Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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Dan

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Welcome to the Illinois Football Recruiting Thread :illinois:


2027 Illini Football Commits

1) DB Justin Johnson (March 4th, 2026)
2) OL Mason Halliman (May 9th, 2026)
3) OL Soren Fifer (May 14th, 2026)
4) LB Sean Rice (May 15th, 2026)
5) TE Cade Newman (June 6th, 2026)
6) OL Gavin Ericson-Staton (June 7th, 2026)
7) DL Ryan Paulsen (June 8th, 2026)
8) QB Sladen Shack (June 9th, 2026)
9) LB Anthony James (June 13th, 2026)
10 WR Bennett Konkey (June 16th, 2026)
11) RB Steven Alexis (June 16th, 2026)
12) K Ulysses Morales (June 21st, 2026)
13) WR Brody Knowles (June 22nd, 2026)
14) DB Tyrone Howard Jr. (June 23rd, 2026)
15) DB Darryl Flemister (July 4th, 2026)
16) DB Trezavant Boyd (July 15th, 2026)
17) Juco OL Harry Maileoi (October 4th, 2026)


2028 Illini Football Commits

1) QB Owen Herrick (September 16th, 2026)
 
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illinidarrin
Dan said:
Welcome to the Illinois Football Recruiting Thread :illinois:


2027 Illini Football Commits

1) DB Justin Johnson (March 4th, 2026)
2) OL Mason Halliman (May 9th, 2026)
3) OL Soren Fifer (May 14th, 2026)
4) LB Sean Rice (May 15th, 2026)
5) TE Cade Newman (June 6th, 2026)
6) OL Gavin Ericson-Staton (June 7th, 2026)
7) DL Ryan Paulsen (June 8th, 2026)
8) QB Sladen Shack (June 9th, 2026)
9) LB Anthony James (June 13th, 2026)
10 WR Bennett Konkey (June 16th, 2026)
11) RB Steven Alexis (June 16th, 2026)
12) K Ulysses Morales (June 21st, 2026)
13) WR Brody Knowles (June 22nd, 2026)
14) DB Tyrone Howard Jr. (June 23rd, 2026)
15) DB Darryl Flemister (July 4th, 2026)
16) DB Trezavant Boyd (July 15th, 2026)


2028 Illini Football Commits

1) QB Owen Herrick (September 16th, 2026)
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Did the OL that we got yesterday decommit already?
 
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IlliniWu
Joel Goodson said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2108666394405486952

WR Class of 28’| 6’1 | 200 lbs | 4.5 Laser | James Island Charter High School
Charleston, SC
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Whats with the black in the background of the block I in a few of these offer posts? I wonder if that came from the staff. I've been all for adding a black uniform btw. I had a black orange and navy blue Illini hate a while back and I've thought it would be cool to have a black alternate uniform with that style Orange block I outline with navy blue under the orange outline (All black).
 
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STLini25
Illinois_2_AZ said:
Regardless of how the rest of this season plays out, at least we have a lot of early playing time to offer recruits. Hopefully some of the talented freshmen currently on the roster see some meaningful game action in the next few weeks, to cement this point.
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Almost the entire offense is back next year. In addition, BB does not like playing freshman. We aren’t playing freshman next year.
 
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therealmiket86
AssemblyHallForever said:
We will have playing time on the defensive side of the ball but you are right, Bret doesn’t like playing freshmen but he will if he has to
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They’ll play freshman if they give us a better chance to win. It’s not for sure anyone is back on either side of the ball. Offensively you should have a very good group back. We better be ready to speed a lot on defense
 
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Hingle McCringleberry
aaeismacgychel said:
Yeah you can see where this one is headed from a mile away. Going to be a tough sell to convince him to stay committed out of state for what will likely be significantly significantly less money.
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And to an IL team that is struggling compared to an OU team coming off a HUGE upset win against #1 Texas in an electric game environment.

Tall task for our coaches 🤞
 
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