NFL Draft 2012: Profiling Former Illinois DE Whitney Mercilus

It’s not really fair to say that former Illinois defensive end Whitney Mercilus’ 2011 season “came out of nowhere.” It was the product of years and years of hard work on and off the field, and he wouldn’t have gotten much attention from the Illini coaches if they didn’t think he was capable of putting together a giant year.
That all said, if you’re looking for on-field indicators that Mercilus was due for an All-American season, well, there wasn’t much that separated Mercilus from dozens of…
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