Illinois Football: Depth Chart Against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights
The Illinois football team heads into the game this weekend needing a win against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
Last week, Chayce Crouch made a good push for the starting job, but it looks like Wes Lunt will be the starter once again.
Here is the depth chart against Rutgers.
Offense
QB: Wes Lunt (60.5 Comp %, 840 Yards, 6 TD, 1 INT)
RB: Reggie Corbin (27 Carries, 235 Yards, 1 TD)
FB: Nate Echard
WR: Justin Hardee (10 Catches, 101 Yards, 0 TD)
WR: Malik Turner (29 Catches, 409 Yards, 3 TD)
WR: Zach Grant (8 Catches, 84 Yards, 0 TD)
TE: Ainslie Johnson (5 Catches, 85 Yards, 1 TD
T: Gabe Megginson
G: Darta Lee
C: Joe Spencer
G: Nick Allegretti
T: Christian DiLauro
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Defense
DE: Dawuane Smoot
DT: Chunky Clements
DT: Rob Bain
DE: Carroll Phillips
WLB: Julian Jones
MLB: Hardy Nickerson
SLB: Tre Watson
CB: Jalen Dunlap
FS: Taylor Barton
SS: Patrick Nelson
CB: Darius Mosely
The depth chart is going to look pretty similar to last week. There could be a few changes on defense, but I think it will end up looking like this when Saturday rolls around.
Illinois needs to beat the Scarlet Knights. This weekend is extremely important for the future.
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