Here are seven players with ties to Illinois playing in Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8. After playing five years of football at Syracuse, DeVito transferred from the Orange to play at Illinois under Bret Bielema. He's the grandson of 1953 Heisman Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Fame halfback Johnny Lattner. After going undrafted in the 2018 NFL Draft, Spillane earned a reserve linebacker role in Pittsburgh. In the 2024 College Football Playoff, he was a force against Indiana before suffering a knee injury that kept him out for the rest of the playoff.