The Illinois Fighting Illini will have three former players in Super Bowl LX when the New England Patriots face the Seattle Seahawks. Former Illini Devon Witherspoon (Seattle Seahawks), Tommy DeVito (New England Patriots), and Vederian Lowe (New England Patriots) will be part of football's biggest game. Witherspoon had two pivotal fourth-quarter pass breakups in the NFC title game. He was a consensus All-American for the Illini, their first Thorpe Award finalist and the highest drafted defensive back in Illinois history when he went No. 5 overall to Seattle in 2023. Witherspoon allowed only 3.3 yards against per attempt during the 2022 season at Illinois, and went the entire...
