CARBONDALE, Ill. — The Saluki Football season opener at West Florida is less than three weeks away, and there’s one player who’s been looking forward to this contest more than most — safety Matthew McClelland.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Saluki Football held its second live scrimmage of training camp on Friday afternoon during Practice 10. Shorter than the first scrimmage that was held on Tuesday, yesterday’s session leaned heavily on the run game.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — When Saluki Football teammates DJ Williams, Lukus McDaniels and Gavin Shepard get done fishing, sometimes the facts are in dispute, but there’s one thing they can agree on — a good time was had by all.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — They call Blaine Halley “The Squatch,” and it might be the most appropriate nickname on the Saluki Football team.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Saluki Football held its first scrimmage of training camp on Tuesday, and head coach Nick Hill was eager to dig deeper into the 75 live plays the team put down on film.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Cornerback Naz Hill was a three-star recruit coming out of Kankakee High School in 2022, but after two years at Wyoming, plus the 2025 season at Southern Illinois, he had played in just a handful of college games, and ended the season on the scout team for the Salukis.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — On the opening series of today’s training camp Practice No. 5, wide receiver Allen Middleton made a spectacular catch in the corner of the end zone on a perfectly placed ball by quarterback DJ Williams.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — A word of warning to defenses — Saluki running back Chandler Chapman has added a new wrinkle to his game.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — One of the marks of a great football team is when guys are willing to embrace whatever role they’re called upon to play.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — After spending his first two seasons at Southern Illinois as an understudy to Ryan Schwendeman and Aidan Quinn, junior tight end Karsen Konkel could be on the verge of a breakout season for the Salukis.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — The night before the start of training camp, head coach Nick Hill’s message to the team included a poem that has recently gone viral on social media called, “Choose Your Hard.”

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Saluki Football reported for training camp on Sunday afternoon and practices begin early Monday morning. There are some key questions we can’t wait to see answered during the month of August. A dozen of them, in fact.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — The Missouri Valley Football Conference slate of games for the 2026 season is finally complete after Illinois State recently added a 12th game to its schedule.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — On a newsworthy Tuesday morning, Saluki Football was picked to finish sixth in the Missouri Valley Football Conference preseason poll, while SIU quarterback DJ Williams was one of five league players named to the Payton Award preseason watch list.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — The NCAA’s new 5-for-5 eligibility rule will have a major impact on future Saluki Football rosters, with 14 current players gaining an extra year of eligibility.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — To Southern Illinois strength and conditioning coach Meade Smith, it doesn’t matter whether you’re a highly touted pro prospect or a walk-on. He’s equally invested in your success, and you’ll get the same high-level treatment from him and his staff.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — By the age of 28, AJ Hill had already led Du Quoin High School to four-straight playoff appearances. So when he gave up his position as head football coach at his high school alma mater in 2019, the move might have seemed surprising from the outside.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois quarterback DJ Williams continued his annual tradition of honoring the legacy of a dear, childhood friend, by hosting a free football camp at Saluki Stadium on Wednesday.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Saluki Football alum AJ Hill (2010-13), the younger brother of Southern Illinois head coach Nick Hill, has joined the SIU coaching staff as a volunteer assistant.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Saluki Football received some unexpected good news from tight end Miles Marshall, who has decided to delay his entry to law school so that he can use his final year of eligibility to play football this season.