ivwilsoniv
- Aurora, IL
Illinois Football Recruiting Thread
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We only have 8 days until the early signing period starts. Which recruits are we still targeting? Any dark horses we should keep an eye on? Any suspicious Twitter activity? (ie players starting to follow current Illini players or coaches?
I think most of the current commits are signing in December. They are also trying to get a big target left on the board up for his last official visit this weekend.
Dan
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#illini hosting 3-star DE Keith Randolph for an official visit, @AllenTrieu reports. Huge news and a top target for #illini left in the Class of 2019
https://twitter.com/JWerner247/
https://twitter.com/JWerner247/
And it looks like they convinced him to take his last official here.
Love to see the likes of Moses & Keith anchoring our DL of the future. Let's go get him!
Nice wheels
BananaShampoo
Captain 'Paign
- Phoenix, AZ
Those two guys might help us have one of the tallest D lines in all of college football. Two 6'7 dudes plus perhaps a duo of Roundtree (6'5") and Julian Pearl (6'6"). Taller than the average height of our basketball team!
Are you saying Shammond's on board??
"A" top target for Illini. Not "the."
I would be willing to bet my life that Shammond ends up in an illini uniform.
Dren1
- Glenview, IL
I think he meant to say wife.
I'd be willing to bet your life as well.
BananaShampoo
Captain 'Paign
- Phoenix, AZ
His illini uniform or just a random one?
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
He's a bot.
FT35
- Naperville
Shammond, Mathis and Randolph are probably the three biggest targets left for the December signing period.
Shammond won't announce until January but could sign in December. If he doesn't go on any visits this weekend I would think he's going to pick us.
The fact that we get the last visit with Randolph and that he didn't commit to MSU on his visit there is good for us. We've been in on him for a long time, however, and he still hasn't pulled the trigger yet. Really need to lock him down this weekend.
Mathis probably won't end up here but we're desperate for a MLB so we can go back to the 4-3-4 instead of a 4-2-5 so we'll leave that scholarship open.
We only have 16 scholarships available and 10 commits at the moment so I doubt we'll see a surprise pick up on signing day like Sydney Brown or the late push we had for a guy like Kerby Joseph. It honestly appears like the staff has been extending more 2020, 2021 and 2022 offers since the season ended.
There's still guys like Dominic Moore and Rajae Johnson who won't sign until next year and we still need to keep scholarships available for possible transfers like Thomas, Tate, Ford etc.
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FT35
- Naperville
Good pick up from a quality program.
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/5681596/5b941cc45ca9400f2c9d492a
No D1 offers that I can see but I think teams were recruiting him as a QB before his Senior season:
https://247sports.com/college/north...akes-a-visit-to-North-Dakota-State-116970546/
Good film. Seems to catch the ball well and he even catches punts! Now we have both he and Fedanzo coming in that I’ve seen both do well in return game. Love that he also included clips of his downfield blocking. Seems like a great use of PWO from both sides
Second that - awesome film. Seems to have a strong sense of when there is a play to be made (e.g. his casual hurdle), phenomenal hands (e.g. that one handed stretch grab on the sideline, or the bobbling tip drill catch on his back), and outstanding outstanding blocking skills for a receiver. There really aren't many limits in terms of what this kid could become for the Illini, he could get playing time his first or second year. Can see him having success on special teams and as a blocking WR, and think he will certainly earn a scholarship during his time in the O+B. Great PWO get by Lovie and the staff.
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