Big Ten Football Top 150 Players: No. 124, Darius Millines, Illinois WR

Darius Millines, No. 15, WR, Illinois
2011 Stats: 19 catches, 218 yards, one TD

Strengths

When Darius Millines is on the field, good things happen. He's small but shifty, and he's got open-field moves that can break a play open or at the very least keep the chains moving.

Those skills are also well-suited for the kick-return game, and we may see Millines return to that role in 2012.

Weaknesses

Millines has the talent to excel at this level, but he needs to be able to put together a full season. He lost four games to injury in 2011 and wasn't performing at his same level after getting back onto the field.

He was also taken off kick-return duty after injury. Millines doesn't have much in the way of size, either, so how Millines can adjust to press coverage will determine his level of success.

2012 Prediction

Illinois is going to miss A.J. Jenkins in 2012, but Millines is probably the closest thing the Illini have to a wide receiver in Jenkins' mold. He and Spencer Harris should prove to be a solid pair of leading wideouts, and something along the lines of 50 catches for 700 yards or so should be Millines' goal.

The injury concerns will be important, of course, but that's true for literally everybody in every sport, so, y'know.