Illinois offensive coordinator Garrick McGee thinks Mikey Dudek could return in 2016

This is likely some wishful thinking from the new Illinois assistant."Nowadays, guys are coming back. I’ve had a couple guys who have had this same type of leg injury in spring ball and by the time you get to conference games, they’re back. I’ve had that happen before. I’m not completely ruling [Dudek] out for the season."

So there's that.

I'm not quite sure how many of Garrick McGee's past players are being referenced here, but there's a 100% chance that none of them had consecutive ACL injuries to the same knee. Mikey Dudek's work ethic isn't in question here (he was reportedly going through upper body workouts in the weight room before his procedure), but physical rehab on this scale is an…