#11

Malik Turner

Wide receiver for Illinois. 2017: 31 catches, 326 receiving yards.

WR · Illinois · #11

6′3″ · 200 lb · Springfield, IL

Illinois 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1631 nationally · Signed with Illinois

Statement game11 rec · 164 yds · 2 TDat Northwestern (FBS) · L 21-42

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for Illinois. 2017: 31 catches, 326 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Illinois in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Illinois, 1,804 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 164 yds at Northwestern.Northwestern · L 21-422016

20148 games

Signed with Illinois3-star out of Sacred Heart Griffin

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1631 national

CFB

College

Illinois

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

3 coaches

2014

Tim Beckman

Illinois

2015

Bill Cubit

Illinois

era →

2016–2017

Lovie Smith

Illinois

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit, and Lovie Smith. Multi-era developmental context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Illinois6-7HC: Tim Beckman · Balanced

2015Illinois5-7HC: Bill Cubit · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2016Illinois3-9HC: Lovie Smith · Balanced, slow tempo

2017Illinois2-10HC: Lovie Smith · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (7th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#262 / 539 · 51st pct

Rec yards#336 / 539 · 38th pct

326

Yards / catch#430 / 539 · 20th pct

10.5

Long catch#472 / 539 · 12th pct

Rec TDs#460 / 539 · 7th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.0	33.8	12.1	0.0
Road4g	3.2	30.8	10.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	30.0	9.3	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	36.5	14.9	0.0

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 · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Illinois	31	326	10.5	0	--
2016	Illinois	48	712	14.8	6	--
2015	Illinois	39	510	13.1	3	--
2014	Illinois	25	256	10.2	1	--
Career		143	1,804	12.6	10	--

Season	Team
2017	Illinois	--	--	--	8	--
2016	Illinois	2	5	--	--	--
2015	Illinois	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Illinois	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	5	--	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017

W 20–7

vs Western Kentucky

3 rec · 22 yds

With B. Hayes — 34 AVG · 52 LONG · 7 NO · C. Crouch — 107 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 46.4 · 44 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-21vs Ball State	4	48	12.0	25
Wk 2	W 20-7vs Western Kentucky	3	22	7.3	9
Wk 3	L 23-47@ South Florida	4	27	6.8	11
Wk 5	L 6-28vs Nebraska	3	25	8.3	11
Wk 6	L 16-45@ Iowa	3	45	15.0	27
Wk 7	L 24-35vs Rutgers	2	13	6.5	9
Wk 8	L 17-24@ Minnesota	4	17	4.3	13
Wk 9	L 10-24vs Wisconsin	2	58	29.0	29	Season-high 58 yds
Wk 10	L 10-29@ Purdue	2	34	17.0	22
Wk 13	L 7-42vs Northwestern	4	37	9.3	13
Total		31	326	11.6	29

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