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Griffin making most of his summer break before joining Illini

DANVILLE — Caleb Griffin isn't used to having this much downtime.

As a four-year, four-sport athlete at Danville High School, the recent graduate competed in football, soccer, basketball and baseball. That made it easy for Griffin to fill his calendar — on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis.

Now, Griffin is waiting.

He's biding his time until Aug. 3, when he can officially start working out with his new University of Illinois football teammates.

"It's weird having the summer to myself — no practices, no team anything," Griffin said. "Everybody else got there June 6.