![Redshirt junior Julian Patino kicking an extra point against Illinois State University. Patino joined the team after Easterns game against Indiana State two weeks earlier.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Julian-Patino-1200x675.jpg)
Student athlete & coach: Julian Patino
Luther Yoder, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 13, 2024
![Staff profile for Luther.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/staff_profile_luther-800x1200.jpg)
COLUMN: Being a college head coach is harder than being an NFL/NBA head coach
Luther Yoder, Assistant Sports Editor
• January 18, 2024
![Zay Gentry, a junior defensive back (27), Runs the football back during kickoff return during Eastern Illinois University Homecoming football game Saturday afternoon.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FB_Zay_PP_03-1200x847.jpeg)
The student side of student athlete
Aidan Cusack, Sports Reporter
• January 17, 2024
![Sophomore wide receiver Justin Bowick Jr. attempts for a catch but is interrupted by Illinois State Universitys Paul Omodia, a freshman defensive back during the Mid-America Classic game against the Redbirds at OBrien Field Saturday. The Panthers won 14-13.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FB_06_O-1200x800.jpg)
How much Eastern makes from guarantee games
Luther Yoder, Assistant Sports Editor
• January 9, 2024
![Eli Mirza, a junior wide receiver, attempts to run the football pass McNeese St cowboys defenders at O‘Brien Field Saturday afternoon.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FB_Eli_TJ_10-1200x800.jpeg)
Bye week gives Eastern a chance to recover before playing Lindenwood
Duane Carter, Sports Reporter
• November 1, 2023
![Eastern Head Football Coach Chris Wilkerson encourages Redshirt Sophomore Quarterback Jonah OBrien after scoring a touchdown in the third quarter of the season opener against Northern Illinois University at Huskies Stadium Thursday night. The Panthers lost 34-27 against the Huskies.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FBNIU_WilkersonJonah_01_RL_O-900x553.jpg)
Meet the Coaches: Chris Wilkerson
Aidan Cusack, Sports Reporter
• October 30, 2023
![Senior kicker Stone Galloway kicks a 56 yard field goal to put the panthers ahead of Mcneese St cowboys with 20 seconds left at O‘Brien Field Saturday afternoon. The panthers won 31-28.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FB_Stone_TJ_16-1200x800.jpeg)
The Panthers’ secret weapon
Aidan Cusack, Sports Reporter
• October 24, 2023
![Quarterback James Cooper Jr. gets tackled by defensive lineman Nicholas Oliveira-Chace on a rush attempt Saturday afternoon on the OBrien Field.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fb_11_AT-900x637.jpg)
‘It’s just the start,’ Wilkerson says after 2023 Spring Game
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• April 22, 2023
![The Eastern football team stretches during practice on OBrien Field Thursday evening.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fb_practice_03-651x900.jpg)
‘I know we’re a better football team than we were at this point in time last year,’ Wilkerson says ahead of annual Spring Game
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• April 21, 2023
![Redshirt sophomore quarterback Jonah OBrien throws the ball during a practice drill Monday afternoon at OBrien Field.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/FBpractice_JonahQB_01_RL_O-600x900.jpg)
Wilkerson era to begin Thursday against NIU
Autumn Schulz, Sports Editor
• August 31, 2022
![Runningback Jaelin Benefield (3), a sophomore business analytics and information systems, is tackled by Linebacker Logan Brown (23), a sophomore criminal justice major, during the Alumni Social Spring Game Saturday afternoon at OBrien Field.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/22-04-23_SpringGameFB_08_RL_O-900x723.jpg)
THROUGH THE LENS: Football Alumni Social Spring Game
Rob Le Cates, Assistant Photo Editor
• April 24, 2022
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