Beat writer Bob Asmussen lists 10 in-state products and 10 transfers who made a difference for the Illini this season ...

Whatever is drawing defectors from Wisconsin's defense south to Champaign also got to James Thompson Jr. – and it may be the ...

Illinois football added 21 commitments in its 2025 ... All four of Bielema's recruiting classes have hovered around the top 40 or 50, according to the 247Sports rankings. The decade before ...

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema is fully aware that the new-age world of college football involves ... Bielema's fourth consecutive top-50 recruiting class since he was hired in December ...

Illinois football's 2025 recruiting class Four-star wide receiver Brayden Trimble (6-foot-2, 170 pounds) – Mount Zion, Illinois Three-star edge rusher Cameron Brooks (6-foot-3, 270 pounds ...

Here is a list of former Illinois high school football players in the NCAA transfer portal. We will update as players are ...

Illinois football signed its highest rated transfer so far this week, again pulling in a former Big Ten Conference defender.

While Illinois didn’t have a nationally elite recruiting class— ranked just ... be one of the best player development coaches in college football, with 55 of his former players currently ...

During a week in which Illinois football already had plenty to celebrate, the Illini signed 20 players Wednesday to round out a top-50 national recruiting class, according to 247 Sports.

Illinois football currently has 19 commitments in ... All four of Bielema's recruiting classes have hovered around the top 40 or 50, according to the 247Sports rankings. The decade before Bielema ...