Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

[BigStan97]

He was pretty much single handedly weighing down our average and was by far our lowest rated recruit.

After the re-evaluation, he's our 6th highest rated recruit and our class is 29th in average star ranking.

Looks like Lovie caught a true sleeper before anyone else could. Great sign.

Film don't lie either.

 

[Joel Goodson]

Nate Hobbs has been bumped up to 3-stars now on scout. http://www.scout.com/player/207990-nate-hobbs?s=169

Great news. Looked like a real good get, especially at this late stage of the class. Again, trust our staff, until proven otherwise. These guys know what they're doing. That, along with the pull we have with Lovie in charge, makes this a very exciting time for Illini FB fans.

 

[ChazzReinhold]

I'll admit it. I get excited about star rating. But it is all a scam. They are mainly judging by the schools that are on the players. Hobbs was rated lower when he was a WKU player. Now that he is a Big 10 player he gets a bump. I know it is hard to judge. But I wish there was a impartial service that really judged them how they see them.

Without knowing the inner workings is it possible the services only watched this years tape after the Illini commitment and the previous ranking was based off of last years film?

 

[MadSeason]

I'll admit it. I get excited about star rating. But it is all a scam. They are mainly judging by the schools that are on the players. Hobbs was rated lower when he was a WKU player. Now that he is a Big 10 player he gets a bump. I know it is hard to judge. But I wish there was a impartial service that really judged them how they see them.

I thought recruits dropped in rankings once they committed to us. :huh:

 

[BananaShampoo]

I thought recruits dropped in rankings once they committed to us. :huh:

That's only for basketball.

 

[Beer30]

This class is shaping up nicely. Who are the remaining recruits we are in the running for?

 

[KingKowski94]

This class is shaping up nicely. Who are the remaining recruits we are in the running for?

The remaining recruits that we are making the highest priority on probably is WR Jeff Thomas and OL Joshuah Fedd-Jackson. After those two, it is probably safety James Knight and trying to get Rey Estes to flip to us from Mizzou

 

[CUWPC]

This class is shaping up nicely. Who are the remaining recruits we are in the running for?

Fedd-Jackson OL
P. Mixon OL
L. Dorsey WR/TE
D. Callender DE
J. Thomas WR
R. Roberson WR
A. Palzewski OL
E. Bagner DE


I'm sure there's more.

 

[IlliniInOK]

Maybe Roundtree at DE also?


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[Deon1987]

Knight
Roundtree
Estes

 

[Deon1987]

The remaining recruits that we are making the highest priority on probably is WR Jeff Thomas and OL Joshuah Fedd-Jackson. After those two, it is probably safety James Knight and trying to get Rey Estes to flip to us from Mizzou

Correct!! ......they really want Thomas and Roberson cause we need speed!

 

[Joel Goodson]

Add the Nashville TN area punter, Tucker-Day. 1st team AA, I believe.

Wouldn't surprise me a bit if a few more kids materialize from nowhere.

 

[brokensaphire]

Film don't lie either.

The thing that impressed me the most about his highlight reel was after one of his numerous vicious hits, the kid wouldn't showboat. I know this doesn't make a him a good player, but I just love to see that. Lower the boom and let the dude see you walk away, that is of course, if he can see straight at all.:thumb:
Love my Illini,

 

[brokensaphire]

Correct!! ......they really want Thomas and Roberson cause we need speed!

We need speed on defense, too. We just looked so damn slow on D last year beyond 5 yards. Are any of these WR recruits likely to be switched to D or dual position?

 

[BigStan97]

We need speed on defense, too. We just looked so damn slow on D last year beyond 5 yards. Are any of these WR recruits likely to be switched to D or dual position?

My guess would be:

WR: Thomas (if he comes), Smalling, Green, Roberson(if he comes)
DB: K. Smith, Adams, Hobbs

 

[BigStan97]

CB Roberson to ILL. When is he going to announce?

 

[CUWPC]

A Roberson crystal ball. He's been a priority of the staff. He'd be a great addition to the staff. I think he'd add some flexibility to make some of the other WR commits DB's.

 

[ballislife17]

Rivals has the longest history. I think their historical class rankings are better. It doesn't sort as well but the information is better. 247 has a history of doing a Chad Ford and modifying their numbers afterwords and moving players up and down the board based on production

Really? I thought that was only an ESPN thing

 

[BigSandysFinest]

Looks like Ricky Smalling is visiting top Illini target Reggie Roberson. Let's keep this momentum going.

 

[LurkLongandProsper]

Damn just seen Kendrick green get offer from Arkansas.... Even tho they suck its the sec....and bielema is from Illinois himself......

Wonder if his star rating goes up with more sec offers???...he better not flip lol

He already had an SEC offer from Mizzou. I don't think there is major reason for concern about a K Green flip at this point.

 

[Joel Goodson]

Looks like Ricky Smalling is visiting top Illini target Reggie Roberson. Let's keep this momentum going.

Roberson will be an excellent get. Love seeing our recruits reaching out to top prospects. Smalling, Green and Roberson are a major, major upgrade to our WR corps. Add Dorsey as a pass catching TE. Add Jeff Thomas, get him through the Clearinghouse, and look out.

 

[FiveStar]

Thanks to those of you directed me to rivals and 247 composite to look up recruiting rankings of the CFP teams.

Rivals/247 composite(average)

Alabama (wow)

2012: 1/1 (93.09)
2013: 1/1 (93.25)
2014: 1/1 (93.59)
2015: 2/1 (93.64)
2016: 1/1 (92.85)

Clemson (not as great as I assumed, but still very good obv)

2012: 14/15 (88.19)
2013: 14/15 (88.38)
2014: 13/17 (87.78)
2015: 4/9 (89.19)
2016: 6/11 (90.30)

Ohio State (about what I figured)

2012: 4/5 (90.29)
2013: 2/2 (89.10)
2014: 3/3 (86.60)
2015: 9/7 (90.19)
2016: 3/4 (91.56)

Washington (so you're saying there's a chance?)

2012: 22/23 (84.56)
2013: 18/18 (87.10)
2014: 37/37 (83.59)
2015: 31/27 (85.77)
2016: 37/29 (87.32)

As you can see, everybody but Washington lives in the top 15 with averages in the high 80s to low 90s. Washington's best is 18 (highest average is 87.32) and their lowest over that time is 37 (83.59). For comparison our current ranking is 40 on rivals and 42 in the 247 composite with an average of 84.61.

Take whatever conclusion you want from this, mine is a combination of good coaching and a weaker conference for Washington led them to this point. The others really needed to just not mess it up. I think its also fair to conclude that with our division being the weakest in the power 5, a couple more classes at this level could get us to the B1G championship game when combined with our staff's coaching acumen. Hopefully we keep this thing rolling

 

[WesterveltVictoryCigar]

@JWernerScout
SIGNED: Miami Central WR @Carmoni_Green tells Illini Inquirer he has signed with Illini

Scout

 

[illinidarrin]

That is huge!

 

[Paignt It Orange]

That is huge!

Uge!