The Illinois football team captured its first Class of 2027 recruit on Monday, a four-star quarterback. Kamden Lopati, a ...

One season under center was enough for Kamden Lopati to draw the attention of more than a dozen division one football ...

A 6-foot-3, 220-pound dual threat quarterback, Lopati passed on offers from Oregon, Washington and Purdue in the Big Ten, plus Iowa State, Utah, Arkansas and others. Lopati is considered to be the ...

Davis, the highest-graded returning tackle in college football in 2025, is expected to anchor an Illini offensive line returning all five starters ...

Under Bret Bielema, Illinois football is rising fast—winning games, upgrading facilities, and landing top recruits. Season ...

After a few slow weeks of recruiting, Illinois football regained its mojo. And they're picking off top St. Louis area ...

LAS VEGAS — Illinois football coach Bret Bielema was a walk-on defensive lineman at Iowa when he heard the news every collegiate player in his situation dreams of: he earned a scholarship. He called ...

Don’t look now but the Illinois Fighting Illini are trying to crash the Big Ten blueblood recruiting party. Coming off a 10-3 season and a bowl game win over South Carolina coach Bret Bielema has his ...

Bielema often outrecruited elite rivals in signing the UI’s 2026 football class, the most impressive in decades.

A four-star recruit from Chicagoland and family history with IU chose the Hoosiers over an impressive profile of college ...