
Illini Offensive Line Returns All Five Starters in 2025 & Boasts Depth Not Seen Since 2022
Illinois will return all five starters from the 2024 season but also seven of the 10 offensive linemen who were on the travel roster.
By Matt Stevens - IlliniGuys Football Writer/Analyst
January 31, 2025
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Bret Bielema has said and will likely say throughout the remaining months of this offseason that he did not spend Christmas Eve with his wife and two young daughters.
Instead of being with his family on Dec. 24, the head coach of the University of Illinois football program elected to take the private plane from Willard Airport in Savoy authorized to him in his contract by the Illinois athletics department for recruiting trips to visit arguably the most important person for his 2025 roster.