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SB Nation: The Champaign Room · 2h ago Illinois vs. Duke: Can the Illini cover against the Blue Devils? 2

SB Nation: The Champaign Room · 2h ago How to Watch Illinois vs. Duke: Game Time, TV Channel, Online Streaming and Odds 3

Illini Guys · 3h ago Lunney Jr. on Illini Short-Yardage Fails vs. UAB: ‘You’ve seen those work’ 4

Illini Guys · 6h ago ‘He Didn't Let It Rattle Him’: Inside Freshman Tywan Cox’s Resilient Illini Debut

Schedule

SEP 3

vs UAB W 42–23

SEP 12

vs Duke 3:30 PM ET

SEP 19

vs Southern Illinois 2:00 PM ET

SEP 26

@ Ohio State TBD

OCT 3

vs Purdue TBD

OCT 10

@ Michigan State TBD

OCT 24

vs Oregon TBD

OCT 31

@ Maryland TBD

NOV 6

vs Nebraska 8:00 PM ET

NOV 13

@ UCLA 9:00 PM ET

NOV 21

vs Iowa TBD

NOV 28

@ Northwestern TBD

Players to Watch

QB · #4 · SR Katin Houser #16 · ▲ 11 this week 24K followers · 20 mentions / wk

WR · #13 · SR Hudson Clement #329 · ▼ 173 this week 12K followers · 2 mentions / wk

WR · #17 · SR Collin Dixon #329 · steady 4,330 followers · 2 mentions / wk

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QB · #4 · SR Katin Houser #16 · ▲ 11 this week 24K followers · 20 mentions / wk

WR · #13 · SR Hudson Clement #329 · ▼ 173 this week 12K followers · 2 mentions / wk

WR · #17 · SR Collin Dixon #329 · steady 4,330 followers · 2 mentions / wk

#PlayerPosClass · Size Attention rankFollowersMentions / wk

Katin Houser QB SR · 6'3" 201 #16 ▲ 11 24K 20 13

Hudson Clement WR SR · 6'1" 190 #329 ▼ 173 12K 2 17

Collin Dixon WR SR · 6'1" 200 #329 — 4,330 2 10

Ty Robinson WR SR · 6'4" 190 #329 — 4,213 2 75

Brandon Henderson IOL SR · 6'4.5" 305 #329 — 3,922 2 32

Tywan Cox S SO · 5'9.5" 165 #570 — 8,427 1 6

Juice Clarke CB SR · 6'1" 166 #570 — 8,073 1 11

Brayden Trimble WR SO · 6'0" 170 #570 — 5,238 1 55

TJ McMillen IOL SR · 6'4" 235 #570 — 4,616 1 5

Jakwon Morris CB JR · 6'1" 175 #570 — 4,505 1 86

Christian Abney TE SR · 6'4" 205 #570 — 2,966 1 0

Mac Resetich S SR · 6'1" 210 #570 — 2,781 1 14

Maurice Smith TE SR · 6'3" 220 #570 — 2,334 1 98

Joshua Davis DL SO · 6'3" 285 #570 ▼ 257 717 1 — Nasir Rankin PG FR · 5'11.5" 167 — 51K 0 26

Ismael Kante EDGE SR · 6'2" 225 — 30K 0 1

Jayshon Platt WR SR · 6'0" 180 — 21K 0 2

Carson Boyd QB SO · 5'10.5" 180 — 12K 0 7

Michael Clayton QB FR · 6'3.5" 200 — 9,717 0 8

Jacob Eberhart WR FR · 6'2" 210 — 8,393 0 3

Nick Hankins Jr. CB FR · 6'0" 195 — 8,030 0 14

Andre Lovett CB SO · 6'1.5" 160 — 7,772 0 20

John Forster RB SO · 5'10" 185 — 7,364 0 83

Kaden Feagin TE SR · 6'2" 217 — 7,337 0 52

Micah Smith IOL FR · 6'5.5" 320 — 7,136 0 80

Eddie Kasper WR SR · 5'10" 160 — 7,060 0 1

Xavier Scott CB SR · 6'0" 180 — 6,972 0 8

Cam Thomas LB FR · 6'0" 200 — 6,853 0 30

Tony Williams LB FR · 5'10.5" 215 — 6,330 0 7

Matthew Bailey S SR · 6'2" 190 — 5,983 0 59

Jake Renfro IOL SR · 6'2" 310 — 5,904 0 21

Aidan Laughery RB SR · 5'11" 183 — 5,421 0 33

Grant Beerman LB SO · 6'3.5" 210 — 5,247 0 3

Kenyon Alston WR FR · 6'2" 172 — 5,206 0 38

Jack Paris LB SO · 6'3" 210 — 4,931 0 24

Javari Barnett RB FR · 6'0" 215 — 4,772 0 23

Jordan Anderson RB SR · 6'3" 240 — 4,741 0 78

Eddie Tuerk OL JR · 6'3.5" 260 — 4,437 0 99

King Liggins DL FR · 6'3" 255 — 4,323 0 9

RJ Jones CB SO · 6'1" 165 — 4,295 0 52

Pat Farrell LB SR · 6'5" 220 — 4,066 0 53

Kai Pritchard IOL FR · 6'4.5" 280 — 4,042 0 25

Nelsyn Wheeler RB FR · 5'9" 200 — 3,980 0 37

Ethan Moczulski K SR · 5'11" 180 — 3,899 0 11

Jacob Alexander EDGE FR · 6'4" 226 — 3,772 0 23

Jaylen Stewart EDGE FR · 6'3" 230 — 3,766 0 27

Lucas Osada K JR · 6'1" 190 — 3,764 0 16

Logan Farrell TE SO · 6'3" 235 — 3,759 0 27

Corey Rashad RB SR · 5'8" 185 — 3,750 0 6

Jershaun Newton WR SO · 6'0" 205 — 3,670 0 74

Zafir Stewart IOL JR · 6'4" 345 — 3,631 0 25

Desmond Straughton S SO · 5'11" 180 — 3,579 0 15

Kingston Shaw EDGE FR · 6'3" 235 — 3,562 0 21

Ben Clawson S SR · 6'0" 190 — 3,518 0 18

Mason Muragin EDGE SR · 6'4" 235 — 3,377 0 22

Deuce Fillmore CB SR · 5'11" 185 — 3,281 0 31

Murphy Clement RB JR · 5'11" 175 — 3,235 0 76

Dylan Frechette OT SO · 6'5" 340 — 3,232 0 99

Landen Von Seggern TE FR · 6'3" 290 — 3,219 0 20

Almirian Thomas CB FR · 6'1" 165 — 3,186 0 91

Cameron Brooks DL SO · 6'3" 240 — 3,168 0 37

Caden Considine S FR · 6'0" 205 — 3,075 0 43

Joe Barna DL JR · 6'4" 245 — 3,067 0 89

Tanner Hollinger TE JR · 6'5" 220 — 3,021 0 22

Cedric Wyche RB SO · 5'10" 195 — 2,956 0 10

James Kreutz LB SR · 6'1" 210 — 2,834 0 44

Patrick Mahoney III LS SR · 6'2" 210 — 2,828 0 81

Leslie Mosley Jr. WR FR · 5'10" 155 — 2,777 0 9

Lavon Williams CB SR · 5'11" 195 — 2,658 0 85

Will Vala TE FR · 6'3" 225 — 2,640 0 54

Griffin Rousseau OT SO · 6'6" 280 — 2,627 0 54

Demetrius John DL JR · 6'3.5" 255 — 2,594 0 12

Dane Eisenmenger QB FR · 6'4" 215 — 2,590 0 4

Daniel Brown EDGE SR · 6'1" 240 — 2,580 0 55

Tony Balanganayi DL FR · 6'4" 260 — 2,564 0 62

Casey Thomann OT FR · 6'7" 300 — 2,533 0 66

Brandon Hansen OT JR · 6'6" 290 — 2,514 0 51

Parker Crim EDGE FR · 6'2.5" 240 — 2,499 0 29

James Finley S SO · 6'0.5" 183 — 2,436 0 45

Robert Edmonson Jr. LB SR · 6'3" 222 — 2,406 0 12

Isaiah Williams S FR · 6'1" 180 — 2,356 0 35

Kaedyn Cobbs S FR · 6'1" 190 — 2,324 0 16

Tanner Heckel S JR · 5'11" 175 — 2,309 0 28

Kayden Bennett EDGE FR · 6'1" 245 — 2,211 0 94

Connor Sullivan DL SO · 6'4" 260 — 2,210 0 90

Carter Janki DL SR · 6'5" 290 — 2,172 0 79

TJ Taylor OT JR · 6'6" 300 — 2,167 0 81

Lars Rau P JR · 6'3" 195 — 2,155 0 17

Isaiah Thomison DL SR · 6'3" 230 — 2,099 0 95

Isaiah White DL SO · 6'3" 320 — 2,092 0 5

Ca'lil Valentine RB JR · 5'11" 175 — 2,062 0 9

Alex Perry WR SR · 6'6" 200 — 2,060 0 70

Maika Matelau IOL SO · 6'4" 341 — 2,026 0 49

Zach Haber LS SR · 5'10" 226 — 2,024 0 57

Zach Barrett OL JR · 6'3" 295 — 1,958 0 96

Darrell Prater DL SR · 6'3" 300 — 1,915 0 13

Xanai Scott S SO · 6'0" 170 — 1,864 0 8

Davon Grant WR FR · 6'3" 210 — 1,826 0 71

Nathan Knapik OT JR · 6'7" 260 — 1,800 0 87

BJ Thurman TE SO · 6'4" 235 — 1,757 0 88

Davin Stoffel TE SR · 6'6" 250 — 1,642 0 28

Karson Kaiser WR JR · 6'3" 210 — 1,626 0 84

Grant Smith TE SO · 6'5" 225 — 1,623 0 82

Jacob Harvey WR FR · 6'2" 190 — 1,608 0 68

Michael McDonough IOL SO · 6'3" 270 — 1,528 0 34

Erik Gayle EDGE SO · 6'3" 215 — 1,311 0 51

Alfred Washington OT SR · 6'5" 295 — 1,058 0 24

William Holmes EDGE JR · 6'4" 240 — 755 0 72

Christian Martin OT SR · 6'5" 265 — 582 0 48

Carter Smith LB JR · 6'3" 250 — 562 0 56

JJ Hirdes OT SO · 6'5" 275 — 551 0 56

Guillermo Gallardo DL SR · 6'3" 315 — 367 0 92

Deon Williams DL SO · 6'2" 305 — — 0 65

Dezmond Schuster OL SR · 6'5" 330 — — 0 40

Ean Rhea LB SR · 6'2" 240 — — 0 18

Jack Gray P FR · 6'0" 180 — — 0 0

Nas Rankin WR FR · 6'0" 170 — — 0 19

Nate Cichy WR FR · 6'1" 195 — — 0

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