After earning the 2022 Stats Perform Buck Buchanan Award as the top FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) defensive player January 7, Illinois State senior linebacker Zeke Vandenburgh ’20 is preparing to continue his football career at the next level.
Former Illinois State football player James Robinson (2015-19) was named the Offensive Rookie of the Month for his performance in the month of September, as announced by the National Football League (NFL) on Thursday morning.
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.
Illinois State alum Brendan Reilly isn’t an NFL coach. But when the NFL season kicks off this weekend, Reilly and his big idea will impact how some of the league’s biggest stars play the game.
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.
Illinois State graduate J. Aggabao is an assistant strength coach with the St. Louis Rams, an elite job that’s exactly as cool as it sounds and way more data-driven than you can imagine.
In a strange coincidence, free-agent linebacker Mike Zimmer was signed by the Vikings, who are led by first-year coach Mike Zimmer 79. They are not related, but they are both former Redbird football players.
At first glance, the most-read STATEside posts from the 2013-2014 school year are all over the map. But taken together, they tell an important single story.
Illinois State alum Mike Zimmer was named the new head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, his first top job in the NFL after more than 20 years of coaching.
Exercise science alum Jeff Friday is the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Bengals, and he won a Super Bowl with the Ravens in the 2000 season.
