2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 2
Ashton Hollins
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 195
- Major:
- Kinesiology
- Hometown:
- Lucedale, Miss.
- High School:
- George County
2025 Junior
- Played in all 13 games
- First career touchdown reception against Western Michigan (9/13/25)
2024 Sophomore
- Played in four games
- Two receptions for 40 yards vs. #19 Kansas (9/7/24), before missing the rest of the season due to injury
2023 Redshirt Freshman
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in all 12 games
- Career-high 46 yards on a personal-best-tying three receptions vs. Indiana (11/11/23)
- Posted a then-career-high three receptions vs. Nebraska (10/6/23)
- Recorded a blocked punt at Purdue (9/30/23)
- First career reception against Penn State (9/16/23), a 30-yard reception to set up a touchdown
2022 Freshman
- Played in two games and redshirted the season
- Made his Illinois debut against Chattanooga 9/22/22
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, On3, and Rivals
- Position ranks: #79 (ESPN), #138 (247)
- State ranks: #22 (ESPN), #38 (247)
- Played for head coach James Ray at George County
- 2021 Bernard Blackwell Classic All-Star Game
- Also played basketball and baseball in high school
Personal
- Born November 4, 2003
- Son of Brandy Andrews and Joey Hollins
- One brother, Jared
- Fluent in American Sign Language
- Chose Illinois because, “When I got to Illinois, the whole football staff made it easy. It made me feel like I was at home. They treated my family like royalty and it was just easy to pick where I was going to go. One special thing is Coach Bielema. He figured out that it was my grandparents' anniversary while on my official visit and he got them an anniversary cake. The coaches knew I had doubts of it being so far from home and Coach McDonald showed me his family and eliminated all fears of being homesick. All the coaches in Illinois make me feel right at home and this is where I'm supposed to be. That is why I chose Illinois to be my home for the next four years.”
- Majoring in kinesiology
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