Christian Abney
Illinois Fighting Illini
67
Depth

Christian Abney

Illinois Fighting IlliniAverage
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Projected Starter

Is Christian Abney starting?

Christian Abney is the projected starter at TE for Illinois Fighting Illini.

Senior · #86 · 6'6", 260 lbs

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Depth at TE · Illinois Fighting Illini

  1. 18667Christian AbneyStarter
  2. 28367Kaden Feagin
  3. 38856Davin Stoffel
  4. 48555Will Vala III

Illinois Starting Lineup

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Up next for Illinois

Illinois plays Nebraska at home on Fri, Nov 6. The listed kickoff time is 08:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Zionsville, ranked #2,379 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 1 catches, 12 yards, 0 TD. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 67 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,379 NatlTeam Share0%
Zionsville, IN
Jersey
#86
Class
SR/TR
Height
6'6"
Weight
260 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
20251120

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8106
National Rank
#2379
High School
Zionsville
Hometown
Zionsville, IN

Why this rating?

On a 80-rated offense; 10th-percentile production (×0.92 for competition level) put them -13 vs unit starters → 67.

Team offense (SP+)
80
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 10% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
-13 for role

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

Oct 24WOREYDS 13
REC
2
YDS
13
AVG
6.5
TD
1

Final W 21-10

Sep 26LOSUYDS 6
REC
1
YDS
6
AVG
6.0
TD
0

Final L 42-19

Sep 19WSIUYDS 6
REC
1
YDS
6
AVG
6.0
TD
0

Final W 48-10

Sep 12LDUKEYDS 1
REC
1
YDS
1
AVG
1.0
TD
0

Final L 31-27

Christian Abney's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 rec · 12 yds · 0 TD
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