Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

[Illiniam1984]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866639026993701123

Looked up who offered him and he’s got an impressive list. Penn State, Wisconsin, Florida State, and Oklahoma to name a few. I might be eating my words from earlier.

 

[DeonThomas]

It's been stated previously, but I am simply floored by the small size and (lack of) prominence of the schools we've been researching for NIL talent. What a massive data base we must be managing!!

 

[MrBlueHandsOG]

A former Yahoo/Rivals recruiting analyst and current NIL agent spoke to me tonight at an establishment here in Nashville. He is tight w the likes of Malik Elzy and Malachi Coleman. According to this guy, the Illini will have offers out to Coleman, Miles McVay and the kid from Arizona St (forgot the name) and expects the Illini to be absolutely in on all 3.

 

[Waterski Al]

Looked up who offered him and he’s got an impressive list. Penn State, Wisconsin, Florida State, and Oklahoma to name a few. I might be eating my words from earlier.

La Tech had a legit defense this year

 

[logjam]

Yeah, I looked it up and confirmed the original source, it's the estimated entire NIL collective (all sports):

https://nil-ncaa.com/power5/

This is their summary of B10 schools (public only, no NW/USC):

2. OSU- 20.5M
6. Mich- 16.4
12. PSU- 13.8
13. Ind- 13.6
14. MSU- 13.0
20. Ore- 10.6
22. Iowa- 9.7
25. Wash- 9.4
26. ILL- 9.3
27. Wisc- 9.0
30. Neb- 8.0
35. Minn- 7.2
42. UCLA- 5.9
44. Pur- 5.5
51. MD- 3.7
52. Rut- 3.6

Basically dead center of the B10 on NIL stash.

Kinda doubtful Oregon is paying only half of the leaders...lol

 

[WeWillWhen]

Look like we have a lot of grounds to cover in NIL.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866544913921298725

We got one of these?

 

[MoCoMdIllini]

We got one of these?

Paging Mr. Andreessen. Mr. Marc Andreessen, please pick up the Orange courtesy phone

 

[1m4tr]

If he came his nickname could be "The Magician".

 

[Joel Goodson]

Kinda doubtful Oregon is paying only half of the leaders...lol

yeah, they forgot about the Phil Knight match

 

[bluemountain]

Paging Mr. Andreessen. Mr. Marc Andreessen, please pick up the Orange courtesy phone

Unfortunately, he doesn't have the tightest relationship with the University due to his dealings with them re: Netscape

 

[Pikeillinifan]

Unfortunately, he doesn't have the tightest relationship with the University due to his dealings with them re: Netscape

The academic side of the institution has a history of pissing off our super-wealthy grads.

I assume that has changed, but it can be hard to undo the past.

 

[therealmiket86]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866845517356957786

 

[Illiniam1984]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866869677034533022

 

[DeonThomas]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866845517356957786

And he has experience in beating ND. Just might come in handy in next year's post-season.

 

[illini0440]

 

[TampaToo]

Any timeline as to when we might start seeing some players from the portal pull the trigger for the Illini?

 

[redwingillini11]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866877482634449129

 

[kyillinifan]

Sad to see him depart. Always an Illini.

 

[Illiniam1984]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866877482634449129

Not a surprise.

 

[Scoregasm]

 

[Lee]

 

[Joel Goodson]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866877482634449129

figured as much. lot of promise, but failed to elevate in critical 2nd year (unlike Dixon)

 

[illini0440]

Gonna be a busy week

 

[whatahack]

Click bait headline but still interesting...

‘Entire’ College Football Team Reportedly Could Enter the Transfer Portal - Athlon Sports

https://athlonsports.com/college/marshall-thundering-herd/entire-college-football-team-reportedly-plans-to-enter-transfer-portal

 

[Illiniam1984]