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Football: Warriors' BJ Bello Will Play for the Illini
The Lincoln-Way West safety decommitted from Western Michigan University after a visit to Champaign last week, according to multiple reports.
Defensive leader BJ Bello of 's football team will keep rocking an orange uniform in college after he committed to play at the University of Illinois.
According to 247sports.com, Bello visited the Illinois campus last weekend and was offered to play for the Illini.
"It was the facilities and the coaches," Bello, of New Lenox, told 247Sports. "The players were awesome too. I loved the whole weekend. It was just a great place and it just felt right."
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In September, Bello became to first Lincoln-Way West football player sign with a Division I-A school . But Bello decommitted from there and opted for the Big Ten. Bello also received offers from Bowling Green and Toledo.
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