Illinois leads the NCAA, along with Temple, with five blocked kicks in 2015 (2 punts, 2 PATs, 1 FG), the most for an Illinois team since the 2001 Big Ten Champs blocked six kicks. Junior DT Rob Bain is tied for the individual NCAA lead with three of those five blocks.
» In week eight at Penn State, Bain blocked two PATs back-to-back following the Nittany Lions' first two scores. It marked the first time the Illini had two blocked kicks in a game since 2003 at Purdue.
» In week four against Middle Tennessee, junior DB Caleb Day blocked a punt and senior FS Clayton Fejedelem recovered the ball in the end zone for a touchdown.
» In week two against Western Illinois, sophomore CB Jaylen Dunlap blocked a punt and sophomore WR Marchie Murdock returned it 12 yards for a touchdown. Prior to that, the last Illinois blocked punt for a touchdown was by Vontae Davis against Missouri on Sept. 1, 2007.
» In week one against Kent State, Bain blocked a field goal in the second quarter. It was the first blocked field goal by an Illini since V'Angelo Bentley on September 9, 2012, against Penn State.
