Jay Pearson, a redshirt junior running back from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was 5 years old when his father Brenden Pearson introduced him to football.  “My dad, he played semi-pro,” Jay Pearson...

Three Eastern Illinois football players were invited to participate in Northwestern University’s pro day on March 18 at the Ryan Fieldhouse.   Graduate offensive lineman Sebastian Pares, defensive...

Redshirt sophomore offensive lineman Panayiotis Mihalopoulos is going into his third year with the Panthers.  Mihalopoulos started playing football during his freshman year of high school, but his...

Redshirt junior quarterback Joey Sprinkle is getting ready to go into his second year with Eastern’s program.  Sprinkle, from Monticello, played soccer and baseball growing up and didn’t start...

Redshirt sophomore quarterback Cole LaCrue transferred to Eastern from the University of Wisconsin. LaCrue started playing football at the age of 5 years old but has been a multisport athlete throughout...

Rodman Noel, the newest linebackers coach for Eastern’s football team, was a former linebacker at North Carolina State and member of the Cleveland Browns.  Noel is originally from Everett, Massachusetts,...

Growing up in a house where his father, Chris Wilkerson, was the head coach of multiple teams including Eastern’s football team, sophomore emergency management and disaster prep major Peyton Wilkerson...

Coach Cole Hoover has not only completed his first year of coaching the tight ends where he played collegiately, but he also got promoted to the new offensive line coach—a role his father had when...

For the third consecutive year, four athletes from Eastern have traveled to Philadelphia to go to the Uplifting Athletes conference.   This year, redshirt sophomore defender Elizabeth Galvin and...

The Sports Staff shared which team they think will win the 59th Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.   Zaria Flippin (Sports Editor): Philadelphia Eagles Ah,...

On a sunny day in Los Angeles, former Eastern quarterback and current Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo stepped into SoFi Stadium with custom cleats to highlight K9s for Warriors. K9s...

Redshirt sophomore running back MJ Flowers grew up in a Christian household, but it wasn’t until January 2024 when he proclaimed his faith to God. That true foundation in faith, he said, helped...