I wouldnt mind bringing in someone like Kevin Terry as a development guy
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I wouldnt mind bringing in someone like Kevin Terry as a development guy
illinidarrin
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exactly, what is with people saying " i told you so"? The coaches comments made it sound like it was possible one of the 3 may not return. people need to chill out over this. One is back, lets get the other 2 back as well, and see where we are next year. too much nit picking going on.
oh not again lol
Illinois football is going to be fun to watch and cheer for. Great time.
An amazing time to be an Illini fan! 
Epsilon
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Is that the same TE that kept smoking us this season!?!? If so, what a HUGE get!
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
I really like Fidone. I thought Nebraska never properly used him, even though he performed well as a chain mover. He's an underrated pass blocker and Nebraska rarely used him for that. Masking his role (is he blocking or catching?) is going to further elevate his game. Fun to think about personnel with (a) Rusk and Fidone and (b) Fidone and Arkin on the field at the same time.
Two catches for 46 yds against us.
2024 season totals below, zero TDs. Probably looking for more playing time like everyone else.
Not really impressed with these stats. We got Cole Rusk coming back from surgery this spring. Tanner Arking should be our starter. I don't think he declared for the draft.
We need another depth TE …
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
if Bielema wants him, so do I. 3 starter level TEs are a lot better than 2
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
This is more receptions than any Illinois tight end has achieved in one season in the 21st century.
Was by far and away Nebby's best TE... 30 more catches than the next guy.
Fadone would be ahead of Arkin on the depth chart if we were to land him.
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Would’ve been the 3rd leading receiver this year with those stats. Yards and receptions
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
I would say Fidone would be the best college producing TE at Illinois since Jon Davis or even Uh-Oh. It's worth pointing out that Rusk had 39 receptions at Murray State and tore his ACL this fall. Fidone just had 36 receptions at Nebraska.
Edit: Accidentally wrote Arkin instead of Rusk
Edit: Accidentally wrote Arkin instead of Rusk
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You mean Rusk?
If we do land Fidone, let the battle begin. My money is on Tanner and Cole. I do like that Fidone has special teams experience. That's always a plus.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
Arkin took a detour to Murray State? who knew?
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Wow, your pretty down on him. I think he'd be the No. 1 tight end and don't think it's all that nip and tuck.
illinidarrin
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We usually don't use our TE's a ton , so i don't expect him to get 500-600 yards in a season. You add in the fact that we do have Arkin and hopefully a healthy Rusk next year as well, so i'm not sure how many catches and yards he would get if he came here?
Serious question, how good does our offensive line become return our 5 starters from last year and the possible addition of DJ?
What about bama transfer Ty Lockwood? He’s originally from Elgin
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