As Bender puts it, it's a "prove it" season for Altmyer as much as it is Bielema. Beating Ohio State and USC puts the Illini ...

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It has to be tough to get a player from the state of Florida to come join the Illinois Fighting Illini, but that's exactly what Bret Bielema and his staff were able to do.

The four-star linebacker and three-star defensive back are the 12th and 13th members of the Illinois football recruiting ...

Illinois head football coach Bret Bielema hosted several high school recruits for their official visits.This included two ...

Illinois recently picked up three-star linebacker Tony Williams for its defensive line, along with 12 other hard commits.

Linebacker Tony Williams and defensive back Almirian Thomas, 2026 recruits from Florida, have committed to Illinois ...

Bret Bielema has known Atsushi Saijo for more than 30 years, with the veteran football coach from Japan stopping by Champaign ...

My grasp of Japanese is limited to a couple phrases: "Let's go" and "my knee hurts." Illinois football coach Bret Bielema knows some others: Ichiban, sake and Sapporo. "Back in my younger years, we'd ...

Dunlap's Bo Sutter got his first offer from Illinois football. The Class of 2028 recruit is the brother of four-star tight end Mack Sutter.

Illinois football had a big day, as we pulled in some big-time talent for the class of 2026. Bret Bielema had already done an impressive job building out the Il ...

QB recruit from Illinois Trae Taylor told me he's down to four schools: LSU, Nebraska Texas A&M and Illinois.On Illinois: "A ...