Joel Goodson
- dawgville
progress:
Bass next, please
Bass next, please
Illinois Football Recruiting Thread
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mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Chandler, Brooks, and White are all solid gets. I'm also not going to ignore these commits were the visitors who traditionally had lower offers comparative to the full list. Others have said there are one or two others coming soon, so let's hope those recruits are trending higher.
Noticed Purdue had offered the two kids from Indiana. Also our average recruit rating is slightly higher than Purdue’s — 86.62 to 86.22.
And glad to see kid (Brooks) from my alma mater will be playing ball at my other alma mater.
And glad to see kid (Brooks) from my alma mater will be playing ball at my other alma mater.
just got a RB from NJ
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
These Indy kids are players … Trust me …
Rankings don’t mean…
But I wasn't talking rankings. I am talking offers. I put a lot of weight in quality/quantity of offers. It's satisfying to get a kid that Indiana and Wisconsin wanted but there is a world's difference between Isaiah White's offer list than Carl Jenkins or Charles Bass. Davion Chandler is the best get of the group, and he provides a good threshold of quality: getting as many recruits with 10+ P4 offers as you can is a tangible goal. We don't need to fret on the difference between 8 P4 offers to someone with 12, but it's a reasonable marker of a solid P4 player.
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This is the one I'd really want, but also know he's got the equivalent CB on Rivals to go to Mizzou, and we really haven't competed well when they're involved with a STL area recruit
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Forster would be a good get. 13 other P4 offers and a good chunk of those from programs undoubtedly above Illinois (Tennessee, Wisconsin, Penn State).
Man if White was considered a “lower offer” kid with an offer from the reigning runner-ups and a visit scheduled with them, I’m excited to see who else we could pull in!
illinidarrin
- from parts unknown
Still waiting on this, but i wondered if this would happen because BB reposted his tweet/post after his visit and it had me wondering if something more was about to happen.
In addition to the other news coming this week as well …
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
I would be really shocked if any of these recent commits are getting NIL money. If they are, it's fairly small potatoes. The NIL money for HS recruits is going to be exclusively for QBs and elite recruits (interpret this one as you wish). Based on the data I reported this winter about the incoming classes, we have seen a significant bump in commitments under Bielema related to their offers from other programs. I would say these are fairly in line or maybe slightly below last year's trend. The hope is you get a handful of guys with 15-22 other P4 offers (recruits that almost every P4 program wants) so you can start to raise your program's ceiling. That's the next step - can you get 7-8 of those guys so half of your class is those type of recruits and the other half is a bucket of developmental, specific needs, under-recruited, etc.
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
This would be a major, major needle mover. He still has visits lined up at UCF, LSU, and TAMU, so if he's actually committing before those......there's a chance?
That would be incredible
Joel Goodson
- dawgville
have a hunch that McDonough is gonna be a VVG IOL for us
Joel Goodson
- dawgville
subscriber article, but this sounds pretty good:
TheFlyingIllini1317
- Chicago, IL
He'd be the highest recruit since when? I know Beason and IW were ranked higher but they didn't finish higher.
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
I’ve gotta say … This might be the best staff recruiting wise that Bielema has put together …
We got some absolute DAWGS on the trail …
We got some absolute DAWGS on the trail …
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