Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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Welcome to the Illinois Football Recruiting Thread :illinois:

2025 Illini Football Commits

1) OL Michael McDonough (January 19th, 2024)
2) QB Carson Boyd (January 27th, 2024)
3) OL Griffin Rousseau (January 29th, 2024)
4) DB Andre Lovett (March 11th, 2024)
5) DB Xanai Scott (March 12th, 2024)
6) WR Brayden Trimble (May 20th, 2024)
7) DL Cameron Brooks (June 9th, 2024)
8) DL Isaiah White (June 10th, 2024)
9) DB Desmond Straughton (June 23rd, 2024)
10) DE Erik Gayle (June 26th, 2024)
11) RB Cedric Wyche (June 29th, 2024)
12) DB Robert Jones (June 29th, 2024)
13) ATH Jershaun Newton (July 4th, 2024)
14) TE Grant Smith (September 16th, 2024)
 
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Joel Goodson
Shief said:
Local player staying home, very glad to see. Hoping for more to come.
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not a splashy recruit, but staff has really improved in-state recruiting. especially, downstate. 2 high visibility games, back to back. great opportunity to improve our program status here

while Smith isn't a splashy get, he fills a need and he has promise (in the Rusk mold). happy we landed him
 
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TentakilRex
Already posted YouTube game footage of this kid. I will post a link to the MF games versus Pittsfield near 10/4.

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This seems to be one of these cases where the kid was going to commit soon after the offer.
 
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Mr. Tibbs
SVSTORM said:
Great kid, great family, lots of room for development and BB seems to love this type of kid. Really happy for him and his family.
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probably is under rated a little

if he had committed to ND, he would be an immediate 4*
joking aside , he has size and if staff can determine he has heart and brains , grab him .

schollie roster is now 105 correct ?
 
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therealmiket86
Simeon Rice said:
Nate Guinn replacement, i guess. Local kid, which is good. Was definitely hoping for a bit more impact perhaps riding the momentum of a 3-0 start
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Development isn’t linear, some kids are late bloomers. The staff has really excelled at evaluating senior film. Also kids like this who are from the state are more likely to be willing to wait 4-5 years to play. Gouin left after 1 season. How many Florida kids have sat and accepted a development role. If they don’t play right away they are usually moving on
 
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therealmiket86
Joel Goodson said:
not a splashy recruit, but staff has really improved in-state recruiting. especially, downstate. 2 high visibility games, back to back. great opportunity to improve our program status here

while Smith isn't a splashy get, he fills a need and he has promise (in the Rusk mold). happy we landed him
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He’s a kid we can let develop in the system and physically mature. He will need to put on 25-30lbs
 
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