Jeff Allen plays big, thinks big for Illini

Lalibala Allen was on the verge of panic. Her son, Jeffrey, had strayed from their South Side home on the 8500 block of South Kingston and was missing.

"I was very upset and worried," she said. "He was only 6."

It turned out that Jeff had seen another boy carrying shoulder pads and had gone to Jesse Owens Park to land his own football uniform.

Herb Gould