Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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mhuml32
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Insiders - any idea on how many more 2027 kids we're going to add to this class? Any predictions on either the next guy to commit or best prospect we still have a legit chance at landing?
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Werner has said between 15-20 this offseason but has started to lean towards the low-end recently. I'm guessing this coming weekend will be the final volume commitment weekend for the class. Current class has 11 commits and there's an obvious need for at least a couple secondary recruits. I'm guessing Illinois gets 2-3 commits attached to this weekend's visits (247 has two listed visitors, but I think there's more) and then will continue working on a handful of guys who are committed elsewhere in hopes of coaching staff instability and/or change of heart.
 
#354      
Mapman
Genesis said:
Mel Gray was lightening. Pru, you might also be thinking of Bobby Moore who was drafted by the Football Cardinals in 1972 and became known as Ahmad Rashad. Another great wide receiver. Oh those days of Air Coryell were fun.
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I was thinking Roy Green but I don’t think he was on the Coryell teams.
 
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IlliDan
Mapman said:
I was thinking Roy Green but I don’t think he was on the Coryell teams.
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Was a huge Cardinal FB fan in the day.Hart and Lomax to Roy { jet stream } Green brings back some fond memories.Don't think Green was ever caught from behind.
 
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pruman91
IlliDan said:
Was a huge Cardinal FB fan in the day.Hart and Lomax to Roy { jet stream } Green brings back some fond memories.Don't think Green was ever caught from behind.
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Jim Hart , SIU QB..........Larry Wilson was my favorite player......played a game with both wrists broken ......tough SOB..........Roy Green was greased lightening , big plays was his skillset.....I always thought Neil Lomax was really good but underappreciated by the STL fans................Terry Metcalf , O.J. Anderson , Jerry Stovall............Cardinals games were must see TV for me....they really really were.....

sorry to get off topic Dan....................
 
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Mr. Tibbs
pruman91 said:
Jim Hart , SIU QB..........Larry Wilson was my favorite player......played a game with both wrists broken ......tough SOB..........Roy Green was greased lightening , big plays was his skillset.....I always thought Neil Lomax was really good but underappreciated by the STL fans................Terry Metcalf , O.J. Anderson , Jerry Stovall............Cardinals games were must see TV for me....they really really were.....

sorry to get off topic Dan....................
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I was no Cards fan, but had utmost respect for Conrad Dobler - tough hombre

He was proclaimed "Pro Football's Dirtiest Player" with a 1977 cover story in Sports Illustrated magazine and was the author of a 1988 memoir, They Call Me Dirty.
 
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AirTran
Mr. Tibbs said:
I was no Cards fan, but had utmost respect for Conrad Dobler - tough hombre

He was proclaimed "Pro Football's Dirtiest Player" with a 1977 cover story in Sports Illustrated magazine and was the author of a 1988 memoir, They Call Me Dirty.
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Jim Hart - Niles West. Larry Wilson, fantastic football player. Mel Gray, Jim Otis (even if he did go to OSU), Roger Wehrli, Don Coryell. That was some team.
 
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Noblesville Illini
Illiniaaron said:
He did some acting too. I remember he was in an episode of “In the Heat of the Night.”
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All In The Family Singing GIF by Sony Pictures Television
 
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stevej64
pruman91 said:
Jim Hart , SIU QB..........Larry Wilson was my favorite player......played a game with both wrists broken ......tough SOB..........Roy Green was greased lightening , big plays was his skillset.....I always thought Neil Lomax was really good but underappreciated by the STL fans................Terry Metcalf , O.J. Anderson , Jerry Stovall............Cardinals games were must see TV for me....they really really were.....

sorry to get off topic Dan....................
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Hey, I was a huge Cards football fan growing up. I even got to party a few times with Jay Novacek the summer he was drafted. I was working in the EIU locker room that summer and the Cards football camp was there. Partied at Marty’s across the street.
 
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BillyBob1
pruman91 said:
Jim Hart , SIU QB..........Larry Wilson was my favorite player......played a game with both wrists broken ......tough SOB..........Roy Green was greased lightening , big plays was his skillset.....I always thought Neil Lomax was really good but underappreciated by the STL fans................Terry Metcalf , O.J. Anderson , Jerry Stovall............Cardinals games were must see TV for me....they really really were.....

sorry to get off topic Dan....................
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Dan Dierdorf
 
#366      
whatahack
I ran into Dierdorf at the DC airport 20 years ago and you would never know he was one of the best linemen in NFL history. Hunched over and walking with a cane. Very sad...
 
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