Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

[jjniner]

I got really excited until I realized it was the wrong Cam Brooks

Cam Brooks, Thomas County Central , Edge

2022: As a freshman, totaled 27 tackles (4 TFL), 4 sacks, a FF and a QBH. Helped Thomas County Central make the quarterfinals of Georgia’s AAAAAA playoffs.

247sports.com

 

[EyeoftheIllini]

New crystal ball for cam brooks

From my alma mater.

 

[therealmiket86]

Get him on board and Lovett on board. Start to lock down the south suburbs

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

From my alma mater.

boy, HF used to really be something in sports and academics. Not so much anymore. Shame how its all changed

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

Get him on board and Lovett on board. Start to lock down the south suburbs

I went to grade school in OakLawn in the 1970's.
When is the last time we had a player in football from Richards or Eisenhower ? (both schools are D218)

 

[Joel Goodson]

Get him on board and Lovett on board. Start to lock down the south suburbs

locking down any portion of the Chicago area is the impossible dream. that said, we can do tons better. Brooks and especially Lovett would be a VG signal

 

[therealmiket86]

South suburbs is an area Illinois should be able to recruit successfully. Dupage/ lake and mchenry counties will never be locked down

 

[Joel Goodson]

South suburbs is an area Illinois should be able to recruit successfully. Dupage/ lake and mchenry counties will never be locked down

there's a wide gulf between recruiting successfully and locking down

 

[illiniwil]

so many times , the best O linemen & D linemen were great wrestlers . its all about the footwork in both sports (arms are important too)

some of our best central illinois 5A linemen were under 175 lbs wrestlers, they could tilt kids, get angles on them, get under them.
all wrestling basics. skills that will do well with heavyweights too. I dunno if he wrestled, but the eagles Kelsey isn't the biggest center,
but has those skills (see the Eagles QB sneaks)

 

[illiniwil]

i was writing then realized after that i was piling on, good point Tibbs.

 

[mhuml32]

I went to grade school in OakLawn in the 1970's.
When is the last time we had a player in football from Richards or Eisenhower ? (both schools are D218)

This is a great question. Diehl was from that area but I don't believe he went to either HS. No idea who was the last from Richards/Eisenhower.

 

[EyeoftheIllini]

When I went there (class of 1979) the academics were great — not so much sports. My class was terrible in football and not very good in bball. Classes just prior were better. Had bball players go to Oregon and Texas A&M. I don’t really follow school too closely, but seems like they had at least stretches when they were good. Noticed they had an alum drafted by NFL this past draft. And they did just beat Morez and Thornton.

 

[GatorMcKlusky]

This is a great question. Diehl was from that area but I don't believe he went to either HS. No idea who was the last from Richards/Eisenhower.

Quinn Richardson in basketball ('84). Diehl was a Crusader.

 

[Simeon Rice]

Commits to NW a day after being in Champaign. Follows his brother there. Nate Marshall was on campus, at least, but will be a blue-chip battle. May actually go 0-fer in a deep, talented in-state DE crop

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1752022665332715962

 

[CogDog]

Commits to NW a day after being in Champaign. Follows his brother there. Nate Marshall was on campus, at least, but will be a blue-chip battle. May actually go 0-fer in a deep, talented in-state DE crop

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1752022665332715962

Ouch. I’m hopeful we can snag one, but not sure who given the competition..

 

[Pikeillinifan]

Ouch. I’m hopeful we can snag one, but not sure who given the competition..

Would have loved to see him in the O&B, but figured it was a longshot with NU and his brother in the mix.

 

[illinidarrin]

I'm pretty sure LWE is "ABI". Have we ever gotten a player from that school?

 

[aiwpfan]

Commits to NW a day after being in Champaign. Follows his brother there. Nate Marshall was on campus, at least, but will be a blue-chip battle. May actually go 0-fer in a deep, talented in-state DE crop

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1752022665332715962

Heh. Its Northwestern University, not University of Northwestern.

 

[MustangWally]

Heh. Its Northwestern University, not University of Northwestern.

I propose that, in the future, we reject any recruit that calls us Illinois University.

 

[mhuml32]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1752068953160269867

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

 

[DirtyBurgIllini]

Should see some addition to this class soon. Likely after visits are over

 

[Joel Goodson]

Jumbotron Rousseau?

 

[TentakilRex]

No whammies please!

 

[redwingillini11]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1752068953160269867

How did he know we desperately needed good news...