You can’t save spots for transfers. That market goes two ways.
Illinois Football Recruiting Thread
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You can’t save spots for transfers. That market goes two ways.
Dan
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He was is what I meant. He’s fallen in the rankings a little bit. Just saying I really like this pickup and think he’s a tad under ranked. And yeah baileys whole situation is fluid. I’m hearing about a possible flip from a guy who didn’t sign as well....
Perhaps. I'm not overly concerned with who we have, nor am I really disappointed, but I just expected more. But again, i get rankings don't mean everything.
FT35
- Naperville
Billingsley is not a top-500 recruit. He got a lot of his offers as an underclassmen but a lot of those offers were gone by the time he finished his Junior year. He looked rather pedestrian during the camp circuit this Spring which is why his ranking has dropped a bit.
Missouri really only pushed for him after he said he was planning on visiting Illinois back in June. Not many other schools were pushing for him at that time.
I think he’s ranked fairly. Riggins is the player that is under ranked in my mind.
If you’re talking about a flip to us, so have I. If you’re alluding to jadon Thompson and a flip from us, I haven’t heard that.
BananaShampoo
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- Phoenix, AZ
I didn't notice at first that McCoy is from Valrico, Florida, home of Nick "The Chainsaw" Smith.
I like riggins as well. And I’m talking about a flip to us.
Before people flip about Thompson not signing. There is nothing to worry about.
Correct, that was I was alluding to. I’ve heard there’s nothing materializing there and all is well.
BananaShampoo
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"Flip to us..." Is is the Arkansas kid or the Tennessee kid?
not Art Green
Any big time signings we should be on the lookout for???
Still told he’s out. He’s not a flip either, TEN backed away.
Everyone who is signing early has pretty much signed. Mccoys just came in the one to watch would be Bailey.
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Class is decent so far. Seems like DB is position of need at this point. Where do we stand with Art Green and Daemon Hill?
Im told Hill is angling for other offers. I doubt he signs until the last minute.
Wouldn’t count on either of those. Transfer market will materialize after bowl games and the dust settles from today. Next 6 weeks are crucial for evaluation.
Still doubt he gets re-ranked but I don’t much care either way. He’s here now. The recruiting rankings are secondary to our plan for actual development.
happening today by any chance?
You can relax now. With Newton's signing Illini are 60th and 13th in the B1G. //s
I don't know much about football recruiting, but I always assumed this would be a process. One .500 season wasn't going to lead to 4 and 5*s beating down the door this year -- especially given where Illinois football was at. But I would assume it will help with the next class -- even more so if next year is another bowling year. And then the year after as well. Need to give the staff time to build relationships with these kids, and based on this year's on-field performance they'll have more and better recruits willing to truly consider the Illini for their college career.
Recruiting always follows a year later. I would expect to see a really nice 2021 class. Look at Purdue they have a great class despite awful results. Same thing as northwestern. I mean Minnesota had a huge year and has a okay not special class. Recruiting bumps happen years after big years.
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Well said.
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