Fighting Illini offer 2015 RB Dre Brown 

November, 7, 2012
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Sophomore running back Dre Brown goes to DeKalb (Ill.), just two minutes from Northern Illinois. But it was another in-state program that came through with offer No. 1 for Brown.

The 6-foot, 184-pound Brown called Illinois recruiting coordinator Alex Golesh on Tuesday and received the good news.

“They came to one of my games and I went to one of their games, and I thought but wasn’t sure they would offer me,” Brown said. “My coach has been in contact with them too, sending them my film.

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