UAB · W 42-23
No catches.
Duke · L 27-31
No catches.
Ohio State · L 19-42
No catches.
Purdue · L 17-24
No catches.
Feagin has catches in 4 of Illinois’s 8 games: none in the other 4.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
“Wish they got Feagin the ball more. He's still the same guy who made plays in the pass game as a RB”
Kaden Feagin
Four seasons in the Illinois receiving corps to date. The first one came in 2023: Big Ten Freshman Player of the Week. On tape: 40 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Maryland, Week 9, 2026.
73 receiving yards · 8 catches · 0 receiving TD
Play style
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Fans first named Kaden Feagin vs UAB.
Against Maryland on Oct. 31: 2 catches for 40 yards. In the 5 games drawn here: 8 catches for 73 yards. Illinois has thrown to him 11 times in 133 passes.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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Last game (Wk 9): 40 receiving yards, 2 catches.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 5 games
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| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-23vs UAB | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-10vs Southern Illinois | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-37@ Michigan State | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-10vs Oregon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 20-17@ Maryland | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 25 | Season-high 40 yds |
| Total | 8 | 73 | 9.1 | 0 | 25 |
Week 9 · 2026
W 20-17
at Maryland
The plays that mattered most
Ratings of the games shown run from -10 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
156% of team targetsCatch rate
53%8 of 15 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
53% catch rate on 15 targets · 6% of the team's targets.
4 seasons under Bret Bielema — 29-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.5 | 31.5 | 13.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 10.7 | 6.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 20.5 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Pass share
49.5%
243 pass / 248 run
Plays / game
61.4
8 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
271 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.
Recognition
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #24 of 44 Big Ten RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
Honored in a first season.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bret Bielema.
