2015 Senior

• Played in 11 games, including eight starts at STAR
• 35 tackles, 7.5 TFLs, three PBUs and one QB hurry on season
• Career-high six tackles (four solo) and 3.0 TFLs vs. Kent State
• Five tackles, 1.0 TFL, one PBU and one QB hurry vs. Nebraska
• Academic All-Big Ten

2014 Junior

• Played in all 13 games, tallying 19 tackles, 1.0 TFL and one PBU
• Recorded his first career PBU against WKU
• Academic All-Big Ten honoree

2013 Sophomore

• Played in 10 games and made the first start of his Illini career against Miami (Ohio)
• Totaled 16 tackles, 2.5 TFLs and 0.5 sacks
• Picked up his first half-sack at Penn State
• Recorded first career TFL against Nebraska
• Set career bests with six tackles and three solos against Washington, while also recovering the first fumble of his career
• Made season debut against Cincinnati and recorded one tackle
• Enrolled early at Illinois and participated in 2013 spring practices

Junior College

• Sat out the 2012 season due to injury
• Played in seven games in 2011, making 19 tackles with one TFL, one interception and one pass break-up

High School

• Played wide receiver in high school before switching to defense in college

Personal

• Son of Rick and LaShonn Finney
• Has one sister, Ashley
• Born April 24, 1993
• Majoring in human development and family studies: child & adolescent development

Career Highs

Tackles: 6, twice (last vs. Kent State, 9/5/15)
Solos: 4 vs. Kent State, 9/5/15
TFLs: 3.0 vs. Kent State, 9/5/15
Sacks: 0.5 at Penn State, 11/2/13
QB Hurries: 1 vs. Nebraska, 10/3/15
Fumbles Recovered: 1 vs. Washington, 9/14/13
PBUs: 1, three times (last  vs. Nebraska, 10/3/15)