UI’s Ashante Williams suspended indefinitely

CHAMPAIGN — Illinois football coach Ron Zook says junior linebacker Ashante Williams has been suspended indefinitely following a violation of team rules.

No further details about the suspension were immediately available Saturday. A message left for a university spokesman wasn’t immediately returned.

Williams, a junior from Mayfield, Ohio, was redshirted the 2008 season and enrolled at the University of Illinois in January 2008.