Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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Welcome to the Illinois Football Recruiting Thread :illinois:


2026 Illini Football Commits

1) QB Michael Clayton (November 10th, 2024)
2) DL Kingston Shaw (January 1st, 2025)
3) WR Davon Grant (January 8th, 2025)
4) OL Landen Von Seggern (January 15th, 2025)
5) WR Kenyon Alston (January 23rd, 2025)
6) EDGE Jacob Alexander (January 27th, 2025)
7) CB Victor Singleton (February 1st, 2025)
8) LB Cam Thomas (February 6th, 2025)
9) LB Kaedyn Cobbs (February 7th, 2025)
10) OL Casey Thomann (March 4th, 2025)
11) RB Javari Barnett (April 6th, 2025)
 
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mhuml32
DirtyBurgIllini said:
Big weekend coming up. You’ll get some good news following the visit weekend… maybe even during
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Seeing the following names as official visitors this weekend (on 247)

Javari Barnett (RB)
Jacob Eberhart (ATH) - any insight in what position Illinois is recruiting him? Saw Miami is targeting him as a LBer
Brody Jennings (DB) - Michigan commit
Nasir Rankin (WR) - please close this one down
Micah Smith (OT)
 
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Mr.Champaign0509
Interesting article. The author, a professor in the College of Labor and Employment Relations at UIUC, reviewed an NIL contract from a BIG Ten school and an NIL contract from an SEC school that he FOIA'd. Author believes the Big Ten contract has the athlete give more ownership rights of their image to the conference compared to the SEC contract.

Specifically this clause appears in the SEC contract, "Notwithstanding the foregoing, Institution shall not obtain ownership rights, other than the license granted in this Agreement, in or to Student-Athlete’s Likeness.”

Conversely, the author notes the Big Ten contract states, "[t]he athlete grants the Big Ten 'Institution the irrevocable, exclusive … royalty-free, fully paid-up sublicense through multiple tiers… including the 'Athlete’s name, nickname, pseudonym, voice” and more than 10 other identifying aspects of the athlete.'" He continues, "The 'multiple tiers' language (very open-ended) separates the athlete’s publicity rights from a purely athletic connection that appears in the SEC contract."

I have no reason to contest the author's sentiment that the SEC contract is more advantageous to the athlete by allowing them to keep the rights to their name and image in non-athletics arenas. If I'm giving to an NIL collective, I would want the rest of the NIL contract to be competitive with the other conferences and not just the up front payment.

www.news-gazette.com

My Turn | SEC offers players better NIL deal than Big Ten

If agents perform their due diligence, they are likely to find that the SEC deal has fewer strings attached than what the Big Ten offers athletes.
www.news-gazette.com www.news-gazette.com
 
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DirtyBurgIllini
mhuml32 said:
Seeing the following names as official visitors this weekend (on 247)

Javari Barnett (RB)
Jacob Eberhart (ATH) - any insight in what position Illinois is recruiting him? Saw Miami is targeting him as a LBer
Brody Jennings (DB) - Michigan commit
Nasir Rankin (WR) - please close this one down
Micah Smith (OT)
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Eberhart - linebacker
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SixthandWhite
mhuml32 said:
Seeing the following names as official visitors this weekend (on 247)

Javari Barnett (RB)
Jacob Eberhart (ATH) - any insight in what position Illinois is recruiting him? Saw Miami is targeting him as a LBer
Brody Jennings (DB) - Michigan commit
Nasir Rankin (WR) - please close this one down
Micah Smith (OT)
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Next weekend huge too:
JC Anderson (TE)
Mack Sutter (TE)
King Liggins (DL)
James Johnson (DL)
Kai Pritchard (OL)
Tony Williams (LB)
Messiah Tilson (DB)
Almirian Thomas (DB)
Marlen Bright (OL)
Jamarrion Phillips (LB)
Per 247
 
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