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University of Illinois Athletics

2006 Football Roster

22 Sharriff Abdullah

  • Ht./Wt. 5-8 / 170
  • Position DB
  • Hometown Detroit, Mich.
  • High School St. Martin DePorres

Biography

updated 2/06


2005: Started all 11 games at cornerback ... Played in 472 defensive snaps and on 107 special teams plays ... Posted a season-best six tackles, all solos, and a sack for a loss of nine yards at Indiana ... Also had a tackle for loss against Northwestern in the season finale ... Had five solos at California ... Broke up passes at Indiana and Purdue

2004: Recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for his first career score at Michigan State ... Had three tackles in the season opener vs. Florida A&M ... Played in all 11 games ... Made four tackles on the year.

2003: Played in all 12 games, starting four games at cornerback ... Totaled 31 tackles, two passes broken up and one tackle-for-loss ... Had a season-high 10 tackles vs. Michigan State ... Registered six tackles and one PBU at Iowa.

2002: Redshirted.

High School: Defensive captain that led his team to the Division Seven State Championship ... Led St. Martin DePorres to the Catholic League title as a senior ... Was an All-State, All-Catholic League and All-Detroit selection as a defensive back ... High school coach was Greg Carter.

Personal: Son of Miles and Patricia Neal ... Born March 29, 1984 ... Has two brothers and one sister ... Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Career Highs
Tackles: 10 vs. Michigan State, 10/11/03
Solos: 6 at Indiana, 10/8/05
Sacks: 1 at Indiana, 10/8/05
TFL: 1, twice (last time at Indiana, 10/8/05)
PBU: 1, four times (last time at Purdue, 11/12/05)
TD: recovered blocked punt vs. Michigan State, 10/9/04

Abdullah's Game-By-Game Defensive Statistics

GAME/YEAR G ST AT TOT TFL-YDS INT-YDS PBU FF-FR
Missouri 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
ILLINOIS STATE 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
at UCLA 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
CALIFORNIA 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0-1
WISCONSIN 1 0 1 1-6 0-0 0 0-0
at Purdue 3 0 3 1-6 0-0 0 0-0
MICHIGAN STATE 3 7 10 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
at Michigan 4 0 4 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
MINNESOTA 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 1 0-0
at Iowa 4 2 6 0-0 0-0 1 0-0
at Indiana 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
NORTHWESTERN 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
2003 Totals 12 19 12 31 1-6 0-0 2 0-0
FLORIDA A&M 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
UCLA 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
WESTERN MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
PURDUE 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0-1
at Wisconsin 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
at Michigan State 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
at Minnesota 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
IOWA 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
INDIANA 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
at Northwestern 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
2004 Totals 11 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 0 0-1
RUTGERS 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
SAN JOSE STATE 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
at California 5 0 5 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
MICHIGAN STATE 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
at Iowa 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
at Indiana 6 0 6 1-9 0-0 1 0-0
PENN STATE 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
WISCONSIN 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
at Ohio State 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
at Purdue 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 1 0-0
NORTHWESTERN 3 0 3 1-7 0-0 0 0-0
2005 Totals 11 24 3 27 2-16 0-0 2 0-0
CAREER TOTALS 34 45 17 62 3-22 0-0 4 0-1

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2005Junior

    DB
    5'8" 170 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2006Senior

    DB
    5'8" 170 lbs
    22