Long, long road back for Corey Lewis
November 6, 2012 12:54 PM
Only a handful of people in a crowd of more than 105,000 knew the significance of Lewis' arrival into the Illini huddle. And only he knew the odds he had overcome to get there.
"It was just a great moment for me," he said Monday. "It's something I had been working hard for over the last two-and-a-half years, because it was pretty devastating what happened to me in the 2010 spring game."
Corey Lewis arrived at Illinois in the summer of 2008, a Ron Zook recruit out of Cresco, Pa. He was joined in that recruiting class by another freshman offensive tackle, Jeff Allen of Chicago, and speculation was that Lewis and Allen (now a rookie with the Kansas City Chiefs) could be standout bookend tackles on the Illini offensive line.
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"It was just a great moment for me," he said Monday. "It's something I had been working hard for over the last two-and-a-half years, because it was pretty devastating what happened to me in the 2010 spring game."
Corey Lewis arrived at Illinois in the summer of 2008, a Ron Zook recruit out of Cresco, Pa. He was joined in that recruiting class by another freshman offensive tackle, Jeff Allen of Chicago, and speculation was that Lewis and Allen (now a rookie with the Kansas City Chiefs) could be standout bookend tackles on the Illini offensive line.
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