"I wanted to show them the real Trey Petty": 2024 Illini QB Commit Impresses with Bielema & Lunney Watching

With Illinois head coach Bret Bielema and Illini offensive coordinator Barry Lunney Jr. on the sidelines Friday night, the program’s 2024 class verbal commitment at quarterback was more than impressive.

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

October 28, 2023

STARKVILLE, Miss. — With a live audience including the two Illinois coaches who primarily recruited him, Trey Petty displayed all the physical qualities that led him to be the program’s 2024 class verbal pledge at quarterback . . .

 

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