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Illinois expected 18 National Letters of Intent today, and they got exactly what they expected. No recruits surprised Illinois today, but none broke their hearts either. In Champaign, we call that a square deal.
As of 2:30 p.m., Rivals ranks Illinois' class 71st in the country and 13th in the Big Ten (we include Rutgers and Maryland now) ahead of only Purdue. Here's the Big Ten rankings.
No. 3 - Ohio St. Buckeyes
No. 21 - Michigan St. Spartans
No. 31 - Michigan Wolverines
No. 32 - Nebraska Cornhuskers
No. 33 - Wisconsin Badgers
No. 36 - Indiana Hoosiers
No. 52 - Minnesota Golden Gophers
No. 53 - Maryland Terrapins
No. 57 - Rutgers Scarlet Knights
No. 60 - Iowa Hawkeyes
No. 65 - Northwestern Wildcats
No. 71 - Illinois Fighting Illini
No. 74 - Purdue Boilermakers
Illinois' class is a smattering of both freshman and JUCO recruits. You can read a round-up of each of those player pools in the box below.
Here's the 18 players who have signed their NLI to play football at the University of Illinois.
- 3-star WR Tyrin Stone-Davis (JUCO)
- 4-star DT Jihad Ward (No. 6 JUCO player in the country, per 247sports)
- 2-star DB Chris James
- 3-star RB Matt Domer
- 3-star WR Malik Turner
- 3-star LB Carroll Phillips (JUCO)
- 3-star DB Julian Hylton
- 2-star LB Henry McGrew
- 2-star LB Austin Roberts
- 3-star DE Tito Odenigbo
- 3-star OL Nick Allegretti
- 3-star LB Tre Watson
- 3-star WR Geronimo Allison (JUCO)
- 3-star QB Chayce Crouch
- 3-star OL Peter Cvijanovic
- 3-star WR Mike Dudek
- 2-star DL Joe Fotu (JUCO)
- 3-star DL Paul James III
