Oak Lawn (IL) Brother Rice WR Ricky Smalling
Team Ranking for 2017: #45. Illinois signed 25 three-stars.
Cream of the Crop for 2017: Illinois’ top-ranked player is Oak Lawn (IL) Brother Rice linebacker Ricky Smalling, a 3-star, the #52 wide receiver, and #357 overall. He picked the Fighting Illini over offers from Minnesota and Wisconsin. They also signed 6’1″, 215 lb. Delshawn Phillips, the #31 overall JUCO player from Garden City (KS) Garden City Community College. Phillips played his high school ball at Detroit (MI) Cass Tech. The one player Michigan offered in the Illini’s class is 6’0″, 185 lb. running back Mike Epstein, a 3-star, the #59 running back, and #1051 overall.
Team Ranking for 2018: N/A. Illinois has zero commits.
Cream of the Crop for 2018: N/A. See above.
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Lovey Smith has his work cut out for him. Who’s the first team he upsets? PennSt? Ohio? Wisconsin? My bet is, he gets one and soon
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My guess is the Ohio…Bobcats.
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