Asmussen | Ex-Illini battling life-threatening injury - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
| Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette | Asmussen | Ex-Illini battling life-threatening injury Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette CHAMPAIGN — Lovie Smith opened Monday afternoon's press conference talking about a player who left the program. The third-year Illinois football coach mentioned the life-threatening head injury suffered Saturday by former Illini Christion Abercrombie. Christion Abercrombie injury: GoFundMe launched to help injured Tennessee State football player |