Illini Football 2026

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2026 Illini Football
Sat, Sept 5____UAB
Sat, Sept 12___Duke
Sat, Sept 19___Southern Illinois
Sat, Sept 26___at Ohio State
Sat, Oct 3_____Purdue (Homecoming)
Sat, Oct 10____at Michigan State
Sat, Oct 17____---bye---
Sat, Oct 24____Oregon
Sat, Oct 31____at Maryland
Sat, Nov 7_____Nebraska
Sat, Nov 14____at UCLA
Sat, Nov 21____Iowa
Sat, Nov 28____at Northwestern


Last year
Week 1 game move to Friday night was announced on May 14th
First 3 game times & TV was announced on May 29th

Lots of talk about Jayshon Platt ?

So, if Feagin had 188 yards last year as a RUNNING BACK. I’d guess he can at least match or slightly exceed that total as a tight end?

Or does it not work that way?

WhereDoWeStandWithStorr? said:

So, if Feagin had 188 yards last year as a RUNNING BACK. I’d guess he can at least match or slightly exceed that total as a tight end?

Or does it not work that way?

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think it all depends if he can block well enough to be on the field at TE. routes will be different too, but he's certainly shown pass catching ability.

PleaseMakeABowlGame said:

Lots of talk about Jayshon Platt ?

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Both he and Perry look like they can translate but I can see why they're high on Platt. This offense is taylor made for slot WRs (And WRs in general) who are serious about developing their abilities to play in the NFL (NFL schemes, concepts, etc.).

Platt is obviously a speedster but he brings some size as well. A really good pickup to help bridge in Nas Rankin because I think he'll be the best yet in what is turning into a real WR to the NFL pipeline for Illinois (Slot WR like Williams. Beatty, etc.).

The WR core in general is pretty underrated here IMO. Believe Illinois will threaten school records on offense this year and for sure once Boyd takes the reigns.