's Outstanding Linebacker ... Started all 11 games for the Illini at linebacker and also played 140 plays on special teams ... Finished the season second on the team in total tackles with 67 ... Had a season-best day at Purdue as he posted nine tackles, including eight solo stops and two tackles for loss. Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors ... Named Academic All-Big Ten.
2004: Sixth on the team in tackles with 56 ... Played in every game, earning starts in the final five contests ... In first career start, had eight tackles vs. Michigan ... Made 10 tackles vs. Iowa and also had a TFL and half sack. Academic All-Big Ten.
2003: Redshirted.
High School: Tallied 356 career tackles including 191 as a senior ... Added 26 tackles-for-loss, nine sacks, three blocked punts, five forced fumbles and an interception as a senior ... Caught 20 passes for 275 yards as a tight end ... Earned eight prep letters, three in both football and basketball, and two in track ... High school coach was former Illini Jeff Hasenstab.
Personal: Full given name is Jeremy Leman ... Born March 1, 1985 ... Son of Happy and Dianne Leman ... Has three brothers and one sister ... Graduated in August 2006 with a degree in speech communications in only three years at the University of Illinois ... Currently enrolled in graduate school in human resource managament ... Active in the Vineyard Christian Fellowship ... Worked for a family-owned lawn service prior to beginning college, mowing 70 lawns in the Champaign area ... Hopes to become a sports anchor or television personality following graduation ... First Champaign Central signee at Illinois since Greg Boysaw in 1985 ... Lists Dana Howard as his Fighting Illini hero. |
