Recruiting: Keep An Eye Out For 2023's Richard Barron
By Kedric Prince - IlliniGuys.com Director of Recruiting
July 22, 2022
(Cover photo courtesy Rich Barron's Twitter page)
Last year at this time, St. Ignatius power forward Richard Barron made an unofficial visit to the University of Illinois. Barron is a teammate of Phoenix Gill, a current freshman who received a scholarship offer from the Fighting Illini.
Barron is a 6-foot-5, 205-pound shooting guard who Illinois watched a few times this summer. He is an interesting prospect who likes Illinois a lot, but he is what you might call a “tweener.” He is big, strong and that works for high school, but would have to see that translate to college.