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Recruiting: IlliniGuys.com Catches Up With 2022 WR Shawn Miller

By Kedric Prince - IlliniGuys.com Director of Recruiting

December 9, 2021

Shawn Miller is a 2022 6-foot-1, 190-pound wide receiver from Scottsdale, Arizona, who plays at IMG Academy in Florida and who committed to the Illini early mainly due to how the staff made him a priority.

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Illini Bow Out of NCAA Tournament With Loss To Nebraska

IlliniGuys Staff December 9, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas -- The […]

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Recruiting class retrospective

I used to write short reviews of our incoming recruits for a different website, and over the years I've found it fun to look back and see where I was right or wrong. This year, I decided to let everyone else in on the fun with each of the members of Illinois' outgoing class.

Tony Adams- Before: I wrote how much I loved how this young man hits from the safety position. He has a pretty good film as a wide receiver, but if you put him at that position you'd be wasting his biggest asset. I can see why he doesn't have many high major offers due to the lack of competition and his difficult projection because he has the size of a corner but he only played safety in high school and that appears to fit his strengths.

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Recruiting: Illini Pursuing 2023 SG from Florida

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys.com Director of Recruiting

December , 2021

Kris Parker courtesy newsbreak.com

Kris Parker, a 6-foot-6, 170-pound shooting guard from Quincy, Florida

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Ayo To Return for Jersey Ceremony Next Month

(From Illinois Sports Information Office) December 8, 2021 Champaign, […]

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Notable Quarterbacks in the Transfer Portal

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

December , 2021

The season is over now for the Fighting Illini, but this staff knows a key position to take the next step is finding a quality signal caller who can lead Illinois to the top of the West Division of the Big Ten. Here are several key players in the portal.

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Recruiting: Illini making a strong push for Texas difference maker

Curlee Thomas is a 6-foot-4, 240-pound OLB from Fort Worth, Texas who is "only" listed as a three-star player, but it appears the gurus missed the boat with this wanted high school star.

The class of 2022 star tells IlliniGuys.com that he currently holds 45 DI offers and Illinois assistant coach Kevin Kane is in heavy pursuit.

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Sturdy's 3 Takeaways- Illini Win at Iowa.

By Brad Sturdy - IlliniGuys Insider/Analyst

December 7, 2021

The Illini backed up their home win last week with a big road win in Iowa City. The Illini got 21 points apiece from Alfonso Plummer and Jacob Grandison, 18 from Trent Frazier and a dominant 17 and 18 from Kofi Cockburn to move to 2-0 in league play and 7-2 overall. The nation’s leading scorer, Keegan Murray, finished with 19 points but only had 2 in the first half and took 15 shots to do it.

Illinois struggled with 18 turnovers, and Iowa got 26 points off of those turnovers, but dominated the offensive glass 52-23 and won the second chance points battle 24-11.

Here’s a look at what we saw:

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Heat Checks and Hail Marys - Big Win in Iowa City

Mike Cagley, IlliniGuys December 7, 2021 Tonight, the Illini […]

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Jacob Grandison’s Calm & “California Cool” Leads Illini To Victory

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The “California cool” mentality that Jacob Grandison has mastered as a 23-year-old college basketball player was learned in his kindergarten gym class.

Following a 21-2 run in a first half where everything was going wrong for Illinois and the Carver-Hawkeye Arena crowd was alive for the first time Monday night, Grandison stood around unphased, unrattled and calm to lead the Illini to its first true road win of the 2021-22 season. Grandison, who finished with a team-high 21 points off the bench in the 87-83 win at Iowa, let his athletic ability do the talking - something he learned from his father James before a memorable sprint race among kindergarten-age athletes in the Oakland, Calif. area.

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