But Urlacher is still holding onto hope in at least staying in the state of Illinois. Perhaps the last name helped Kennedy get some more money, but Dad said Kennedy wants to earn everything on his own. CHICAGO BEARS LEGEND BRIAN URLACHER SLAMS ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS AS TEAM PREPARES TO LEAVE STATE"I’ll tell you what he does: He busts his a--. He wants to be there because he earned it, because he busted his a-- and he got there..." Urlacher said. Urlacher said, despite not liking what NIL has done to college sports, that he obviously wishes he played in the era.