While the Illinois football team is putting together an impressive class of 2026, more names are starting to emerge as ...

Illinois football's Class of 2026 is growing in national ranks after it got a commitment from a 4-star linebacker Cam Thomas ...

College Football Reporter/Columnist Illinois coach Bret Bielema heads into ... they took control of the Illini program before the 2021 season and before the transfer portal became what it is ...

Illinois football has spent the offseason stacking up recruiting wins. Coach Bret Bielema and the Illini had a turnaround 2024, winning 10 games including the Citrus Bowl. They retained an ...

After taking care of most of its Class of 2025 recruits in December, Bret Bielema and Illinois football signed only one high school player on the traditional signing day Wednesday. Illinois signed ...

New Illinois defensive lineman Tomiwa Durojaiye, a transfer from Florida State, would likely be the first to admit that his college football career has gone differently than he would have chosen ...

Illinois football will try to take the next step into the College Football Playoff in 2025, building on its turnaround 10-win season that ended with a victory in the Citrus Bowl. The Fighting ...

Bielema, who has been at Illinois since 2021, has only faced Harbaugh once ... covering college football, the NFL and MLB. His love for sports took off at age 5, when his dad began taking him ...

The Bears have been a driving force in expanding girls and now women's flag football statewide, from launching a 21-team high school league in 2021 to helping Illinois become the ninth state to ...

One day and a few hours after the Illinois football program received a commitment from linebacker Cam Thomas, the Illini got one from three-star linebacker Kaedyn Cobbs. In a video posted to his X ...

New Illinois wide receiver Justin Bowick is no stranger to adaptability. After spending his first two seasons of college football at Eastern Illinois and enjoying moderate success (48 receptions ...