Kaden Feagin holds the TE · Backup spot in Illinois Fighting Illini’s tight end room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Kaden Feagin logged a 17.1% overall usage rate in 2025.

Kaden Feagin is a 6'3" tight end from Atwood, Illinois who joined Illinois as a four-star recruit in 2023. In his freshman year, he earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors and recorded two Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards across nine games. He returned in 2024 but missed most of the season after hip surgery on 10/18/24, appearing in five games. In 2025, Feagin appeared in all 13 games with four starts, recording 16 receptions for 188 yards and two receiving touchdowns alongside 507 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns on 122 carries.

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