Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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PleaseMakeABowlGame
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As far as QB next year … Portal QB vs Boyd is what I expect the competition to be …

A very early name that I’ve heard could be portal bound …

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If thats the answer I'd rather Boyd win that job.

Really like what Utah did with a guy like Dampier for example. Hauling in someone of similar prototype would be very impressive, but would probably cost a lot of $$.
 
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Gbop
Indy Illini Fan said:
As far as QB next year … Portal QB vs Boyd is what I expect the competition to be …

A very early name that I’ve heard could be portal bound …

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Just a question for you. If we don’t start developing our QB recruits and continually go with portal guys, will that hurt our recruiting? I can’t fault the staff’s commitment to winning, just curious about your thoughts on this. Thanks.
 
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Simeon Rice
Gbop said:
Just a question for you. If we don’t start developing our QB recruits and continually go with portal guys, will that hurt our recruiting? I can’t fault the staff’s commitment to winning, just curious about your thoughts on this. Thanks.
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If you win (which is usually done via playing the best talent), you'll recruit just fine....Luke was a portal guy who we also developed. It's not necessarily one or the other
 
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GoodePodzMelendez
Gbop said:
Just a question for you. If we don’t start developing our QB recruits and continually go with portal guys, will that hurt our recruiting? I can’t fault the staff’s commitment to winning, just curious about your thoughts on this. Thanks.
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I have thought that myself since the last QB that succeeded as a recruit was Sheelhaase since Lunt was a transfer and Rivers/IW never developed. There are pros and cons to this way of recruiting. We would be getting someone with college experience as Peters, DeVito, Paddock, Sitkowski and now Altmyer and Hampton. The downside is that we would lose quality HS players to other schools. I hope Boyd pans out next year. I would like to see him get a chance unless a top level transfer comes in.
 
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fuddrules
GoodePodzMelendez said:
I think with better receivers and a solid run game that he will have better numbers.
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I'm sure, almost impossible to be worse. This guy will require a 2026 Preston Stone NIL level of commitment, for a reason.


2024 @ ND

Glenn (Lost 52-3) – 5/18 for 51 yards - 0/2 TD to INT – QBR of 4.8

Hampton – (Won 16-14) – 10/19 for 198 yards – 1/0 TD to INT – QBR of 90.3
 
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Joel Goodson
Gbop said:
Just a question for you. If we don’t start developing our QB recruits and continually go with portal guys, will that hurt our recruiting? I can’t fault the staff’s commitment to winning, just curious about your thoughts on this. Thanks.
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everyone knows that QB1 plays, others don't (not rocket science). if someone expects to be gifted, he's not Illinois material. c'est la vie

not gonna hurt our recruiting at all
 
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the juiceman cometh
GoodePodzMelendez said:
I have thought that myself since the last QB that succeeded as a recruit was Sheelhaase since Lunt was a transfer and Rivers/IW never developed. There are pros and cons to this way of recruiting. We would be getting someone with college experience as Peters, DeVito, Paddock, Sitkowski and now Altmyer and Hampton. The downside is that we would lose quality HS players to other schools. I hope Boyd pans out next year. I would like to see him get a chance unless a top level transfer comes in.
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Obviously the staff is going to do what puts the team in a best position to succeed. In modern college football you can't do rebuilding years - other team's aren't going to so you're just going to lose momentum. I think the ideal scenario is that if you have questions about whether Boyd is ready, you bring in a senior QB to either take the reins for one year, or at least compete with Boyd for the starting spot. That puts you in a position to have Boyd (redshirt soph.), Clayton (redshirt fresh.), and Lopati (fresh.) compete for the starting gig in 2027 (hopefully at least one of them will be ready).
 
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OB positive
mhuml32 said:
I'm expecting Petty to transfer out (Sun Belt, maybe AAC) to compete for a starting job and Newton will realize he needs to change positions to maximize his professional aspirations. That would change the QB room to Hampton (SR), Boyd (rFR), and Clayton (FR).

- Let's say the staff sees Hampton as the best option to navigate a transition year, with Boyd competing with him and hoping that Boyd takes over during the season. Even in that scenario, I still think the staff brings in someone with experience.
- Let's say the staff believes Boyd can be the starter so Hampton also transfers out. Now you have two freshmen QBs and nobody else. That would make it a priority that not only Illinois brings in an experienced QB, but someone that can at least compete for the starting job.
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Looks to me as of right now Bret has Hampton at #2 on the qb depth chart. He doesn't make decisions like that without a lot of forethought. Looked pretty sharp to me when he got in and he is the only qb on the team with a win over a strong playoff team. That can't be ignored.
 
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Battle89
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Look at his Soph film. Judy a tough !!! kid that seems like he would fit the culture. Him, considine and Thies are guys that fit that mold.

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Logan is a beast, just shrugs off tackles. Really took it to ESL in CG's state championship win a couple years ago.

CG coach only had him playing on defense in their opener (which they lost). Thinking he's back at FB next week and hoping the injury is fully behind him.
 
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Joel Goodson
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Looks to me as of right now Bret has Hampton at #2 on the qb depth chart. He doesn't make decisions like that without a lot of forethought. Looked pretty sharp to me when he got in and he is the only qb on the team with a win over a strong playoff team. That can't be ignored.
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QB2 right now has little bearing on QB1 next year. we'll see how it plays out

Hampton was a great add. we needed cover if Altmyer goes down and Hampton provides it
 
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jamarvelous31
Gbop said:
Just a question for you. If we don’t start developing our QB recruits and continually go with portal guys, will that hurt our recruiting? I can’t fault the staff’s commitment to winning, just curious about your thoughts on this. Thanks.
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I think replacing top 50 QBs with a top 20 transfer is easily explainable, particularly if you're developing QBs and sending them to the league.

A good recruiter will have these guys focused on how they can be the next Wilson or Altmeyer...not focused on how they got to Bret.
 
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STLini25
Article out says Alabama’s NIL is less than $20 million. I’m surprised they could outbid us on an Illinois TE that we wanted and we want to upgrade position
 
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