Every good narrative needs a source of dramatic tension, so even as Illinois receiver Pat Bryant's storybook 2024 season continues, the college football universe keeps pushing back. On Tuesday, the Big Ten announced its all-conference teams and individual season awards,

In what may be his last game in an Illini uniform, senior wide receiver Pat Bryant put on another show for Illini fans who filled the Wrigley Field stands. In the third quarter, Bryant hauled in his tenth touchdown catch of the year,

Bryant took care of the rest, cutting across the middle of the field and turning on the jets and won a foot race to the goal line against four NU defenders. The score pushed Bryant into a three-way tie with Brandon Lloyd and David Williams for the most receiving TDs in a single season in program history.