The Champaign Room · Nov 9, 2023
How some Illini can improve their NFL Draft stock down the stretch
The college football season is approaching its home stretch. The Fighting Illini sit at 4-5, needing to win at least two of their final three games in the regular season to get a bowl game, and somehow staying alive in the Big Ten West race after beating Maryland and Minnesota but losing to Wisconsin in agonizing fashion, preventing them from controlling their own destiny.
Some of Illinois’ players are trying to wow scouts as the season comes to a close; nothing increases your draft stock like successful game reps on film. So what do we project when it comes to Illinois’s top prospects?
DT Jer’Zhan Newton
Current Projection: First Round Pick, Top 20 pick