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Illinois Football: 5 Illini payers who have switched positions this spring

By Rees Woodcock

PISCATAWAY, NJ - OCTOBER 06: Illinois Fighting Illini head coach Lovie Smith during the College Football Game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Illinois Fighting Illini on October 6, 2018, at HighPoint.Com Stadium in Piscataway, NJ. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
PISCATAWAY, NJ - OCTOBER 06: Illinois Fighting Illini head coach Lovie Smith during the College Football Game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Illinois Fighting Illini on October 6, 2018, at HighPoint.Com Stadium in Piscataway, NJ. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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CHAMPAIGN, IL – SEPTEMBER 01: Quan Robinson Jr. #10 of the Kent State Golden Flashes catches the ball as Delano Ware #15 of the Illinois Fighting Illini converges to make the tackle at Memorial Stadium on September 1, 2018 in Champaign, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
CHAMPAIGN, IL – SEPTEMBER 01: Quan Robinson Jr. #10 of the Kent State Golden Flashes catches the ball as Delano Ware #15 of the Illinois Fighting Illini converges to make the tackle at Memorial Stadium on September 1, 2018 in Champaign, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) /

The Illinois secondary was not good last season. I am not surprised it wasn’t good, though. We were so thin at multiple positions and young in others. It just wasn’t a good combination. This season should be different, though. The Illini have more depth now and this has enabled them to move Delano Ware around.

Coming into the Illinois football program, Ware was a 6-foot, 190-pound safety who was rated as a three-star recruit and was the No. 1630 player in the class of 2018 and the No. 155 safety in the nation. He was also the No. 192 player in the state of California as well.

As a true freshman, Ware was thrown into the starting job for eight games as a safety. Being this young and getting the starting nod is not a good thing for a defense. Although, I was impressed by the improvements Ware made throughout the season. He really started to develop nicely.

Ware has some good size to him. He is now at 200 pounds, according to his FightingIllini.com profile. It looks like Illinois has now moved Ware from safety to linebacker. I would assume he is going to be in a lot of pass coverage as a linebacker, though. He would be kind of a hybrid player. This is an interesting move.

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