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Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

Ep. 1163 - Stojakovic declares for NBA Draft; Illini's 2026 NFL Draft fits

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9574 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Joey Wagner react to Illinois basketball's Andrej Stojakovic declaring for the NBA Draft and Ayo Dosunmu's big weekend in the NBA Playoffs. The guys then discuss three Illini getting selected in the 2026 NFL Draft and the fits for Gabe Jacas (Patriots), J.C. Davis (Giants) and Miles Scott (Broncos). The guys also discuss QB Luke Altmyer going undrafted and the opportunities he and other undrafted free agents received.


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0:44.8

It is Jeremy Warner and Joey Wagner with you on a Monday afternoon.

0:49.3

We've got some storms rolling through in central Illinois here.

0:52.6

But we got a lot to talk about, a lot about the draft.

0:56.2

Both the NBA draft and the NFL draft, three Aligni football players are drafted.

1:01.7

We'll talk about their fits there.

1:03.2

One of the biggest stories is a guy who's not drafted, Luke Altmeier.

1:06.3

I was down in Columbus, Mississippi with him.

1:09.4

We'll talk about that where he ended up as well.

1:12.0

A lot of undrafted free agents for the Illini as well. But Joey Wagner, it was a busy weekend.

1:17.8

I would assume we're going off. We'll talk about him here in a moment. How you been?

1:22.1

I've been good. Draft weekend is fun. It is a little different for us now that we've changed

1:27.0

in the last few years,

1:28.0

how we cover the draft in terms of you obviously travel this year. I did not, but we try to make

1:34.4

these calls. We try to make sure we're prepared for everything. So it's a fun weekend. Actually,

1:39.7

that feels like the official bow to the academic year to me as the draft i guess that's easier to say this year the basketball um is mostly put together i suppose going into may that'll be something we talk about here but i'm good man just packing up and ready to get moved here yeah getting ready to move um but yeah like this does feel like i told my wife i feel like i can take a breath now I really do. But yeah, like this does feel like, I told my wife, I feel like I can take a

2:02.1

breath now. I really do. And thanks to Illinois basketball for allowing that. I obviously got to

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