Six Illini seniors selected for all-star games

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IlliniBrave75

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Jihad Ward

During his latest podcast, Duffy gushes "just a really impressive player because of his combination of size, his athleticism his high motor. He showed the ability to win with his hands early in the down. Today, in one-on-one drills, a couple times he beat Stanford's Kyle Murphy, really clean off the ball."

When discussing Ward on The College Draft with Ross Tucker podcast Duffy explains that after watching Ward for the first time, against Iowa, that he thought "there is no way this kid does not go in the top-25."

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IlliniBrave75

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Jihad Ward - #32

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New Top 32 Big Board. Written top 50 posted later today. Any standouts? pic.twitter.com/ojzUzgvRoO

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Second and Chalmers

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Versatile, and did a lot of dirty work fighting double teams and run stuffing that allowed Clements and Smoot and other guys to make flashy plays, but a first rounder? He's nowhere near what Corey Liuget was, IMO.
 
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Soxfreak64

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Second and Chalmers said:
Versatile, and did a lot of dirty work fighting double teams and run stuffing that allowed Clements and Smoot and other guys to make flashy plays, but a first rounder? He's nowhere near what Corey Liuget was, IMO.
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Agree, but a really unique body/skill set that is tailor made for a particular scheme. There aren't a lot of guys like Ward. He's also fairly raw, not sure how that factors into projections