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Illinois Football Recruiting Thread
TentakilRex
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Instead of Committed to _________, we should say ______________ Preference
The Shack Attack!! Can't wait to see it!! Keep beefing up the lines, keep the Shark circling WR, and let's get a stable of young RBs with elite speed and size.... then let Coach B cook....ILL
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
I get that reference!!!
Hopefully Boyd gets mop up duty against UAB and SIU. He should play most of the second half in both games. Maybe Duke as well.
Hopefully we empty the bench in those games. Last year we went for style points and got X hurt
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Luke Altmyer had never been a starter, nor had he ever been within our building practicing with our team, which made him a much bigger mystery than Boyd.
It's a tricky balance, but if you recruit a player and you like what you're seeing from him in practice, it is higher upside and more cost effective and also just spiritually good IMO to hand him the keys.
That said, I definitely agree that you bring in a Paddock or Hampton type unless you feel super confident about a SECOND guy internally. It is going to be Year 5 under Lunney, we are building a full QB room of his scholarship recruits that we didn't have before.
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“Timeout South Carolina”
I’ll always appreciate Donovan Leary for his 2-point conversion when we needed it.
in 2 years at ole miss luke played in 9 games with 1 start. He was also a 4 star prospect. Even with all that he had a lot of growing pains. I’m not saying bring in a top qb transfer but a vet to push Boyd. It’s also good to have a back up that’s actually played before.
If they go into the portal for a QB ... It is going to be for an upgrade, not someone who will compete for the job ...
Off topic but when is the last 26 recruit going to be announced
I yelled at my TV for a good minute when that happened live. Henry, and Bret, not very wise. Don't forget one of those games they rolled several starters back in to stop a TD drive also, thankfully Jacas didn't have the same thing occur in a pointless point of the game.
They were worried about style points for the playoffs. Those game reps are huge for the 2nd string. Not to mention it keeps your starters healthy….
Not sure when it will be announced publicly ... Hopefully sometime here soon ...
Bret has mentioned that if someone has a season-ending injury there is some version of an NCAA rule that allows them to bring in another body to go past the "roster limit". So, if someone has a significant injury in June-July conditioning, you may hear of someone unexpected showing up for the start of pre-season camp in August. I would think it would be a JUCO guy, or a last-minute grad-transfer from a lower level.
Never say never with Bret. I would think they have a small list to still call on.
And then once the portal comes around at the end of the 2026 season, they then whittle things back down to the roster limit or take less guys in the portal or recruiting class based on how things progress with the current roster.
Yes ... Any major injury (season ending) will open up a roster spot ... Believe the season ending injuries that are public are currently Cam Brooks, Tanner Hollinger, Grant Smith and Eric Gayle (hopefully I have that list right) ... So that allows for up to 4 new additions to be made to the roster ...
I won't get into specifics of the kid joining the program other than it's a local kid ...
We have 1 more commit that will announce soon
Those 4 names were all mentioned last week by Bret at the Wrigley press availability, you are correct.
Smith is out for this year as well? Hopefully all these guys are back sooner than later as I think all 4 could be surprise contributors at some point (Especially Brooks).
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All 4 of those guys will be out for the season …
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Props. Never thought I would write this on an Illini site: Athens 4ever.
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