Arrelious Benn never has been a touchdown-scoring machine for Illinois, but his consistency in reaching the end zone was on the rise during the first half of the 2008 season.
Benn scored his fifth touchdown last year in the Illini’s seventh game against Indiana. That…
Illinois receiver Arrelious Benn said he suffered a high ankle sprain against Missouri and his status for Saturday’s game against Illinois State will be determined Thursday. However, he said, “I plan to play.”
High ankle sprains generally involve a longer recovery…
Illini receiver Arrelious Benn has been named to the watch list for the Biletnikoff Trophy and guard Jon Asamoah is on the list for the Outland Trophy. Those announcements give Illinois five players who are on preseason watch lists for…
The Illinois football program is now almost a year removed from being the focus of a Big Ten Network reality-type show, “The Journey,” but the debate continues about whether it was a good decision to allow cameras to follow the…
It is now known that Mike Locksley is the choice as head coach at New Mexico, and an announcement is coming tomorrow in Albuquerque.
He was offensive coordinator for four years at Illinois and also worked as quarterbacks coach. But he had as…
The Big Ten announced its all-conference teams tonight and depending on who you believe, Illinois had either one player worthy of first-team honors or three. That’s because the Big Ten has a coaches’ vote and a media vote.
The media named receiver…
Arrelious Benn made a point of telling coach Ron Zook that he wanted to return kicks this season, but the sophomore receiver has not been productive and Zook said he would re-evaluate his return men this week.
Benn muffed a kickoff…
