Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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For what it's worth, there is a recently brand new Orange billboard with Lovie and "WE WILL WIN" on it less than a mile from where Palczewski goes to high school!
 
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Second and Chalmers said:
A 5th year transfer would make more sense, but now that Lawson is in the picture, we're not a terribly appealing destination.
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I for one do not want a 5th year transfer in football or basketball, I would rather give the scholly to walk on then keep using them on 5th year guys. I do not think it will be brought up again in football after signing day I think Lovie and staff are doing a very nice job filling in the holes with talented young men
 
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Jacob said:
I would say Zion Bedoze is the most important recruit left on the board. I think he would start across from Carney next year. I don't know if Brian Edwards is an actual option but I think he and Roberson are more important. Depending on Dudek, I think Roberson could be a starter next year with Smalling and Malik
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Palczewski would be my top guy as well, and I look for Carmoni Green to be starting at WR because him already being here is really going to help him
 
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BillMo said:
I for one do not want a 5th year transfer in football or basketball, I would rather give the scholly to walk on then keep using them on 5th year guys. I do not think it will be brought up again in football after signing day I think Lovie and staff are doing a very nice job filling in the holes with talented young men
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We are likely to take a couple in football this year. I have no problem with it if they fill positions of need like Nickerson did.
 
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BillMo said:
I for one do not want a 5th year transfer in football or basketball, I would rather give the scholly to walk on then keep using them on 5th year guys. I do not think it will be brought up again in football after signing day I think Lovie and staff are doing a very nice job filling in the holes with talented young men
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That's a really weird stance to take. And we're almost certain to go after a few 5th year guys this year. Any 5th year DE that still has a pulse will get all the stops pulled out from us I'm sure.
 
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BillMo said:
I for one do not want a 5th year transfer in football or basketball, I would rather give the scholly to walk on then keep using them on 5th year guys. I do not think it will be brought up again in football after signing day I think Lovie and staff are doing a very nice job filling in the holes with talented young men
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Comparing taking 5th years in football and hoops is apples and oranges.

But taking one in football with the way our board looks right now is not a bad idea at all, if they are a DE especially, but TE/OT would also be welcome. We are going to have open scholarships, and adding guys for competition or depth is NEVER a bad thing. They don't take up schollies beyond this year, and it's better than taking HS guys who will never contribute.
 
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BillMo said:
I for one do not want a 5th year transfer in football or basketball, I would rather give the scholly to walk on then keep using them on 5th year guys. I do not think it will be brought up again in football after signing day I think Lovie and staff are doing a very nice job filling in the holes with talented young men
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This year they make all the sense in the world given how many open scholarships we have now and how small the 2018 class would potentially be.
 
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We currently have 55 scholarship players on the roster without taking into account the 19 commits we have in this recruiting class.

We can take 9 more players in this class and will still have 2 scholarships left. Those can be used for graduate transfers and/or walk-ons.

I'd like to see us take a class of 25 and then have 5 scholarships left over for graduate transfers and/or walk-ons on the roster. This would give us a little more wiggle room with the Class of 2018 which is going to be a very small class.
 
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blmillini said:
Could you imagine if we hadn't had Nickerson at MLB this year?
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yeah I can we wouldn't of went to a bowl game, and still lost the games we did might of lost one more as well. MY point is I want to get back to the place where we don't need stop gap players to fill holes left because of lack of players and talent.
 
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BillMo said:
yeah I can we wouldn't of went to a bowl game, and still lost the games we did might of lost one more as well. MY point is I want to get back to the place where we don't need stop gap players to fill holes left because of lack of players and talent.
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Some of the top programs in Country use 5th year seniors. Sometimes you just want to upgrade a specific position ala Russell Wilson at Wisconsin
 
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calibear said:
I think Dorsey is a much better prospect than Holcombe from last year. There were questions as to whether Holcombe had the frame to get enough size to split out for an off the line t-end. To me he looked like he would land in no mans land not fast and quick enough for wr and not big and strong enough also lacking genuine desire to block for a t-end.
We should have an uptick at t-end with Palmer , Dorsey and hopefully Reams filling some of that of the line work for the position.:eek:
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I recall people saying Palmer was the worst recruit that the Beckham/cubit regime recruited. Crazy the difference a year could make
 
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mdonsbach said:
I know it is 2018 class but do we have a legitimate shot with Howard Griffith's son?
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Unless next year is a good winning season I think it's under 5%. He has a huge lists and don't see him having playing at dads school as a high priority or even one at all. Not sure even the staff can pull this one out without winning first.
 
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FT35 said:
We currently have 55 scholarship players on the roster without taking into account the 19 commits we have in this recruiting class.

We can take 9 more players in this class and will still have 2 scholarships left. Those can be used for graduate transfers and/or walk-ons.

I'd like to see us take a class of 25 and then have 5 scholarships left over for graduate transfers and/or walk-ons on the roster. This would give us a little more wiggle room with the Class of 2018 which is going to be a very small class.
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Thanks for reading my mind.
 
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Bigcat13 said:
I recall people saying Palmer was the worst recruit that the Beckham/cubit regime recruited. Crazy the difference a year could make
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I think that was Jones whose only other offer was from a 3rd level directional school in Missouri. But yes, Palmer was third on the tight end priorities of the three 2016 tight ends
 
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Jake Stover‏@stoverr66 3h3 hours ago So happy and blessed to have received a PWO from the University of Illinois! Go Illini!


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Young man looks pretty good to me, If Lovie and Staff can get us some guys like this as PWO it will only help things
 
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Dorsey committed, Palczewski deciding this week, nothing else of note
 
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