Nick Hankins Jr.
Illinois Fighting Illini
54
Depth3rd String
Is Nick Hankins Jr. starting?
Nick Hankins Jr. is listed 3rd string at LCB for Illinois Fighting Illini.
Freshman · #3
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- 1566Jakwon MorrisStarter
- 23266Tywan Cox
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Illinois Starting Lineup
Top defensive backs in the Big Ten
- Jersey
- #3
- Class
- FR
Nick Hankins Jr. is currently behind Jakwon Morris at LCB on the Illinois depth chart, a Big Ten team rated 77 overall this season.
Why this rating?
On a 75-rated defense; no production or recruiting data — rated at heuristic floor → 54.
Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
Estimated / projected
Depth-chart adjustment
-9 for role; −12 depth penalty
2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.
2026 Game Log
Sep 19WSIUTKL 1
- TKL
- 1
- SOLO
- 0
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 48-10
Sep 4WUABTKL 3
- TKL
- 3
- SOLO
- 3
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 42-23
| OPP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | WSIU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 4 | WUAB | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Hankins Jr.'s 2026 game-by-game stat log.
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