Career Highs

Receptions: 8 at Minnesota, 10/21/17
Receiving Yards: 111 vs. Rutgers, 10/14/17
Long Reception: 76 at South Florida, 9/15/17
Receiving Touchdowns: 2 vs. Penn State, 9/21/18
All-Purpose Yards: 111 vs. Rutgers, 10/14/17

2019 Junior

• Started the first seven games at wide receiver
• Missed the last six games with an injury
• 24 receptions for 225 yards and one touchdown on the season

2018 Sophomore

• Played & started 11 games
• 33 receptions for 406 yards (12.3 ypr) and five touchdowns on season
• Led Illinois in receptions (33), receiving yards (406) and receiving TDs (5)
• Season-high seven receptions for 72 yards and a touchdown at Northwestern 11/24/18
• Season-high 86 receiving yards, including a 67-yard touchdown, against Minnesota 11/3/18
• Career-high two touchdowns against Penn State 9/1/18
• Team-high 70 receiving yards on three catches vs. Kent State
• Academic All-Big Ten

2017 Freshman

• BTN.com All-Freshman Team honorable mention
• Played in all 12 games with 10 starts at wide receiver
• 31 receptions for 501 yards and two touchdowns on season
• Led Illinois in receiving yards (501)
• Fourth true freshman in program history to lead the team in receiving yards
• Tied for the team lead in receptions (31) with Malik Turner
• At least one reception in 11 straight games to end the season
• Ranked fourth in the B1G in yards per reception (16.45)
• Second on the team in all-purpose yards (510)
• Made his Illinois debut in the opener against Ball State
• 76-yard reception at South Florida was the longest in Illinois history by a true freshman, before Louis Dorsey’s 77-yard touchdown reception against Indiana seven weeks later

High School

• Four-star recruit by Rivals, ESPN and Scout
• Three-star recruit by 247Sports
• Ranked as a top 500 recruit in the nation by 247Sports
• Ranked No. 48 wide receiver in the nation by Rivals, No. 48 by Scout and No. 52 by 247Sports
• No. 6 recruit in Illinois by Rivals, ESPN, Scout and 247Sports
• Played at Brother Rice for head coach Brian Badke
• 2016 ALL-USA Illinois Football Team
• 2016 Reporter/Regional Football Player of the Year
• 2016 Daily Southtown Football Player of the Year
• 2016 Chicago Catholic League Offensive Player of the Year
• 2016 Champaign News-Gazette All-State first team
• 2016 Preps Plus All-State first team
• 2016 Chicago Catholic League all-conference
• 2016 Brother Rice MVP
• Preps Plus/WGN-9 Athlete of the Month for September 2016
• 80 receptions for 1,336 yards and 18 TDs in 11 games as senior
• Helped Brother Rice to a 9-3 record and playoff berth as senior
• 1,165 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior
• Lettered four years in football
• Was the first student-athlete to verbally commit to Illini head coach Lovie Smith

Personal

• Born Nov. 2, 1998
• Son of Celeste Boyd
• Has one sister, Cerena Hudson
• Uncle, Paul Cruse Jr., Aunt, Tahtia Smalling, and two cousins, Sarah Cruse and Paul Cruse III, all attended Illinois
• Uncle, Thomas Boyd, played football at Saint Xavier
• Picked Illinois because of, “it was a great school and I developed a good relationship with the coaches.”
• Enrolled in general curriculum