Long, long road back for Illini lineman
(MCT) — CHAMPAIGN — When he woke up last Saturday morning in a Columbus, Ohio hotel, it had been 1,076 days since Corey Lewis played in a college football game.
That’s 1,076 days, five knee surgeries and more lonely hours running, lifting, worrying and wondering than anyone will ever calculate.
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