Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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illiniwil
genevaillini39w said:
Dead period doesn’t affect that, and coaches are headed out this upcoming week. I’m guessing $ offers have been very low and kids aren’t interested. Think BB is allocating major money to returners for 2027 and treating the incoming freshman as basically scholarship only guys outside of a handful of signees.
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if a frosh is looking for big $ to sit, (which 90% do) they'll be in portal in 10 months. retention from a developmental kid
and a few big $ free agents is critical. QB's, OT,DT, WR's
 
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Mr. Tibbs
therealmiket86 said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2048443317868703924
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Illini4Christ
therealmiket86 said:
It’s a lot easier to turn a raw prospect into a te. Teaching him pad level and hand technique would almost be impossible if he has no playing experience. You see the nfl take big athletes and turn them into te’s
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Aaron Adeoye from Marion is like this kid. Aaron played basketball for four years at four different colleges before the Baltimore Ravens gave him a shot as a defensive end and he was on their practice squad for a couple or so years and then went over to the Jets and Green Bay.

It could work depending on his effort.
 
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BlueFlag
therealmiket86 said:
It’s a lot easier to turn a raw prospect into a te. Teaching him pad level and hand technique would almost be impossible if he has no playing experience. You see the nfl take big athletes and turn them into te’s
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Michael Osei-Bonsu appears to be one massive, ultra-athletic dude!

It might have been better for this young man to have gotten himself into football earlier.
 
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therealmiket86
Illini4Christ said:
Aaron Adeoye from Marion is like this kid. Aaron played basketball for four years at four different colleges before the Baltimore Ravens gave him a shot as a defensive end and he was on their practice squad for a couple or so years and then went over to the Jets and Green Bay.

It could work depending on his effort.
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That’s one example and it was a practice squad player. Brock Lesnar tried to play dt in the nfl and it didn’t work out. It’s much more common for a player like that to come in and play te
 
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