Ep. 803 - J Leman's spring evaluation of Illini football; Why Dre Brown returned to Illini
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2024
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Illini football great and Big Ten Network analyst J Leman joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to discuss what he saw from the spring game and what he thinks of the Illini roster. He discusses the bright spots and concerns about the team, remembers former teammate Vontae Davis and discusses the Illini's NFL draftees.
Werner and Joey Wagner catch up with former Illinois running back Dre Brown about his return to the Illini football program as Director of Player Personnel. Brown discusses why he left Notre Dame to return to his alma mater, what he can bring to the Illini recruiting department and his pitch to recruits.
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| 0:50.8 | Music Today on the O'AnonI Quire podcast, we focused on O'Lan Night Football because we catch up with two former great Illinois football players. |
| 0:55.1 | The first is Jay Lehman, of course, Big Ten Network analysts, on Enquirer football analyst. We catch up with Jay to talk about the spring game, what he saw as he was on the call |
| 0:59.7 | for Big Ten networks, what he learned, what stood out as a bright spot, and what concerns he still |
| 1:04.9 | has about Illinois football moving forward into the 2024 season and what this fourth season means for Brett Bielma, |
| 1:12.5 | after narrowly missing bowl games in two of the last three years, |
| 1:15.5 | narrowly missing a Big Ten championship game appearance. |
| 1:18.7 | It's as always great stuff from Jay and stick around for his thoughts on Vante Davis, |
| 1:25.3 | a line I great who unfortunately passed away. |
| 1:27.6 | So we'll get to Jay Lehman here coming up. |
| 1:29.8 | We also caught up with Drey Brown, former great O'I running back. |
| 1:33.8 | And I say that because he was an MVP on offense of his senior season, |
| 1:38.5 | final senior season, where Illinois made a bowl game. |
| 1:41.6 | Of course, Dre battled through two ACL injuries through his career, |
| 1:45.8 | you know, got on special teams, became an all-big-10 kick returner, |
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