Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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genevaillini39w
therealmiket86 said:
If he doesn’t play and has to transfer BB would be working the phones trying to get Wagner. This kid is a 4 star talent
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I doubt it.

Looking at their portal strategy this past year, and what Bret has said in press conferences, they want guys that have played college football and have game reps. They will look for guys that have actually played at the G5 and FCS level.

The two tackles that won 19 games the last two years were transfers from Grambling State and New Mexico, the two tackles slated to start this year are transfers from Idaho and Colorado State. All four actually played at their last stops.
 
#202      
therealmiket86
genevaillini39w said:
I doubt it.

Looking at their portal strategy this past year, and what Bret has said in press conferences, they want guys that have played college football and have game reps. They will look for guys that have actually played at the G5 and FCS level.

The two tackles that won 19 games the last two years were transfers from Grambling State and New Mexico, the two tackles slated to start this year are transfers from Idaho and Colorado State. All four actually played at their last stops.
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You’re nuts If you don’t think BB would try to get Wagner. Martin was horrible at Colorado state. They took him based off potential.
 
#205      
mhuml32
therealmiket86 said:
Martin had a 55.4 pff grade allowing 41 pressures.
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If Martin is successful then I'll question my statistical sanity. An argument that "his coaching was awful" could make sense but Illinois was also interested in the coach. The biggest counter for my beliefs is a handful of other good programs were also interested in him, so there's something on that tape.
 
#206      
mhuml32
Illiniam1984 said:
We were never in the lead at any point during the recruiting….
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I'm not sure if folks are saying Illinois never led for a 4-star offensive lineman from Central Illinois prep prospect that visited Illinois more than any other school back in 2024 early in his recruiting process and was mentioned many times as a priority prospect in paywall articles is to soothe the fan base, but it's not working for me.

It's one prospect and that's meaningless in the big picture, but it will stings that he's going elsewhere (likely to a team that Illinois will face a couple times in his career).
 
#207      
lstewart53x3
mhuml32 said:
I'm not sure if folks are saying Illinois never led for a 4-star offensive lineman from Central Illinois prep prospect that visited Illinois more than any other school back in 2024 early in his recruiting process and was mentioned many times as a priority prospect in paywall articles is to soothe the fan base, but it's not working for me.

It's one prospect and that's meaningless in the big picture, but it will stings that he's going elsewhere (likely to a team that Illinois will face a couple times in his career).
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Not sure Illinois is in a place resource-wise, prestige-wise, and in fans in attendance to beat Oregon head to head for a recruit they want, regardless of where they’re from.
 
#208      
therealmiket86
mhuml32 said:
If Martin is successful then I'll question my statistical sanity. An argument that "his coaching was awful" could make sense but Illinois was also interested in the coach. The biggest counter for my beliefs is a handful of other good programs were also interested in him, so there's something on that tape.
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All I heard is that he has the physical tools to be good but he’s a project
 
#209      
kmunt09
lstewart53x3 said:
Not sure Illinois is in a place resource-wise, prestige-wise, and in fans in attendance to beat Oregon head to head for a recruit they want, regardless of where they’re from.
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Agree. Look at where the Dunlap Tight-Ends ended up; Alabama and Ole Miss (LSU now).

Having either of those TE's would have had a huge impact on this fall's team.
 
#219      
mhuml32
therealmiket86 said:
Watch JC Andersons hudl film. He’s not an instant impact guy. He does have a ton of potential.
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If you put JC Anderson on the 2026 Illinois roster, is he even getting many snaps? I would be shocked if he got more than garbage time. I'm fully expecting him to be in the transfer portal in Winter 2027 (hot take).
 
#220      
TentakilRex
mhuml32 said:
If you put JC Anderson on the 2026 Illinois roster, is he even getting many snaps? I would be shocked if he got more than garbage time. I'm fully expecting him to be in the transfer portal in Winter 2027 (hot take).
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Especially with Kiffin's mouth......
 
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