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Illinois announces five team captains for 2019 season
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Each season, Illinois has a number of players representing the team as team captains.
This year, of course, is no different.
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As voted by the Fighting Illini players themselves, here are the five Illinois captains for the 2019 season:
Your 2019 #Illini season captains, selected by vote of the team.
@HayesBla1@Juggs35 @dele_harding
@illini_doug65 @PalczewskiAlex pic.twitter.com/QWiVzAYKEZ— Illinois Football (@IlliniFootball) August 27, 2019
The five captains are:
- LB Jake Hansen
- LB Dele Harding
- Punter Blake Hayes
- OL Doug Kramer
- OL Alex Palczewski
Hansen is a junior LB who a season ago, recorded 95 tackles. Harding recorded 37 tackles, while Hayes averaged over 43 yards per punt last year.
Kramer started all 12 games for Illinois at center last season as a sophomore and Palczewski made all 12 starts at right tackle as well.
Kevin covers Big Ten football for Saturday Tradition.