2017 Football Roster
Jersey Number 22
Kendrick Foster
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 190
- Position:
- RB
- Hometown:
- Peoria, Ill.
- High School:
- Richwoods
Career Highs
Touchdowns: 2, three times (last vs. Michigan State, 11/5/16)
Carries: 22 vs. Indiana, 11/11/17
Rushing Yards: 146 vs. Michigan State, 11/5/16
Long Run: 64 vs. Michigan State, 11/5/16
Rushing Touchdowns: 2, twice (last vs. Michigan State, 11/5/16)
Receptions: 2, three times (last vs. Indiana, 11/11/17)
Receiving Yards: 46 at Purdue, 11/4/17
Long Reception: 40 at Purdue, 11/4/17
Receiving Touchdowns: 1, twice (last at Rutgers, 10/15/16)
All-Purpose Yards: 186 vs. Michigan State, 11/5/16
Kick Returns: 5 vs. Western Michigan, 9/17/16
Kick Return Yards: 131 vs. Western Michigan, 9/17/16
Long Kick Return: 41 at Michigan, 10/22/16
2017 Senior
- Team captain
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Doak Walker Award watch list
- Played in all 12 games with five starts at running back
- Led Illinois in all-purpose yards (587)
- Led Illinois in all-purpose yards during Big Ten games (431)
- Led Illinois in rushing yards during Big Ten games (240)
- 266 rushing yards on 73 carries
- Six receptions for 67 yards
- 15 kick returns for 254 yards (16.9 yards per kick return)
- Started and scored a touchdown against Wisconsin
- Career-long 40-yard reception at Purdue
2016 Junior
- Played in all 12 games with seven starts at running back
- Illini’s main kick returner
- Led the team in rushing yards (720), rushing touchdowns (7), total touchdowns (9) and all-purpose yards (1,328)
- Averaged 5.71 yards per carry and 60.0 rushing yards per game
- Three runs of 50+ yards
- Three games with 100+ rushing yards (Murray State, Rutgers, Michigan State)
- Third in the Big Ten in yards per carry (5.71)
- Seventh in the Big Ten in all-purpose yards per game (110.7)
- 13th in the Big Ten in total TDs (9)
- 14th in the Big Ten in rushing TDs (7)
- 14th in the Big Ten in rushing yards (720)
- Illinois record 29.5 yards per carry (4-118) in the opener against Murray State, including two 56-yard TD runs
- Career-long 64-yard rush and career-high 146 rushing yards vs. Michigan State
- Scored two touchdowns twice - against Michigan State and Murray State
- Returned 28 of 40 kickoffs for the Illini, while averaging 19.8 yards per return (554 yards)
- Career-long 41-yard kickoff return at Michigan
- Career-long 15-yard reception vs. North Carolina
- Dante Hall Award watch list (best offensive or special teams player under 6-feet tall)
- Earned a bachelor's degree in recreation, sport and tourism in May 2017
2015 Sophomore
- Played in six games on the season
- 15 carries for 78 yards and one touchdown on the season
- 11 carries for career-high 56 yards at Minnesota
- Scored first career TD on 18 yard run in win at Purdue
- Made Illini debut in season-opener vs. Kent State
2014 Redshirt Freshman
- Member of UI squad
2013 Freshman
- Redshirted the 2013 season
High School
- Three-star recruit by Rivals, Scout, ESPN and 247Sports
- Won four letters in football and track and field while at Richwoods
- Totaled 6,401 yards (No. 5 in career rushing yards in Illinois history) and 78 touchdowns (73 rushing) with an average of 7.8 yards per carry during his high school career
- Had 13 career games with more than 200 yards rushing and 14 career TD runs of 50 yards or longer
- Rushed for at least 100 yards in 33 of 41 career games
- As a senior, rushed 236 times for 1,749 yards and 21 touchdowns
- As a junior in 2011, rushed 333 times for 2,421 yards (No. 10 single-season in Illinois history) and 33 touchdowns
- As a sophomore in 2010, rushed 232 times for 2,004 yards and 22 touchdowns
- As a freshman in 2009, rushed 20 times for 227 yards and two touchdowns
- Earned Champaign News-Gazette all-state honors as a sophomore, junior and senior
- Named All-State by the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association as a senior
- Earned Peoria all-area and Mid-State 6 All-Conference honors as a sophomore, junior and senior
- Was Peoria Journal-Star Player of the Year as a junior and senior, the first repeat winner since the inception of the award in 1985
- Played in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl All-Star game, where he served as team captain of his team
Personal
- Born April 19, 1994
- Mother is Mindy Sullivan and father is James Foster
- Cousin, Charles Mann, played for the Washington Redskins
- Was a volunteer helping children at Friendship House
- Biggest thrill in sports was being selected captain of his football team
- Favorite athlete is NFL running back Adrian Peterson, saying "he inspires to bring the best out of me."
- Nominated for the African American Hall of Fame Museum in Peoria
- Most influential person in his life is his mother and has a goal of taking care of her some day
- Majoring in sport management
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