Eastern Illinois Panthers

Eastern Illinois Panthers

3rd BSOVC FCS | 8-3
  • Passing Yards
    72nd
    249.2 PYPG
  • Rushing Yards
    191st
    123.8 RYPG
  • Total Yards Per Game
    122nd
    373.0 YPG
  • The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.

    Bob Asmussen | Return to glory? Illinois secondary has a new leader and work to do

    Feb. 24—CHAMPAIGN — No defense in the country had more interceptions in 2022 than Illinois. Twenty-four picks to lead the nation. And only a handful of teams allowed fewer yards than Illinois, which finished eighth in the category. But the ringleaders of the best pass defense in the country two seasons ago had to leave for the NFL. Devon Witherspoon, Sydney Brown and Quan Martin went in the ...