Just when you thought he would finish his college football career as a backup, super-senior and former four-star Michigan recruit Brandon Peters has a new lease on life, albeit with just three games remaining.

Peters admits that his sixth season of college football – and third at Illinois – has hasn’t always gone to plan. As a highly recruited player out of Avon (Ind.) and the Gatorade Player of the Year in his state, bigger things were expected.

But last week in Illinois’ 20-14 loss to Rutgers at Memorial Stadium, Peters had his best game of the season, and it came a week after losing his starting job to Art Sitkowski.

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