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Illinois DE and his art skills to be featured on BTN’s ‘The Journey’

Kevin Cunningham

By Kevin Cunningham

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College football is great for a number of reasons.

The football aspect of it is what we all pay attention to the most, of course. However, for the student-athletes that don’t go on to play professionally, they have to have something to fall back on.

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At Illinois, defensive end Oluwole Betiku Jr. has more than just football skills. He has a knack for art.

Take a look, as he will be featured on an episode of BTN’s “The Journey.”

Betiku, by the way, is a former 5-star prospect and was the No. 1 DE in the Class of 2016. He came to Illinois as a graduate transfer over this past offseason.

Here’s more of Betiku’s art work:

Kevin Cunningham

Kevin covers Big Ten football for Saturday Tradition.