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Keaton Wagler is a freshman guard who leads Illinois in scoring at 18.2 points per game this season. He has been a dangerous perimeter threat, hitting 42.0% from deep. He has started all 28 games for a Illinois squad ranked 4th in the NET.
Keaton Wagler has authored one of the most remarkable freshman seasons in recent college basketball history after arriving at Illinois as a largely unheralded recruit. Ranked just No. 261 nationally in the 2025 class by 247Sports, the guard from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Kansas did not play travel ball on a shoe circuit and received limited high-major attention before Illinois offered. That anonymity has long since vanished. Wagler exploded onto the national scene, highlighted by a 46-point eruption at Purdue on January 24, 2026 -- tying the second-highest single-game total in Illinois program history and setting a new record for an Illini freshman. His scoring prowess has vaulted him into Big Ten Player of the Year conversations and projected lottery pick status for the 2026 NBA Draft.
Career history
Keaton Wagler has authored one of the most remarkable freshman seasons in recent college basketball history after arriving at Illinois as a largely unheralded recruit. Ranked just No. 261 nationally in the 2025 class by 247Sports, the guard from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Kansas did not play travel ball on a shoe circuit and received limited high-major attention before Illinois offered. That anonymity has long since vanished. Wagler exploded onto the national scene, highlighted by a 46-point eruption at Purdue on January 24, 2026 -- tying the second-highest single-game total in Illinois program history and setting a new record for an Illini freshman. His scoring prowess has vaulted him into Big Ten Player of the Year conversations and projected lottery pick status for the 2026 NBA Draft.
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