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Illinois Football: Potential Illini wide receiver depth chart in 2019

By Rees Woodcock

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN - NOVEMBER 04: An Illinois football helmet sits on the field before the start of the Big Ten Conference game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Purdue Boilermakers on November 4, 2017, at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN - NOVEMBER 04: An Illinois football helmet sits on the field before the start of the Big Ten Conference game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Purdue Boilermakers on November 4, 2017, at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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CHAMPAIGN, IL – NOVEMBER 11: Illinois cheerleaders lead the team on to the field before a Big Ten Conference football game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the University of Illinois Fighting Illini on November 11, 2017, at Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL. (Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Arguably the most impressive get in the class of 2019 for the Illinois football team is Marquez Beason. This kid is going to be something special for this program and, potentially, could do it on both sides of the ball.

Beason is a 5-foot-11, 173-pound recruit from Bishop Dunne High School in Dallas, Texas. He is rated as a four-star recruit who is the No. 74 player in the class of 2019 and the No. 4 athlete in the nation. It looks like Beason potentially could line up at wide receiver and cornerback for the Illini. He has been playing the all-star games at cornerback, but he is a dynamic player who can do both.

For now, I am going to slot Beason in as a wide receiver on the Illini roster. He would boost up the wide receiver core instantly with his playmaking abilities. I have him as one of the starters right now because when you get a player of his caliber, he has to start immediately. He is too good not to be in the lineup.

Beason will give Illinois that bubble screen threat as well as the over-the-top threat. Beason can burn defenders but he can also play in space. This kid is going to be one of the best in program history.

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