2007: Tied for 21st in the nation and tied for third in the Big Ten in tackles with 10.36 per game ... Dominated at #1 Ohio State, racking up 12 tackles - eight solos - with 2.5 TFLs ... Had two tackles, including a solo, at Minnesota ... Notched 11 tackles - including six solos - and had a sack and a TFL against Ball State ... Recorded eight tackles, including three solos, against No. 25 Michigan ... Had 10 tackles, including five solos, at Iowa ... Led the Illini defense to a win over No. 5 Wisconsin with 12 tackles, including six solos ... Led Illinois with 10 tackles, including four solos, an interception, a PBU and 0.5 TFLs against #21 Penn State ... His PBU and INT vs. PSU came on first and third downs, respectively, of the same drive, with Leman intercepting the pass at the Illinois 3 ... Led the Illini with 10 tackles, including seven solos, at Indiana ... Keyed a defensive effort in which Illinois held the Hoosiers to 134 rushing yards after IU entered the game averaging 258.7 ypg on the ground ... Had eight tackles, 1.5 sacks and one forced fumble at Syracuse ... Tallied 11 tackles, including seven solos, against Western Illinois ... Registered 1.5 TFLs and one quarterback hurry against WIU ... Started the season with an incredible performance, racking up 20 tackles against Missouri ... Also recorded 1.5 TFLs for two yards and one quarterback hurry against Mizzou.
2006: Earned first-team All-Big Ten honors by the media and second team by the coaches ... Named honorable mention All-American by Sports Illustrated ... 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 ... Recorded 13 tackles and a career-high two quarterback hurries and passes broken up ... Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors for performance against Ohio State ... Recorded 19 tackles against then-No. 1 Ohio State, including 3.5 TFL, one sack and a forced fumble ... Led the Illini with 13 tackles, including nine solos and 2.5 TFLs, at Wisconsin ... Had a team-high seven tackles, including five solos, to go along with two TFLs and a sack at Penn State, leading Illinois in tackles ... Had a team-best 13 tackles - including five solos - against Ohio ... Also recorded three TFLs for eight yards against the Bobcats ... Led the Illini in tackles with 10 stops, including four solos, against Indiana ... Also had a career-high two QB hurries and a half-sack against the Hoosiers ... Led the Illini in tackles with 11 at Michigan State, including four solos ... Also recorded 1.5 TFLs for four yards at MSU ... Had a team-high 12 tackles, including six solos, against Iowa ... Also had one TFL for one yard against the Hawkeyes ... Had 15 tackles, including six solos, to lead the Illini against Syracuse ... Also broke up a career-high two passes against the Orange ... Led the Illini with 12 tackles, including seven solos, at Rutgers ... Also had one TFL, a forced fumble and a quarterback hurry against the Scarlet Knights ... Recorded five tackles, including three solos, against Eastern Illinois ... Was named a "Boom" by collegefootballnews.com for success from the 2003 recruiting class ... Earned CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors ... Academic All-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 ... Recorded eight tackles on three occassions - at Indiana, at Iowa and against Wisconsin ... Forced two fumbles, one each in back-to-back games at Iowa and Indiana ... Had one pass broken up against Michigan State and hurried the quarterback against San Jose State ... Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors ... Named Academic All-Big Ten.
2004: Named to The Sporting News' Freshman All-Big Ten team ... 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 ... Recorded seven tackles, one TFL and a forced fumble vs. Indiana ... Had a QB hurry, a PBU and four tackles at Wisconsin ... Collected a TFL, a sack and eight tackles, including six solos at Northwestern ... Made seven tackles at Michigan St. ... Had six tackles in the season-opener vs. FAMU ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2003: Redshirted.
High School: All-State selection by the Champaign News-Gazette and the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association ... Named the Area Player of the Year by the Champaign News-Gazette ... Named among the Top-100 inside linebackers in the country by Rivals.com ... Also tabbed an All-Conference and All-Area pick as a junior ... 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.
Tackles: 22 at Northwestern, 11/18/06
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