The 90 Illini #76: Pat Farrell

We are nearing the end of the true freshmen who are always grouped down in the 70's and 80's on this list. There are still several more freshmen to go, but The 90 Illini will begin to shift at this point to include several redshirt freshmen and sophomores. Developmental guys who are, in my estimation, still in development.

I've seen comments in the past of "wow - if he's at #76 his second season he's probably never going to play" and that's just not true. For linemen especially (but also for quarterbacks), development takes years, not months. This list is The 90 Most Important Illini Players For The 2024 Season and so you're going to see a second-year quarterback in the 80's and a second-year defensive lineman at...