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Illinois Snap Counts: Mixing It Up on Defense

An easy win means plenty of playing time for everyone. But how did we get there?

This game may have contained the most garbage time of any of the games so far this season, so we've got a lengthy and strange chart of football playing ahead. Come join in the fun!

Offense

Pos. No. Class Offense Snaps %Snap
LT 73 Junior Paris Palmer 67 92%
C 55 RS Junior Wendy Laurent 67 92%
RT 70 RS Sophomore Brendan Mahon 67 92%
QB 14 Junior Christian Hackenberg 59 81%
LG 66 RS Senior Angelo Mangiro 59 81%
RB 26 Freshman Saquon Barkley 51 70%
WR 12 Sophomore Chris Godwin 51 70%
RG 72 RS Junior Brian Gaia 49 67%
TE 11 RS Junior Brent Wilkerson 44 60%
WR 5 RS Sophomore DaeSean Hamilton 42 58%
WR 7 RS Junior Geno Lewis 34 47%
TE 87 RS Senior Kyle Carter 29 40%
RG/LG 53 RS Junior Derek Dowrey 28 38%
WR 13 Sophomore Saeed Blacknall 23 32%
TE 88 Sophomore Mike Gesicki 20 27%
WR 10 Freshman Brandon Polk 15 21%
QB 9 RS Freshman Trace McSorley 14 19%
WR 3 RS Freshman DeAndre Thompkins 13 18%
RB 24 RS Freshman Nick Scott 6 8%
TE 89 RS Sophomore Tom Pancoast 6 8%
LT 58 RS Freshman Chance Sorrell 6 8%
C 68 RS Senior Kevin Reihner 6 8%
RG 71 RS Junior Albert Hall 6 8%
RT 60 RS Freshman Noah Beh 6 8%
LG 75 RS Freshman Brendan Brosnan 6 8%
RB 22 RS Junior Akeel Lynch 5 7%
RB 8 RS Freshman Mark Allen 5 7%
TE 34 RS Junior Dominic Salomone 4 5%
RB 20 RS Freshman Johnathan Thomas 3 4%
RB 27 Senior Brandon Johnson 3 4%
WR 80 RS Senior Matt Zanellato 3 4%
WR 2 RS Junior Jake Kiley 3 4%
WR 19 Junior Gregg Garrity 2 3%
WR 89 RS Sophomore Gordon Bentley 1 1%

The first thing that jumped out for this game is that Akeel Lynch has really been phased out of the offense.