Illini offer 2014s Jahlil Okafor and Paul White

Weber and the Illini offered a pair of talented and special Whitney Young freshmen on Thursday, with a pair of scholarship offers going to 6-8 Jahlil Okafor and 6-6 Paul White. The two are at the top of the already-hyped Class of 2014, which follows up an impressive 2013 bunch as well. Illinois can only hope the trend of some past early offers being snapped up -- Jereme Richmond in November of his freshman year and Tracy Abrams in December of his sophomore year -- comes to fruition again.

Joe Henricksen