I remember Lovie put a lot of time and cache in St.Louis but a whole lot of the recruits Illinois got and didn't get were straight up BUSTS!! Ron Zook once said f you get 7 recruits from a 25 man class to be good in their college career then that recruiting class was a success.
Illinois Football Recruiting Thread
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Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Indiana had a rule go into effect at the end of the school year that allows ALL kids to transfer to any school without permission. Sounds like Illinois did something similar?
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
5’11 || 170 || 2027 || Safety/Rb || 1st Team All State || 40: 4.50 || Vertical: 35.5 || Football and Basketball || 4.32 GPA
Dayton, OH
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Wind-aided or no?
For me, a good GPA (4.32 GPA here) is a key tell for tough, smart and dependable.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
Any relation to AJ Henning?
fyi... here in NC my district HS lost a basketball championship & a baseball state title to out of district kids.
Northern Guilford High School - Wikipedia
The basketball story is interesting, clearly blatant cheater, coach was a finance guy that was part of NC Gators AAU program that had a good chunk of UNC's 2005 team + a few other high level recruits on it, then went to Northern and stacked their team & that all came to a head, then went to Oak Ridge Military academy ( a small dying little school) and was trying to turn them into an Oak Hill level team, promised them a significant chunk of change for a new gym, & had a roster of blue chips signed up, when the feds caught up to him as he was attempting to flee the county on a Bernie Madof level Ponzi finance scam & he ended up in jail.
I heard the baseball was more an oversight & being under the spotlight from basketball. A couple end of the bench kids enrolled and school didn't do due diligence in checking. My son went through there a few years later & they had learned there lesson with proof of residency.
The other loop hole around here within the county is special magnet programs. Northern Guilford also had a very good football program, pro running back TJ Logan who was at UNC when we played them in Chapel Hill a few years back went through Northern Guilford. The rumor was that some of the football team had enrolled in some strange magnet program to get in Northern Guilford District. Not sure how much of that was recruiting or kids choice to play for one of the better local programs and one that was fairly successful at getting kids to the next level.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
If it was in Memorial Stadium, you can bet that the wind was blowing.
But don’t they have to live on the school’s boundaries? Seems like these kids do not live close to Glenbard West
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
||class of 2027|| LT|| 6’7|| 320|Mississippi kid:
slew of good offers, including Georgia
slew of good offers, including Georgia
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
Live in boundaries or pay tuition, essentially. Unless the student has previously attended the school and was moved out of district before their senior year started. In those instances, students are allowed to stay at their school but the family has to figure out transportation.
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
No! As long as you want to drive, it’s up to you. I had a kid that was in my small group (head of a high school church small group) and he transferred 35 minutes away for this season because he didn’t want to be QB1 on a lame team.
illinidarrin
- from parts unknown
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
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