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- Illinois starting slot receiver Jayshon Platt and projected starting MIKE linebacker Daniel Brown will miss the UAB opener with soft-tissue injuries, and Bret Bielema does not yet have a firm return timeline for either player. - Mason Muragin will start at MIKE with Division II transfer Ean Rhea rotating behind him, while Brayden Trimble will replace Platt alongside Collin Dixon and Hudson Clement in the starting receiver group. - Washington transfer Ethan Moczulski won Illinois' placekicking and kickoff jobs, while Lars Rau beat freshman Jack Gray for the punting role and adds rollout punts to the pocket-spiral style he used at Texas State. - Converted quarterback Jershaun Newton has progressed rapidly at wide receiver since changing positions in June and is positioned for early nonconference snaps while Illinois works through injuries in the room.

- 🏈 What it means: NFL teams can keep up to 16 practice squad players for practice and roster depth. - During a season, each team can elevate up to two practice squad players to the active roster each week, and each individual player can be elevated up to three times a season before a team must add them to the 53-man roster. - So these five Illini will continue to...

- OL/LB: The #illini will have a new left tackle, Christian Martin, and a right tackle, Nathan Knapik, this season.

- WR/TE: Notes: WR Jayshon Platt, LB Daniel Brown likely to miss #Illini opener; TE Peyton Smith no longer on roster

- Pick/market: Was just looking at those B1G bowl tie-ins again, and over the last four seasons, the Illini have gone to the ReliaQuest Bowl, Citrus Bowl, and the Music City Bowl (so three of the...