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Player Team Position 1937 8 77 Elvin Sayre: Detroit Lions: C 1939 20 187 Jim McDonald: Detroit Lions: C 1940 15 139 Mel Brewer: Green Bay Packers: G 20 189 Jim Reeder: Green Bay Packers: T 1941 21 195 Tom Riggs: Washington Redskins: T 1943 26 244 Eddie McGovern: Chicago Cardinals: B 1944 1 11 Tony Butkovich: Cleveland Rams: B 8 71 Alex Agase ...
From 1967 until the ABA–NBA merger in 1976, the American Basketball Association (ABA) held its own draft. Through the 2024 NBA draft, a Fighting Illini has been chosen first round of the draft 17 times in the history of the event with Terrence Shannon Jr. being the latest in 2024. [2]
Pages in category "Illinois Fighting Illini football players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 443 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The history and rivalry between Illinois and Michigan has been marked by crazy games, upsets, and tensions between the two schools and fanbases. The first game was played in 1898 in Detroit, which the Wolverines won 12–5, and both teams played each other for 73 consecutive years from 1924 to 1996.
His performance earned him the National Football Conference (NFC) Defensive Player of the Week, Joseph was the first Lions rookie to win the award in franchise history. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] He finished his rookie season in 2022 with a total of 82 combined tackles (55 solo), eight pass deflections, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, and four ...
Utah's selection of Williams at No. 3 overall in the 2005 lottery made him the highest-drafted player in Illinois history. It took just one season for Weber to etch his name in the Big Ten and Illinois record books after leading the Fighting Illini to its first outright Big Ten title in 52 years during the 2003–04 season.
Brent was born in Tulare, California on January 30, 1988, the son of LaTasha Brent, and grew up in Bloomington, Illinois, where he attended Central Catholic High School.As a junior, he recorded 109 tackles, 31 for losses and 6 sacks, he also earned All-Area, All-Region and All-State honors.
Derek Ricardo Harper (born October 13, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. A second-team All-American at the University of Illinois, he was the 11th overall pick of the 1983 NBA draft and spent 16 seasons as a point guard in the National Basketball Association with the Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, and Los Angeles Lakers.