2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 3
Kaden Feagin
- Position:
- TE
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 260
- Major:
- Recreation, Sport & Tourism
- Hometown:
- Atwood, Ill.
- High School:
- ALAH
Pronunciation: KAY-dihn FAY-gihn
 2023 All-Big Ten |
2025 Junior
- CSC Academic All-District
- Played in all 13 games with four starts at running back
- 122 carries for 507 yards and seven rushing touchdowns on the season
- 16 receptions for 188 yards and two touchdowns on the season
- 12th in the Big Ten in rushing touchdowns (7) during the regular season
- Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten Third Team
2024 Sophomore
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in the first five games before missing the rest of the season with an injury
- 67 carries for 306 yards and three touchdowns on the season
- Had season-ending hip surgery on 10/18/24
- Recorded his first-career 100-yard game vs. Eastern Illinois (8/29/24)
- Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten Fourth Team
- Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List
2023 Freshman
- All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (coaches)
- Two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week
- Played in nine games with four starts at running back
- Four straight starts: at Maryland (10/14/23), vs. Wisconsin (10/21/23), at Minnesota (11/4/23), and vs. Indiana (11/11/23)
- Began career with 74 consecutive carries without a negative rush
- 10th in the Big Ten in rushing yards during conference games (405)
- Earned second Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor after posting a game-high 148 yards of total offense (89 rushing/59 receiving), including a career-long 54-yard TD reception at Minnesota
- Set career highs for rushes (24) and rushing yards (97), plus his second-career TD vs. Wisconsin (10/21/23)
- In first-career start at Maryland (10/14/23), tallied 97 yards of offense (84 rushing, 13 receiving) and the first TD of his career, earning Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors
- 28 yards, including a 25-yard would-be TD run that he downed at the 7-yard-line to allow the offense to kneel out the clock vs. FAU (9/23/23)
- Made Illinois debut with 1 carry for 5 yards at Kansas (9/8/23)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Four-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports and On3
- No. 202 recruit in the nation by Rivals
- Top 400 player in the nation by the 247Sports Composite
- Illinois' highest ranked running back recruit since 2009
- Position ranks: #5 (Rivals), #18 (On3), #25 (247Sports), #25 (ESPN)
- State ranks: #4 (ESPN), #4 (Rivals), #6 (247Sports), #7 (On3)
- Played for head coach Ryan Jefferson at Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond
- Two-time IHSFCA 2A All-State
- 2022 News-Gazette All-State
- 2022 News-Gazette Area Player of the Year
- 2022 WCIA Player of the Year
- Three-time Lincoln Prairie Conference Offensive MVP
- Three-time all-area
- Holds ALAH school records in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns in a single season and career
- 2,300 total yards, 37 touchdowns, 82 tackles, and two interceptions as a senior
- Placed second in long jump at the 2021 IHSA track and field state finals
- Four-year member of the Honor Roll
- Offers included Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Notre Dame, Purdue, Rutgers, and Wisconsin
PERSONAL
- Born on March 23, 2004
- Son of Jennifer Feagin
- Two brothers, Jordan and Kyle
- Chose Illinois because, “Of the coaches and the family environment.”
- Majoring in recreation, sport & tourism
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