Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

[Thacher_H_Guild]

Originally Posted by SPINCOM

No, he is not. There is Illini flag on the door. Ryan is on his way to lunch with the team.

Outstanding!

[Wokker]

#teamVulture or #teamRobinhood?

Steal from the a-holes, give to the hungry.

Also, if you haven't already, check out the teamVulture twitter handle linked by KJKobs above. Pretty hilarious stuff. I especially like the Hunger Strike reference

[SPINCOM]

Originally Posted by midastouch11

Do the SHG coaches have influence at other schools as well? It would seem this marriage wouldn't be one to freak out over considering in the last decade I can't think of any kids that would have started for Illinois.

SHG consistently sends players into B1G schools. One per year, I'd say. What happens to them once they get there is not up to Coach Leonard. I could be off, but I am pretty sure all of them considered Illinois in their recruiting.

[RyanK]

Originally Posted by midastouch11

Do the SHG coaches have influence at other schools as well? It would seem this marriage wouldn't be one to freak out over considering in the last decade I can't think of any kids that would have started for Illinois.

Eric Peterman was decent.

Regardless, SHG is a great school to have a relationship with.

[ncoillini]

Originally Posted by SPINCOM

Well, I live in the same house

SPINCOM's post is CLASSIC!!


Welcome Ryan! I absolutely hated it when he commited to the Huskers lasr year. Now go kick some BIG 10 arse for the ILLINI!

[Bring The Paign]

I knew something good was going to happen soon. When I got home from work and my 10 month old daughter said her 4th word... a lot of repeating myself to her but she has finally said "Chief"... well more like "Sheef" but hey, it works for me! Proud Papa

Welcome to the family Ryan... Go Illini!

[mdonsbach]

Originally Posted by Bring The Paign

I knew something good was going to happen soon. When I got home from work and my 10 month old daughter said her 4th word... a lot of repeating myself to her but she has finally said "Chief"... well more like "Sheef" but hey, it works for me! Proud Papa

Welcome to the family Ryan... Go Illini!

That's some crazy loyalty there! I like it!

[mattcoldagelli]

I hope @TeamVulture is an IL poster. He's certainly got the logo chops.

[stevo99]

Originally Posted by midastouch11

Do the SHG coaches have influence at other schools as well? It would seem this marriage wouldn't be one to freak out over considering in the last decade I can't think of any kids that would have started for Illinois.

Only one I can think of is Mitrione...and that's been longer than 10 yrs.

[chief9]

Originally Posted by stevo99

Only one I can think of is Mitrione...and that's been longer than 10 yrs.

Mike McGee was the last regular player. Peter Christofilakos was the last player from SHG that started. Alex Reavy walked on, but never really played.

Mitrione played at Purdue

[AngryOrange]

Originally Posted by chief9

Mike McGee was the last regular player. Peter Christofilakos was the last player from SHG that started. Alex Reavy walked on, but never really played.

Mitrione played at Purdue

Not to nitpick, but the last regular was Josh Norris, who I think came in as a walk-on. And Eric Peterman would have played here.

[IlliniGuy]

Just wondering if anyone has heard where we stand with Josh Augusta lately?

[NS2toAJ8]

Originally Posted by IlliniGuy

Just wondering if anyone has heard where we stand with Josh Augusta lately?

He just named a top 3 and it includes us Missouri and Michigan state.

[quhawks12]

Jalen Banks has been quiet too...

[Juice]

Originally Posted by quhawks12

Jalen Banks has been quiet too...

Yeah, it was thought around here that it was basically a done deal that he would commit to Oregon on one of his next visits after he was offered... Hasn't happened yet. Wonder if we have gained momentum? Maybe?

[BigStan97]

our defense will be loaded with talent if we get Augusta and Banks....loaded!!!!! but i hope if we do end up getting them that....we switch our focus solely on Offense

[NS2toAJ8]

Originally Posted by BigStan97

our defense will be loaded with talent if we get Augusta and Banks....loaded!!!!! but i hope if we do end up getting them that....we switch our focus solely on Offense

Getting those two would be absolutely unreal. I think our chances are much better with Augusta then Banks but if for some reason we landed both one or two of the DBs we have now would for sure flip to offense.

[Jphill1989]

What about the James kid from Florida? Impressive offer list and I see we are top 3. Any word on him lately? Looks like a monster.

[256ILLINI]

Next step is probably getting James and all the other kids from far away scheduled for official visits. Judging by how Golesh has done so far, he's probably already got them set up

[NS2toAJ8]

Originally Posted by Jphill1989

What about the James kid from Florida? Impressive offer list and I see we are top 3. Any word on him lately? Looks like a monster.

I think I read that we actually lead for him.

[Dan]

Klachko could signal reopening of pipeline

"There were a lot of offensive linemen at Nebraska," Leonard said. "He felt that his shot to play sooner was going to be better (at Illinois).

"I think it's close and I think it looks good. I encouraged him to go there."

Asmussen

[illiniobserver22]

So if we get a pipeline to SHG like Leonard indicates we could in that article...who are the next big names out of that school? RyanK?

[illinidarrin]

Has SHG had a lot of good D1 players come out of there?

[TooHot4Tots]

Nice read on the article, thanks Dan

[RHITIllini]

Originally Posted by illiniobserver22

So if we get a pipeline to SHG like Leonard indicates we could in that article...who are the next big names out of that school? RyanK?

Next guy would probably be a 2014 WR Malik Turner, still a while to see how he develops though.