Illinois Football Recruiting: Griffin Palmer commits to Illini

Alex Golesh tweeted to let fans know there was good news coming and it didn't take long after that for something to actually happen. Two-star tight end/defensive end Griffin Palmer gave a verbal commitment to the Illini via his Twitter on Tuesday night. The 6'6 St. Louis native was previously committed to Miami (OH) and held other offers from Iowa State, New Mexico, and Illinois State.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Awesome news coming through....Exciting day for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Illini?src=hash">#Illini</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FREAKS?src=hash">#FREAKS</a></p>&mdash; Alex Golesh (@CoachGolesh) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachGolesh/status/613472629412995072">June 23, 2015</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Proud to announce my commitment to The University of Illinois !!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Illini?src=hash">#Illini</a> <a href="http://t.co/JrqpZwoDBW">pic.twitter.com/JrqpZwoDBW</a></p>&mdash; Griff Palmer (@griffINgriffOUT) <a href="https://twitter.com/griffINgriffOUT/status/613514559471554560">June 24, 2015</a></blockquote>

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Highlights:

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Palmer is the fourth player to commit to the Illini since Saturday. You can read about the others here, here, and here.

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