CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Illinois football team's annual Orange and Blue Spring Game will kick off at 7 p.m. CT on Monday, April 19. The game will air live on Big Ten Network.

Illinois plans to begin spring practices in late March and continue through late April, including the week following the Orange and Blue Spring Game.

Illinois returns 20 of the 25 student-athletes listed as seniors on the 2020 roster. The Illini return 17 scholarship seniors from last year's roster, the most of any Power-5 team in the nation.