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Meet the 2018 Illinois football team

We asked beat writer SCOTT RICHEY for a breakdown of Lovie Smith's third team. All 104 of them (and the coaches):

NO. NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN

COMMENT

QUARTERBACKS

7, Coran Taylor, 6-2, 205, Fr., Peoria

Put up 2,594 yards of total offense and 32 touchdowns as a senior

8, M.J. Rivers II, 6-4, 215, Fr., Frisco, Texas

Passed for 4,845 yards and 51 touchdowns in his final two high school seasons

10, Cam Thomas, 6-2, 200, So.