ILLINOIS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Illini Recruiters Making Up For Lost Time
It's hard to imagine the difficulty former Fighting Illini football coaches faced trying to compete with major college powers having large, viable player personnel departments that assist in recruiting. The Illini now have people doing that work as well. Chad Creamer assists the Player Personnel office by performing myriad background tasks for the Illini coaching staff.
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8 hours ago
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Miami Cornerback Intrigued By Illini Offer
In a continuing quest for defensive backfield talent, the Fighting Illini are checking out Miami products. Among those identified for a scholarship offer is Troy McCollum. The North Miami cornerback may have to wait until an official visit to make it to the Midwest, but he is intrigued by the offer.
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1 day ago
Creamer Aids Player Personnel Department
Fighting Illini football coach Tim Beckman is trying to expand his support staff to better compete with his Big 10 brethren. Among those he's added to the staff is Chad Creamer, who assists Paul Nichols in the Director of Player Personnel office. Like Nichols, he misses coaching. But he is getting a crash course in recruiting at a high major level.
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1 day ago
Miles Osei Embraces Multiple Positions
They say, "Necessity is the mother of invention." That certainly holds true for Fighting Illini football player Miles Osei. Listed #3 on the quarterback depth chart last fall, he became an indispensable man this spring. With depth issues at running back and receiver, Osei found himself learning multiple positions and performing well at each one.
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4 days ago
Reon Dawson Becomes 10th Illini Commit
Fighting Illini football coaches are searching the country for defensive backs to add depth at those critical positions. They accomplished part of their mission when Trotwood-Madison cornerback Reon Dawson committed to the school. The three-star athlete is the tenth known commitment and second defensive back for the 2013 class.
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4 days ago
Townie Excited By Illini Football Offer
The Fighting Illini football coaching staff is searching far and wide for top prospects. As it turns out, they needed to look no further than their back yard for one possibility. St. Thomas More athlete John Strauser was offered a scholarship by the Illini. The versatile Strauser promises to take the offer seriously.
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6 days ago
2014 Trevon Bluiett Receives Illini Offer
John Groce and his Fighting Illini basketball staff continue to evaluate prospects and make decisions on scholarship offers. The latest known offer went out to Indianapolis shooting guard Trevon Bluiett. Check out Bluiett in these video highlights.
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7 days ago
Florida DB Includes Illinois Among Top Three
The Fighting Illini football team is searching far and wide for defensive backs. Depth is an issue on the current team, so several defensive backs will be added to the fold next February. Among those with offers is Florida cornerback Blake McClain.
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7 days ago
Florida DT Likes Fighting Illini Line Success
The success of recent Fighting Illini defensive linemen in the NFL draft has not gone unnoticed by top d-line prospects around the country. The Illini are working hard to add depth to the line, and a number of prospects are intrigued. One who lists the Illini in his top five is Floridian Monty Nelson.
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8 days ago
Tim Beckman Updates Fighting Illini Football
Spring practices ended over a month ago, but the Fighting Illini football coaching staff is as busy as ever. Assistants have been on the road evaluating prospects, and head coach Tim Beckman is traveling around the state with the Illini Caravan. He updates the progress of his team plus gives opinions regarding a college playoff in this report.
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10 days ago
Pat Fitzgerald and Tim Beckman try to act like Northwestern-Illinois rivalry is relevant.
Top: Tim Beckman Bottom: Pat Fitzgerald.
Oh, how cute! Northwestern head football coach Pat Fitzgerald and First-year Illinois HC Tim Beckman are acting like the Wildcat and Fighting Illini have an actual rivalry worth making a fuss over.
"Fitzgerald called the Illini “that team from Champaign” during a Wrigley Field stop last week, and Beckman put up a sign in...
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14 days ago
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14 days ago
Cozart adds offer from Illinois
Recently, Roeland Park (KS) Bishop Miege quarterback Montell Cozart turned in an impressive performance at the Elite 11 regional event in Columbus, Ohio. So though he's committed to Kansas, other programs continue to take notice, and Wednesday he picked up his fifth BCS offer - from the Fighting Illini of the University of Illinois.
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14 days ago
AP source: Former Illini Head signs at SMU
Former Illinois reserve Crandall Head has signed to play with SMU.
An SMU official familiar with Head's decision said he signed his paperwork Thursday. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because Head's decision hasn't been announced by the school.
The 6-4, 190-pound Head will have to sit out a year under NCAA rules. He has two more years of eligibility...
Via AP on Fox
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20 days ago
Scouting Report - Meyers Leonard
Today’s NBA Draft Blog Scouting Report looks at a big man with a lot of potential, Illinois’ Meyers Leonard. Leonard is 7’1 and athletic for his size, but he still needs to improve a lot of areas of his game, on both ends of the floor. Will his potential and size be enough to get him into the lottery? Let’s take a look at Meyers Leonard:
Meyers Leonard, Illinois...
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23 days ago
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23 days ago
Illinois adds McLaurin from Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina forward Sam McLaurin will transfer to Illinois after his graduation this month.
In a news release Friday, Illinois says the 6-8, 230-pound McLaurin will enroll as a graduate student and has one season of eligibility left. Under NCAA rules, he'll be able to play next season.
McLaurin started 31 games for the Chanticleers last season. He averaged 10 points and...
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26 days ago
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