Illinois football beat writer Bob Asmussen chatted with former Illini center Alex Hill, who is now a regional sales manager for Nilfisk. The company makes floor cleaning equipment. Hill, 27, lives in Aurora with wife Mariah (Smith), a former Illinois track athlete. They have a 5-month-old son Dallas. He weighed 9 pounds, 9 ounces at birth. Dad has him ready to be part of the 2036 Illini football recruiting class:
1. When you were lined up next to Ted Karras at Illinois, did you picture him playing in three Super Bowls?
"Ted had that personality that the first minute he walked into a room, you knew he was going to be something special.