Graduate safety Tienne Fridge, is entering his last season with Eastern. Fridge, from Sacramento, California, was on the football, swim and track teams in high school. Fridge swam from age 6 to...

Redshirt sophomore offensive lineman Panayiotis Mihalopoulos is going into his third year with the Panthers.  Mihalopoulos started playing football during his freshman year of high school, but his...

Redshirt junior quarterback Joey Sprinkle is getting ready to go into his second year with Eastern’s program.  Sprinkle, from Monticello, played soccer and baseball growing up and didn’t start...

Redshirt sophomore quarterback Cole LaCrue transferred to Eastern from the University of Wisconsin. LaCrue started playing football at the age of 5 years old but has been a multisport athlete throughout...

Senior wide receiver Jamal Jeffers is in his second year with the Panthers with one year left of eligibility. The Oklahoma City, Oklahoma native first started his football journey as a quarterback...

In a game that started with senior wide receiver DeAirious Smith being injured, the EIU football game opened with some strife for the wide receivers Saturday. But overall, the EIU wide receivers persevered...

After a turnaround season last year, Eastern is looking to kick off the 2024 season with an upset over the University of Illinois. After finishing his first season 2-9 from ending his most recent...