Do we need to keep Patterson to have a chance? I understand if you’re osu you don’t need him but we’re Illinois.
No clue on whether Patterson helps us or hurts us here. We couldn't land him the first time around with Patterson, so who knows? He does, at the moment, have four former Trinity Catholic High School teammates on the roster, so that may help us more than Patterson's presence. He's also been on campus countless times.
That recruitment was so weird. We offered him in 2016, hired his HS coach, landed a number of his teammates and then he popped to Texas in February of 2019. He then decommitted from Texas after visiting us in early March of 2019 which made it look like he was going to commit to Illinois. That obviously never happened.
He also left Trinity Catholic under strange circumstances before his Senior season so he really hasn't played since 2018.
Like others have said, it's really hard to speculate right now since we really don't have a staff right now, but it will probably come down to Missouri or Illinois.