Illinois Football 2025 Scouting Report: Wide Receiver Hudson Clement

Illinois on SI is delivering scouting reports for each of the key players on the Illini football team's 2025 roster. Below, we present our breakdown of Illini junior wide receiver Hudson Clement. We will add more as other on-field contributors emerge during the season. Find our scouting reports of other Illinois players by searching in your favorite browser or clicking in our projected depth chart.

Hudson Clement | Wide receiver | Junior | No. 13

Hometown: Martinsburg, West VirginiaHigh school: MartinsburgTransfer schools: West VirginiaHeight: 6-foot-1Weight: 215 pounds

Scouting report

Clement's size and speed aren't at the high end of elite, but they are very good – especially when combined with his other skills, as well as his instincts and experience. He is extremely physical against press coverage and will deliver a blow on his man to create space or slip by with his burst and agility. His hands are excellent, and he has shown the consistent ability to make difficult receptions and catches in traffic.

Clement doesn't routinely create a ton of separation vertically or out of his cuts, but he runs good routes and pulls in everything he gets his hands – or even a hand – on. He can beat man or zone, is a weapon around the goal line and works exceptionally well in tight spaces, creating opportunities off the rub, separating from man-to-man defenders with his hands and showing impressive body control on back-shoulder throws. A lot to like here – and it shouldn't surprise that Clement was the No. 2-ranked receiver in the portal, according to PFF.

Experience

Clement's story, which may be unfamiliar to some Illini fans, is now local lore around Williamsburg – and probably the reason his transfer was met with such animosity. A former walk-on who made good, earned a scholarship, delivered a big 2024 season and was followed to West Virginia by younger brother Murphy, Hudson chose to move on to Illinois (and was joined by Murphy) in the offseason.