2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 83
Keion Battle
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Plainfield, Ill.
- High School:
- Oswego East
- Prev School:
- Northern Illinois
 University of Illinois Graduate |
2023 Sophomore
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in 11 games
- Recorded first-career tackle on kickoff coverage vs. Toledo (9/2/23)
2022 Redshirt Freshman
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in one game
- Made his Illinois debut against Chattanooga 9/22/22
2021 Redshirt Freshman
- Did not play in a game
2020 Freshman (Northern Illinois)
- Played in two games and redshirted the season
High School
- Played for Tyson Leblanc
- All-area three times
- All-Southwest Prairie three times
- Also competed in track and field and was a state-qualifying long jumper
Personal
- Born June 3, 2002
- Father, Kenny Battle, played for Illinois basketball in 1986-89 and was a captain of the 1989 Flyin’ Illini Final Four team
- Has four brothers and one sister
- Sister, Ty, played basketball at Delaware
- Graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in interdisciplinary health sciences in May 2024
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