James White won three NFL titles with the Patriots after a stellar Big Ten career under Bret Bielema at Wisconsin.

He won a Super Bowl with the Patriots in 2019. Football icon Nick Saban calls Kim the 'pass-rush guru' Illinois football has dipped into the NFL to bolster its coaching staff. "I am very excited ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - Spring Football gets under way for Illinois on Wednesday. Crazy to think about right? The Citrus Bowl feels like it was just yesterday, Whenever a team has a long ...

Photos from the first women’s college flag football game in Illinois between Benedictine and Rockford on March 8, 2025, at the Walter Payton Center in Lake Forest. Rockford won 32-0. Rockford ...

On March 8 — International Women's Day — the Bears hosted the first ever collegiate women's flag football game in the state of Illinois. A crowd of coaches, families and high school flag football ...

Illinois football: Every college football national champ this season has one thing in common Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The 10-game regular season begins March 28 ...

Northern Illinois will move its basketball and other non-football programs to the Horizon League in 2026, the Board of Trustees approved in a vote Thursday. The move is the result of NIU recently ...

The former Patriots running back and three-time Super Bowl champion has been hired as the new running backs coach at the University of Illinois ... both on and off the football field,” Bielema ...

A multi-talented, 6-foot-6 lead guard, Kasparas Jakucionis arrived in Champaign at age 18 and has put together one of the best freshman campaigns in Illinois history. Averaging 15.2 points ...

To subscribe, click here. Sign up for our daily football newsletter here When it was announced the University of Illinois football team would take on South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl on Dec. 31 ...

Brooks was a four-star transfer last offseason after leaving Texas and chose Illinois over a number of ... a crossroads in his life where he gave up football. It's nothing negative or positive.