Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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WeWillWhen

WeWillWhen
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illinidarrin said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1789017246775324714
Another big transfer.
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#154      

blackdog

blackdog
Champaign
blackdog
ChiefGritty said:
My everlasting conviction that finishing 2nd in a recruitment is completely, comprehensively and irrevocably meaningless applies to this situation too.

We don't need the honor of hosting OV's. We need players.

I have zero interest in spending our staff's time and effort saving face with a kid who isn't interested.

We need kids to be interested but that's a different question.
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Except we've seen that recruiting a kid hard out of HS can pay off later when they hit the transfer portal. Even if you don't win there are benefits to building good relationships.
 
#155      

JucoIllini10

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I would love to add 4* and 5* in-state recruits but that isn't where Illinois football is right now. I think the best way to judge this staff's recruiting success would be on the number of mid to high 3* recruits with multiple P4 offers that end up committing to Illinois. The focus being on recruits the staff has obviously put in time and effort recruiting (bringing in on visits, etc.)

This year...
Burke Gautcher (LB) - committed to Iowa
Charles Bass (DB) - uncommitted
Gabe Kaminski (Edge) - committed to Stanford
Carson Cooney (LB) - committed to Iowa
Andre Lovett (DB) - committed to Illinois
Brayden Trimble (WR) - uncommitted
Michael McDonough (OL) - committed to Illinois
Cameron Brooks (DL) - uncommitted
Logan Farrell (TE) - committed to UNC

Missing out on a quality group of attainable LBs and Edges hurts but landing the pair of Trimble and Brooks would still make for a solid in-state group of recruits.
 
#156      

Illinivek23

Illinivek23
Gurnee
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JucoIllini10 said:
I would love to add 4* and 5* in-state recruits but that isn't where Illinois football is right now. I think the best way to judge this staff's recruiting success would be on the number of mid to high 3* recruits with multiple P4 offers that end up committing to Illinois. The focus being on recruits the staff has obviously put in time and effort recruiting (bringing in on visits, etc.)

This year...
Burke Gautcher (LB) - committed to Iowa
Charles Bass (DB) - uncommitted
Gabe Kaminski (Edge) - committed to Stanford
Carson Cooney (LB) - committed to Iowa
Andre Lovett (DB) - committed to Illinois
Brayden Trimble (WR) - uncommitted
Michael McDonough (OL) - committed to Illinois
Cameron Brooks (DL) - uncommitted
Logan Farrell (TE) - committed to UNC

Missing out on a quality group of attainable LBs and Edges hurts but landing the pair of Trimble and Brooks would still make for a solid in-state group of recruits.
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Anything new with TE Anderson?
 
#159      

OskieWowWow

OskieWowWow
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therealmiket86 said:
People also have no idea the damage Lovie caused with in state recruiting. My issue is not offering instate kids who have power 4 offers
Already.
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I mean, we've never been great at recruiting the state in football. Lovie made things a lot worse, sure, but I know a few HS coaches and none of them are still holding grudges against us over him. The reality is that recruiting is a national game now and it's even harder to keep the top guys instate. A school like Ohio state has the opposite problem where they've upset a lot of their instate coaches by not offering Tressel-type instate prospects since they can get anyone they want nationally
 
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therealmiket86

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illinidarrin said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1789727701965689013
Another big transfer visit
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Would like to add someone like him or Gavin meyer at dt. Guys like that are plug and play. They also bring experience

Then also bring in a developmental prospect like James. He was a highly ranked recruit that didn’t play at all last year. Wouldn’t expect much out of him this year but Jamo is a very good at player development.
 
#172      

illinidarrin

illinidarrin
from parts unknown
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Here is the question, do we have enough money to get the WR or DT coming for a visit? I have a feeling we gave him a lot.