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2020 Big Ten Football Recruiting: How do the Illini stack up?
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<blockquote data-quote="ILL_INI" data-source="post: 1541830" data-attributes="member: 4851"><p>He can't be put in the 2020 class. He was on the team in 2019, sitting out as a redshirt. </p><p></p><p>The whole issue with transfers can get muddled. If you are including them in a class calculator, should you subtract players who transfer out? That would include leaving early for any reason. You essentially haven't successfully recruited them to stay. </p><p></p><p>And for the most part, transfers are usually some other team's backups. If you aren't recruiting well, which is usually why a team can have a spot available for a transfer, how much will adding someone else's backups really improve the win total? I think there is a ceiling there, but I don't know what it is, maybe 7 wins, but that is just a guess.</p><p></p><p>I think we have a tendency to think that Illinois is doing fantastic recruiting transfers, in part based on the stacked 2019 transfer "class." But there were a lot of special situations with that class that makes me think it won't be repeated. </p><p></p><p>Does Chase Brown come to Illinois if his twin isn't already on the squad? Maybe, and that goes both ways pertaining to the offer and the acceptance. </p><p></p><p>Oluwole Betiku Jr.</p><p>Josh Imatorbhebhe</p><p>Trevon Sidney</p><p>Austin Clark and Keynodo Hudson obviously played a huge role in landing these three transfers from USC. Clark is gone and Hudson, having left USC in 2016, won't have the relationships with current players. The likelihood of being able to recruit three highly rated players from a powerhouse like USC is pretty slim going forward.</p><p></p><p>Illinois lost out on Tommy Stevens and Illinois was Brandon Peters' only P5 offer. I don't feel like Illinois won a recruiting battle here.</p><p></p><p>Would Luke Ford have transferred to Illinois if his grandfather wasn't ill?</p><p></p><p>Richie Petitbon was good friends with Reggie Corbin. Would he have come here if Corbin wasn't here? (I think Blake Jeresaty might be an upgrade, though, so kudos to the staff.)</p><p></p><p>And most of these players didn't live up to their high school rating. I didn't look to see if 24/7 gave any of them a transfer rating, so the transfer class might not even be as stacked as I think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ILL_INI, post: 1541830, member: 4851"] He can't be put in the 2020 class. He was on the team in 2019, sitting out as a redshirt. The whole issue with transfers can get muddled. If you are including them in a class calculator, should you subtract players who transfer out? That would include leaving early for any reason. You essentially haven't successfully recruited them to stay. And for the most part, transfers are usually some other team's backups. If you aren't recruiting well, which is usually why a team can have a spot available for a transfer, how much will adding someone else's backups really improve the win total? I think there is a ceiling there, but I don't know what it is, maybe 7 wins, but that is just a guess. I think we have a tendency to think that Illinois is doing fantastic recruiting transfers, in part based on the stacked 2019 transfer "class." But there were a lot of special situations with that class that makes me think it won't be repeated. Does Chase Brown come to Illinois if his twin isn't already on the squad? Maybe, and that goes both ways pertaining to the offer and the acceptance. Oluwole Betiku Jr. Josh Imatorbhebhe Trevon Sidney Austin Clark and Keynodo Hudson obviously played a huge role in landing these three transfers from USC. Clark is gone and Hudson, having left USC in 2016, won't have the relationships with current players. The likelihood of being able to recruit three highly rated players from a powerhouse like USC is pretty slim going forward. Illinois lost out on Tommy Stevens and Illinois was Brandon Peters' only P5 offer. I don't feel like Illinois won a recruiting battle here. Would Luke Ford have transferred to Illinois if his grandfather wasn't ill? Richie Petitbon was good friends with Reggie Corbin. Would he have come here if Corbin wasn't here? (I think Blake Jeresaty might be an upgrade, though, so kudos to the staff.) And most of these players didn't live up to their high school rating. I didn't look to see if 24/7 gave any of them a transfer rating, so the transfer class might not even be as stacked as I think. [/QUOTE]
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