Hank Beatty

I mean, that team had some dudes as well.

You talk about guys with Pat Bryant, Tanner Arkin, Henry Boyer, Casey Washington, Hank Beatty, Caden Fagan, Aiden Loffery.

Reggie Love, Josh McCray.

I mean, this team had some dudes.

But that being said, one thing I think we're struggling with is we don't have a slot receiver that we, that Cayton Houser really trusts right now.

I know Trimble is playing right now, but I think so much of what we've seen out of Barry Lunney, I'm just gonna go through, Isaiah Williams, right? Uh, uh, uh, Hank Beatty, uh, you, you name it, as far as that slot receiver.

Even, they moved Colin away.

Colin Dixon.

Uh, uh, uh, JC Davis, I don't know if he made a team, I think he did.

Yeah.

Uh, uh, uh, JC Davis with the Giants, right? Hank Beatty, very, very good college football player.

He'll play in the NFL at some point.

in 2023.

And then obviously with the help of five takeaways, but Illinois' offense with Luke Altmyer and Hank Beatty had a big day, got the best of Manny Diaz's defense last year.

So how does Barry Loney attack Manny Diaz's defense?

Yeah, this feels like it's going to be the quarterback hour here for the next couple topics here.

We've seen development as you stick around.

We've seen Hank Beatty be that guy.

It did seem like they were a receiver or two short of what they needed.

And that was pretty obvious to see.

And, of course, he's got to face better defenses.

of them putting together an offensive line with, you know, basically three transfers, a returning starter, and a guy they developed because that was a huge question mark going in, and they've also put a quarterback as well.

So to have an offense that replaced four starters, a quarterback, lost what I would say was their most productive receiver last year in Hank Beatty, to put up 42 relatively effortlessly with 44 plays – Guys, we've seen some bad offenses in Illinois.

I was very happy with what I saw.

He saw Pat Bryant and how he emerged and the way he went about his business.

And Colin has said, that's how I made my routine is I saw Pat Bryant do this and he saw Hank Beatty and how he elevated himself.

from a rotation player to the go-to guy.

Collin Dixon looks like a guy ready to be that go-to guy and elevate there, and he's got that trust.

I cannot believe that.

I'm Hank Beatty.

Oh, man.

They

Creed.

And Jarrett Creed.

And there goes Hank Beatty out the door.

Oh, Beatty, man.