Hank Beatty

#80 · WR · Sr. · Illinois5′11″ · 185 lb · Rochester, IL

Hank Beatty is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Illinois.

Beatty wins underneath on volume and route precision. Four seasons in the Illinois receiving corps to date. Named All-Big Ten two seasons running, most recently in 2025. One game to point at: 186 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Purdue — Week 6, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

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

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Lewis BondBoston College · 2025 · 79% season match
Demarcus LaceyMarshall · 2025 · 78% season match
Jacob CowingArizona · 2022 · 73% season match
Xavier RestrepoMiami · 2023 · 72% season match
Caullin LacySouth Alabama · 2023 · 71% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Illinois	70	864	12.3	3	62
2024	Illinois	20	294	14.7	1	59
2023	Illinois	8	65	8.1	0	26
2022	Illinois	7	25	3.6	0	8
Career		105	1,248	11.9	4	62

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 19 Indiana	2	13	6.5	0	10
Wk 5	W 34-32vs No. 21 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 No. 1 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	12.3	3	62

Signature game

Week 2 · 2025

W 45-19

at Duke

8 rec · 128 yds · 25 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 26-point win on the road against Duke.

With L. Altmyer — 296 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.9 · K. Crimmins — 48 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Purdue · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.95Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 62 yds for a TD (David Olano KICK)
Week 1 · Western Illinois · 2nd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +4.53Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 59 yds to the WIU 4 for a
Week 6 · Purdue · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +4.16Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 49 yds to the PUR 1 for a
Week 6 · Purdue · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.69Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 40 yds to the PUR 40 for a Purdue Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (An'Darius Coffey) to the PUR 25 for a
Week 2 · Duke · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.57Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 18 yds to the DUKE 40 for a Duke Penalty, Roughing Passer (Wesley Williams) to the DUKE 25 for a
Week 5 · USC · 3rd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +3.30Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 16 yds to the USC 31 for a

4 more plays

Week 5 · USC · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 32 yds to the USC 41 for a
Week 2 · Duke · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Hank Beatty run for 25 yds for a TD (David Olano KICK)
Week 10 · Rutgers · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.69Altmyer to Beatty: a 24-yard pass.
Week 9 · Washington · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.66Altmyer to Beatty: a 17-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

70 rec · 864 yds · 3 TD

64 of 70 receptions matched to play-by-play

33 of 82 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

8225% of team targets

Catch rate

78%64 of 82 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

18% of targets (6)

100%catch rate

Air -2.2 · YAC 6.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

61% of targets (20)

85%catch rate

Air 4.8 · YAC 3.4 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

18% of targets (6)

33%catch rate

Air 14.2 · YAC 3.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

3% of targets (1)

0%catch rate

Air 30.0 avg

78% catch rate on 82 targets · 25% of the team's targets.

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%

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 80 (#35 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

80All-Conference level #35 of 485 · 2025?

Reinvented13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2025. 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).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.1	54.1	10.5	0.3
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

2025 season

Head Coach

Bret Bielema

Pass share

45.6%

372 pass / 444 run

Plays / game

62.8

13 games

Team sack rate

8.3%

387 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

80 · #35 of 485 WRs · 2025

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 base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).

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

Starter

The No. 1,399 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the Big Ten as a senior.