CHAMPAIGN — Illinois football lost plenty of manpower in its recently-completed season due to injuries. Now the Illini roster is taking a different sort of hit.
Redshirt junior linebacker Tre Watson and redshirt sophomore offensive lineman Gabe Megginson both announced Monday on Twitter they plan to transfer from Illinois. The decision comes on the heels of the Illini closing the 2017 season with a 42-7 loss to Northwestern, ending coach Lovie Smith's second season on a 10-game losing streak.
"Back on February 5th, 2014 I could have never forseen the circumstances that would greet me in the coming years when i signed to attend the school of my dreams in the University of Illinois," Watson wrote.