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  08/03/22 - QB Tommy DeVitorSr/2023, Illinois

  Bret Bielema will tell you there's going to be a quarterback competition when Illinois football training camp opens Saturday in Champaign. In fact, the Illini coach said exactly that Wednesday during Big Ten Media Days at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. It's been the same refrain from offensive coordinator Barry Lunney Jr. this summer. The starter for the Aug. 27 season opener against Wyoming in Champaign hasn't been decided. Tommy DeVito and Art Sitkowski - and to a much, much lesser degree the rest of the quarterbacks on the Illinois roster - will get their shot in camp. But let's be realistic. It's DeVito's job to lose. The 23-year-old Syracuse transfer who celebrates his 24th birthday on Aug. 7 didn't uproot his college football career on a whim. Sure, leaving the Orange was always in the cards after he ultimately lost the starting job there despite a breakout 2019 season, but he didn't zero in on Illinois to ride the bench again. "The spring game kind of gave you a glimpse of what he's capable of doing," Bielema said, with DeVito completing 16 of 20 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns more than three months ago at Memorial Stadium. "He's got a live arm, and I think a very accurate arm. He does have the ability to get the ball in some tight windows. Sometimes, he gets a little too gunslinger for me, but I think he's learned what we're asking." - News Gazette Tribune

rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVitoIllinois
News Source: News Gazette Tribune



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