Pro Illini

The 2025-2026 NFL regular season has come to an end, and it was a successful one for many former Illini. The playoffs are starting this Saturday, so here are all the former Illini competing for the Lombardi Trophy. The first Wild Card game featuring Illini is on Saturday Night between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. Former Illinois DB Nate Hobbs (2017-2020) was a fifth-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft to the Las Vegas Raiders but wounded up in Green Bay via free