#80

Hank Beatty

Senior wide receiver for Illinois. 2025: 70 catches, 864 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Illinois · Sr. · #80

5′11″ · 185 lb · Rochester, IL

CFB Index 80 · #35 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Illinois for 2026

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

EPA / target: 85th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

864

receiving yards · 2025

70 catches · 3 TD · 12.3 per catch

Backed by 5 rec · 186 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% receiving yards game.

Swing playSwung Illinois from 53% to 76% to win.Northwestern at Illinois · 20-13

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Illinois. 2025: 70 catches, 864 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Illinois in 2022.

The full story, with sources

Hank Beatty

WR · Illinois · Sr · #80

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. He has spent four seasons in the Illinois receiving corps. He has been named All-Big Ten two seasons running, most recently in 2025. One game to point at: 186 rec yds, 5 receptions against Purdue — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Bret Bielema — 32-19 over that span.

2022Illinois8-5HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2023Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Balanced

2024Illinois10-3HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2025Illinois9-4HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

80All-Conference level #35 of 485?

High confidenceReinvented13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (85th percentile). Strength: catch rate (85th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#117 / 798 · 85th pct

0.67

Catch rate#123 / 798 · 85th pct

78.4%

Explosive rate#213 / 798 · 73rd pct

13.6%

Yards / catch#307 / 798 · 62nd pct

12.5

TD rate#421 / 798 · 47th pct

2.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#22 / 558 · 96th pct

Rec yards#48 / 558 · 91st pct

864

Rush TDs#19 / 287 · 85th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Rush yards#59 / 287 · 79th pct

Long catch#138 / 558 · 74th pct

Rec TDs#205 / 558 · 57th pct

Yards / catch#317 / 558 · 42nd pct

12.3

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

93rd → 85th percentile

Explosive rate

55th → 73rd percentile

Catch rate

10th → 85th percentile

TD rate

32nd → 47th percentile

Yards / catch

94th → 62nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

23%20 of his 88 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	5.2	52.1	10.0	0.2
Road5g	5.6	89.4	15.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	5.6	81.9	14.6	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	5.0	41.8	8.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bret Bielema

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #35 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #35 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #8 of 61 Big Ten WRs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Illinois	70	864	12.3	3	--
2024	Illinois	20	294	14.7	1	--
2023	Illinois	8	65	8.1	0	--
2022	Illinois	7	25	3.6	0	--
Career		105	1,248	11.9	4	--

Season	Team
2025	Illinois	4	46	--	213	1
2024	Illinois	1	11	37	310	--
2023	Illinois	--	--	--	6	--
2022	Illinois	--	--	--	2	--
Career		5	57	37	531	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025

W 34–32

vs USC

3 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0

Edged out USC at home in a shootout.

With L. Altmyer — 328 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.5 · 28 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · K. Feagin — 60 rush yds (14 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.95Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 62 yds for a TD (David Olano KICK)
Week 1 · Western Illinois · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +4.53Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 59 yds to the WIU 4 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Purdue · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +4.16Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 49 yds to the PUR 1 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.69Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 40 yds to the PUR 40 for a 1ST down Purdue Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (An'Darius Coffey) to the PUR 25 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Duke · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.57Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 18 yds to the DUKE 40 for a 1ST down Duke Penalty, Roughing Passer (Wesley Williams) to the DUKE 25 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · USC · 3&14 · Q2 · EPA +3.30Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 16 yds to the USC 31 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · USC · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 32 yds to the USC 41 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Duke · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Hank Beatty run for 25 yds for a TD (David Olano KICK)
Week 10 · Rutgers · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.69(14:37) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 L.Altmyer pass complete short right to #80 H.Beatty caught at ILL35, for 24 yards to the RUT48 (#9 J.Elad), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Washington · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.66(15:00) Shotgun #9 L.Altmyer pass complete short right to #80 H.Beatty caught at ILL45, for 17 yards to the ILL46 (#12 A.McLaughlin; #24 M.Esteen), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-3vs Western Illinois	5	108	21.6	0	59
Wk 2	W 45-19@ Duke	8	128	16.0	0	36
Wk 3	W 38-0vs Western Michigan	6	53	8.8	1	24
Wk 4	L 10-63@ Indiana	2	13	6.5	0	10
Wk 5	W 34-32vs USC	6	81	13.5	0	32
Wk 6	W 43-27@ Purdue	5	186	37.2	1	62	Season-high 186 yds
Wk 7	L 16-34vs Ohio State	7	48	6.9	0	13
Wk 9	L 25-42@ Washington	6	73	12.2	0	25
Wk 10	W 35-13vs Rutgers	4	40	10.0	1	24
Wk 12	W 24-6vs Maryland	5	28	5.6	0	9
Wk 13	L 10-27@ Wisconsin	7	47	6.7	0	10
Wk 14	W 20-13vs Northwestern	3	21	7.0	0	9
Bowl	W 30-28vs Tennessee	6	38	6.3	0	10
Total		70	864	12.2	3	62

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

Illinois

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Illinois

Returning around him

21% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
3 Illinois players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -7 net (20 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Illinois · Last season: 9-4 (AP #23) · Talent rank #51 · 2026 recruiting class #24

DNA match

Player DNA

Slot Technician

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Lewis Bond’s 2025 season.

Lewis Bond

79%match

Boston College · 2025

All-ACCNFL Rd 6

Demarcus Lacey

Marshall · 2025

All-Sun Belt

78%

Jacob Cowing

Arizona · 2022

NFL Rd 4

73%

Xavier Restrepo

Miami · 2023

All-ACC

72%

Caullin Lacy

South Alabama · 2023

All-Sun Belt

71%

Matches Lewis on

Yards / reception

Weight

TD rate

Differs from Lewis on

Reception volume (lower)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Courtney Jackson’s path through Arkansas State.

Courtney Jackson

97%match

Arkansas State · 2024

All-Sun Belt

Anthony Evans III

Mississippi State · 2025

97%

Dazz Newsome

North Carolina · 2020

NFL Rd 6

96%

DeVontres Dukes

South Florida · 2020

96%

Kobe Clark

Abilene Christian · 2022

96%

Matches Courtney on

Height

Yards per reception

Weight

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Watkins's senior season at Ole Miss (2023).

Jordan Watkins

84%match

Ole Miss · 2023

NFL Rd 4

Luke Wysong

New Mexico · 2024

All-Mountain West

81%

Demarcus Lacey

Marshall · 2025

All-Sun Belt

81%

Lewis Bond

Boston College · 2024

All-ACCNFL Rd 6

80%

Derwin Burgess Jr.

Georgia Southern · 2024

79%

Matches Jordan on

Total EPA (college ability)

TD rate

Yards / reception

Differs from Jordan on

Reception volume (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Hank Beatty

Lewis Bond

Boston College · 2025

79%

Demarcus Lacey

Marshall · 2025

78%

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #161

Final rank

#161

Avg #235.3

Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #161 this season.

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Hank Beatty

Fans warmer than rivals

20228 games

202413 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Slot Technician

Players who play like Hank Beatty

Heisman trajectory

Peak #161