Ellington Learns Fast At Linebacker Premium Story

Russell Ellington (Holly Birch)
Russell Ellington (Holly Birch)
By Jack Lyman
InsideIllini.com staff
Date: Oct 29, 2008

The Fighting Illini football team was short on linebacker depth entering the fall. They needed one or more of their four incoming linebackers to come through for them. That person has been Russell Ellington. The former Iowa commit made a quick adjustment from offense.

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