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Illinois Football: Illini QB MJ Rivers puts name in transfer portal

There are a lot of things that happen over the course of an offseason. When you have plans that you think are going to work out, usually those plans change. Rarely do plans ever stay the same. Sadly, late on Saturday night, Illinois quarterback MJ Rivers announced on Twitter that he has put his name into the transfer portal.

Coming out of Lone Star High School in Frisco, Texas, Rivers was a 6-foot-4, 213-pound dual-threat quarterback. He was rated as a three-star recruit who was the No. 973 player in the class of 2018 and the No.