Illinois Football Recruiting Thread
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it seems simple. we need a balance of h.s. recruits and transfers but until we make two consecutive bowl games
and get into the top three teams in the BIG10 west we will not recruit 4 and 5 start h.s. kids. we will always take
transfers, but hopefully someday we can cherry pick the best fits.
and get into the top three teams in the BIG10 west we will not recruit 4 and 5 start h.s. kids. we will always take
transfers, but hopefully someday we can cherry pick the best fits.
LSU's Myles Brennan just announced he was done with football after not winning the LSU job. If I'm BB, I have the back channels going to get him in touch with UI
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
His talent level and skill set are not a fit.
Joel Goodson
- 9th man conundrum
Hopefully this isn't a tough recruiting battle for us...
Another safety?? Lakeland has a heck of a program but, what position are we recruiting him to play?
Joel Goodson
- 9th man conundrum
6' 2" 190. Nice size. Unless he's set on staying home, Henry should land him.
Where did you see those measurements? 24/7 has him listed at 6-0, 174.
Joel Goodson
- 9th man conundrum
His twitter home page (or whatever they call it).
I think this kid was supposed to visit in June and the staff pushed his visit back or canceled it. I don’t think he has officially visited us, so don’t think we are in this one.
illinidarrin
- from parts unknown
QB commit Cal Swanson continues to rise. https://247sports.com/college/illinois/Season/2023-Football/Commits/
Doesn’t 24/7 have a ranking history? For some reason I can’t find it.
What was he before?
Was he previously a top 1000 player?
illinidarrin
- from parts unknown
His rating was 8533 before.
illinidarrin
- from parts unknown
No he was just outside with something like 1,100
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
For good or bad, my barometer for how much we've discovered a gem there is how much trouble we have holding on to him.
There are schools poking around (yes that was intentional) ... But I wouldn't worry about losing him ... They don't think he will de-commit ...
I know an SEC school reached out as well ...
Cal received a bump on Rivals. He is also one who I believe will honor his commitment. Lunney/ILLINI offered him when no one other D! program did. This kid has all the tools to be great, it's up to Lunney to coach him up to his potential.
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
Yes, 247 has taken down their history rankings link. Only indicator of a rankings bump is the Rivals article that posts him now as a top-25 pocket passer in this class: https://illinois.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-illini-qb-commit-cal-swanson-gets-a-bump
I wonder if they took it down because it was exposing their lack of true evaluations and showing proof that they simply slotted players based on either who they were offered by or where they committed. (At least for a large majority of players)
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