Man, what a year 2023 was for the Illinois football program in all sorts of ways.
That season, the Illini managed to win eight games, which was unheard of leading up to the 2023 campaign. Illinois has a new quarterback in the works named Tommy DeVito. The Syracuse transfer had potential, but the injury bug plagued his stint with the Orange.
DeVito’s time with the Illini was magical. While he didn’t earn a spot in the 2023 NFL Draft, the New York Giants came calling in free agency.
In the chaos that is the Giants franchise, DeVito was a calming force.