As it stands, six Illini alums in the NFL are on playoff teams: Nick Allegretti of the Kansas City Chiefs, James Crawford (practice squad) of the Baltimore Ravens, Justin Hardee of the New Orleans Saints, Del’Shawn Phillips (Injured Reserve) of the Buffalo Bills, Jihad Ward of the Ravens and Tavon Wilson of the Indianapolis Colts.
We’ll give all of those players a grade once the NFL playoffs are over. For now, let’s take a look back and give a grade to those Illini alums on teams who failed to make the playoffs cut in this wacky 2020 season.