Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
2028 Bolingbrook hs varsity multi sport athlete 6’6 220 |Max preps All American:
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Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
2026 6’3 225 ibs DE/RB, Pearland, TX (Houston burb):
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Lucas leaves Wisconsin for Miami without entering transfer portal
Defensive back Xavier Lucas is transferring from Wisconsin to Miami without actually entering the NCAA's transfer portal, his attorney, Darren Heitner, told Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger.It's potentially a precedent-setting move - Lucas joined the Hurricanes after signing a two-year...
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TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Wow -- this recruiting stuff sure is a lot more fun than it was 10 years ago!
Love me some Krekels.
The Mt Zion Krekels, hopefully we sprung for the triple
Always a triple.
No offense to either school, but I have no desire to ever read the sentence, "Along with Illinois, he is considering Ball State and Eastern Illinois" ever again.
Like it when a kid includes his GPA in his profile. I want Illini ballers to be scholars as well.4️#1 BIG DAWG IN OHIO | 6’2.5 | 270 | DT/DE , 2027, Dayton kid:
correction, kid is a freshman (2028):
Aw c'mon, how bad can Ball State be? They have Ball in the name! /s
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
big '26 target:
when the head coach is out there, crootin' his as$ off, it says something
when the head coach is out there, crootin' his as$ off, it says something
Chalupa Batman lol.
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Cliffmas
I took a look at Myron’s stats at DeSoto from this year. He is a sophomore and played behind a really good Senior RB who averaged 164 yards a game. Their QB was also a senior and ran a lot too, averaging roughly the same yards per game as Myron. I’d expect Myron to get most of the carries next year if he chooses to stay at DeSoto.
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Art Sitkowski is going to be a good HC one of these days. Seems to relate really well with the players and the recruits.
or actually losing a kid to Elon
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
next to pop? my guess is the Olney OT or the FL WR, Alston
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
I was about to say the same thing. Really lovin me some Artur. He's making a very favorable impression on me. No wonder the kid skipped that final year of eligibility. He really likes this coaching gig!!
We've had some NJ recruits over the years, but seeing Art at MonDon really gives me hope that we're making the state a key area of focus.
Just curious, why would we focus on New Jersey. I don't think of them as a bed of talent and I don't think of those players really seeing illinois as a natural fit.
I believe it was Andy Buh who got us rolling there from utilizing the contacts he'd made while at Maryland and Rutgers after getting hired at Illinois. I think Illinois is benefiting greatly from the timing of Sitkowski playing and being on staff here. And then NJ native Tommy Devito playing well for us and becoming a local sports celebrity playing for the Giants. It's brought a lot of positive publicity our way from the Garden State. Then we also have the slow steady improvement of our team since hiring BB. Almost a perfect storm scenario for us to jump into recruiting NJ (and surrounding states) big time.
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its B1G country and NJ actually has very decent prep talent. Penn St, ND, Iowa and Syracuse have sucked all the talent out of there for years and left the scraps for Rutgers . Its territory worth mining as I think Bret has connections there from the Wiscy days
Bret also spent a year with the Giants before coming here.
I read somewhere that most talented NYC kids go to prep schools in Jersey bc of the limited football space/resources in NYC. Not sure how accurate that is, but seems plausible.
yes, but now sure how that translates into building relationships with coaches for recruiting preps for college tho.
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