Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

[illiniwil]

One or two 4 stars would shoot us up a few spots. i wonder if a few of the 3 stars
might improve their ranking during their senior years? i feel like the kids we're on
might be under appreciated. LB form Utah, athlete from Morgan Park and receiver
from Tennessee? another question:is are these rankings impacted by where we
have been previously? Do you have to climb them slowly?

 

[Illinois_2_AZ]

Yeah prepared to have my heart broken Monday hehe

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1674533860300804097

 

[ptgrd23]

Lightfoot made 4 visits this month
OSU, usc, ILL, Miami
3 Crystal balls 100% OSU

total defense rank 2022
Illinois #3
OSU#13
Miami #65
USC #106

If Lightfoot wants to play DE/OLB for best defense in the country - Illinois is the right choice.

 

[Illinois_2_AZ]

One or two 4 stars would shoot us up a few spots. i wonder if a few of the 3 stars
might improve their ranking during their senior years? i feel like the kids we're on
might be under appreciated. LB form Utah, athlete from Morgan Park and receiver
from Tennessee? another question:is are these rankings impacted by where we
have been previously? Do you have to climb them slowly?

Griffin and Tuerk are both listed as 4 stars on another site.

 

[mhuml32]

Griffin and Tuerk are both listed as 4 stars on another site.

Rivals is more optimistic of our class, but still fairly close to 247:

Rivals
Team Ranking: 32
Conference Ranking: 10
Conference Quality Recruit Ranking: 6 (!)


247
Team Ranking: 35
Conference Ranking: 10
Conference Quality Recruit Ranking: 10

 

[illiniwil]

i choose Rivals to be my new ranking service!

 

[GILL-INOIS]

I tend to use the 247 Composite Ranking and skip everything else when taking a quick glance. It mixes 247, Rivals and ESPN ratings all together

 

[SouthFLILLINI]

Rivals is more optimistic of our class, but still fairly close to 247:

Rivals
Team Ranking: 32
Conference Ranking: 10
Conference Quality Recruit Ranking: 6 (!)


247
Team Ranking: 35
Conference Ranking: 10
Conference Quality Recruit Ranking: 10

Add in on3.com
I find they have some really good info the others don't.

 

[BRucks]

For what it's worth - buffoon is the exact word I would use to describe Tim Beckman

 

[TampaToo]

Ouchee Wow-Wow!

 

[illiniharrison]

Jesus. That was a tough watch. That speech confused me so much I’m not sure what I did today

 

[phats22]

Jesus. That was a tough watch. That speech confused me so much I’m not sure what I did today

You get the sense that's what he was hoping for at the time too . (If I keep talking, maybe everyone will forget what I'm saying....)

 

[WeWillWhen]

Can't decide which is cheesier; that one, or "five fingers makes a fist"

 

[WyattEarp]

I’m gonna say something I never thought I’d say: I’m gonna choose Tim Beckman on this one. Lol

Weber’s plagiarism gets an
automatic last place IMO.
(It was botched at that.)

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

to be fair , at the time , Bruce Weber was a good hire .

no one ever said that about Beckman. He was just an empty track suit .

 

[Illinois_2_AZ]

to be fair , at the time , Bruce Weber was a good hire .

no one ever said that about Beckman. He was just an empty track suit .

"Empty track suit" made me LOL .

 

[lstewart53x3]

Can't decide which is cheesier; that one, or "five fingers makes a fist"

How have I never seen this? Team looks totally checked out. Painful to watch

 

[BalloonsTheElephant]

 

[cookie86]

Does anyone know if we have a chance with Ricky Knight tomorrow?

 

[Chillinini]

I was waiting for a third “E”. Just because it would not have surprised me.

 

[illinidarrin]

Does anyone know if we have a chance with Ricky Knight tomorrow?

I don't feel good about it . he got another CB to FSU recently.

 

[Chukwuwumba]

Does anyone know if we have a chance with Ricky Knight tomorrow?

Official visit:
ILL, FSU, Miami all this month
3 CB for FSU. 2 after their official, 1 a few days ago. All medium confidence.
FSU 1 safety commit. Surtain their primary recruiter, DB coach, assuming DB.

'Love' for FSU further intensifies for 4-Star ATH Ricky Knight after official visit

DB recruit Ricky Knight says that FSU checked all the boxes for him during this weekend's official visit

247sports.com

 

[Thaillini22]

Which one do you think will go down in history as the most inspiring rallying cry by an Illini FB coach?

OSKEE "Our Success = Knowledge Effort Energy"
~or~
WIN(T) "Whatever Is Necessary (Today)"

 

[Butkus68]

to be fair , at the time , Bruce Weber was a good hire .

no one ever said that about Beckman. He was just an empty track suit .

Weber was not the best available candidate to replace Self. But RG refused even to consider Thad Matta, for whom Illinois was the proverbial dream job.

 

[Navy_illini]

How many scholarships spots do we have left? How many are coaching staff going to leave open to take advantage of the portal?

Football recruiting has a lot more strategy than basketball because you need depth, it takes time for players to develop and players could be recruited as one position and develop into another