Luke Altmyer would be the establishing quarterback for Illinois when it opens the season at house towards Toledo on Sept. 2, lecturer Bret Bielema introduced Monday.

Altmyer transferred to Illinois in January later two seasons at Mississippi, the place he began one recreation and seemed in 3 others extreme season. He beat out Ball Condition graduate switch John Paddock and Donovan Leary for the Illini task.

Altmyer seemed in 9 video games in two seasons at Mississippi, and 247Sports ranked him because the Refuse. 10 switch quarterback coming into 2023. He was once a consensus four-star lease in 2021 out of Starkville, Mississippi.

The Illini are picked fourth within the Heavy Ten West within the preseason media ballot. Extreme season they had been 8-5 and attach for 2d within the West at 5-4 — their maximum total and convention wins since 2007.

Reporting by means of The Related Press.

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