Former Illinois State football player James Robinson (2016-19) made waves this weekend, breaking the NFL record for most yards by an undrafted rookie running back in a Week 1 game on Sunday, helping the Jacksonville Jaguars come from behind to defeat the Indianapolis Colts, 27-20.
The Missouri Valley Conference and Missouri Valley Football Conference have announced the postponement of all fall sports competition and championships.
Illinois State student-athletes have begun to return to campus as part of a return plan laid out by the ISU Athletics Department.
A quartet of Illinois State football senior standouts head into their final year with preseason accolades, as Drew Himmelman, Romeo McKnight, Devin Taylor and Christian Uphoff were each named to the 2020 HERO Sports FCS Preseason All-America Team announced Thursday.
Former Illinois State two-sport star Mike Prior ’85 was one of six inductees honored at the 2020 Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Hall of Fame ceremony held March 6 in downtown St. Louis.
Another exciting year of Illinois State Redbird volleyball and football is just around the corner, and single-tickets for both team’s 2019 seasons are on sale now.
An off-season full of training and four weeks of spring practice will culminate when fans have the opportunity to see Redbird football in action at the annual Spring Showcase, April 21, at Hancock Stadium.
Neil Harris starts his freshman year this week at Illinois State University in Normal, just down the road from where he grew up in Bloomington.
Mike Zimmer reached the coaching summit last year when he was named head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, making him the first Redbird to become a head coach in the NFL.
Arriving at Illinois State in 2009, Brock Spack has transformed the Redbird program into a championship subdivision power that came tantalizingly close to its first national championship earlier this year in Frisco, Texas.
