2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 80
Hank Beatty
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 185
- Major:
- Marketing
- Hometown:
- Rochester, Ill.
- High School:
- Rochester
Pronunciation: BAY-dee
 2025 Academic All-American |
| 2025 Phil Steele All-America Fourth Team |
| 2024 Phil Steele All-America Honorable Mention |
 2024 All-Big Ten |
2025 Senior
- Academic All-America Second Team, the 27th Academic All-American in Illinois football history
- All-Big Ten Third Team (coaches and media)
- AP All-Big Ten Second Team as an all-purpose player
- Third in the Big Ten in receptions (64) during the regular season
- Fourth in the Big Ten in receiving yards (826) during the regular season
- 11th in the Big Ten in all-purpose yards (1,080) during the regular season
- Only player in the nation with a passing, rushing, receiving, and punt return touchdown during the regular season
- First Big Ten player to record a passing TD, rushing TD, receiving TD, and punt return TD in a season since Michigan's Steve Breaston in 2003
- Played in all 13 games with 10 starts at wide receiver
- 70 receptions for 864 receiving yards and three touchdowns on the season
- Three 100-yard games against Western Illinois, Duke, and Purdue
- Set the Illinois single-game punt return yardage record (133) against Western Illinois (8/29/25), breaking Red Grange's 102-year-old program record (125) set in 1923 vs. Nebraska
- Sporting News Midseason All-American (All-Purpose)
- Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten Second Team (Punt Return)
- Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten Second Team (Punt Return)
2024 Junior
- Phil Steele All-American Honorable Mention
- All-Big Ten Third Team (Media)
- All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Coaches)
- CSC Academic All-District
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in all 13 games
- Led the Big Ten and ranked fourth in the nation with 14.1 yards per punt return
- 14.1-yard punt return average ranked No. 7 in Illinois single-season history
- 310 punt return yards ranked No. 2 in Illinois single-season history, behind only Dike Eddleman's 77-year-old Illinois record of 323 punt return yards set in 1947
- Career-high 90 receiving yards in Illinois' Cheez-It Citrus Bowl win over #14 South Carolina (12/31/24)
- Recorded his longest punt return (59), caught two passes for 30 yards including a touchdown, and totaled 107 all-purpose yards in win at Rutgers (11/24/23)
- Caught three passes for a career-high 53 yards in win vs. Purdue (10/12/24)
- Tallied 39 receiving yards on two catches at #9 Penn State (9/28/24)
2023 Sophomore
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- CSC Academic All-District
- Played in all 12 games at wide receiver
- Posted career-high 29 receiving yards on two catches vs. #7 Penn State (9/16/23)
2022 Freshman
- Played in 12 games as a true freshman
- Seven receptions for 25 yards on the season
- Two punt returns for two yards on the season
- Career-high two receptions in Illinois’ win vs. Iowa 10/8/22
- Receptions in each of his first two collegiate games vs. Wyoming 8/27/22 and at Indiana 9/2/22
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, On3, and ESPN, two-star recruit by Rivals
- Position ranks: #116 (247), #171 (ESPN)
- State ranks: #20 (247), #23 (ESPN)
- Played for head coach Derek Leonard at Rochester
- Led Rochester to the 2019 IHSA 5A state title
- 12 receptions for 212 yards and three touchdowns in the 2019 state championship game to earn player of the game honors
- 2021-22 Gatorade Illinois Football Player of the Year
- First Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year to choose Illinois since Reilly O’Toole in 2010-11
- 2021 Illinois High School Football Coaches Association 4A All-State first team
- Central State 8 all-time leading scorer
- Three-time all-state
- 2019 MaxPreps All-American
- Three-time academic all-conference
- 1,899 passing yards, 1,371 rushing yards, and 23 passing touchdowns as a senior
- Also played basketball and ran track in high school
- Offers included Air Force, Central Michigan, Illinois State, Iowa State, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, and Western Illinois
Personal
- Born September 20, 2003
- Son of Helen Kwong and Mark Beatty
- One sister, Charlotte
- Father, mother, grandmother, and grandfather all attended the University of Illinois
- Majoring in marketing
- Chose Illinois because, “I love the culture and family here. I felt accepted and like I belonged here since the first time I spoke to the staff and other recruits and commits.”
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