Recruiting Spotlight on Jakwon Morris

By Steve Sturm - IlliniGuys Football Analyst

December 2, 2025

(Cover photo courtesy player's X page)

Illinois digging deep into the JUCO ranks as the Illini start to make plans for next year and as I write this have added three potential starters from junior colleges in the last week. In my humble opinion, Jakwon Morris is the best of the three. Morris was ranked by some as the top junior college cornerback in the nation and broke a commitment to USC when he picked the Illini. Morris is from Mississippi, like many of the current Illini and fellow JUCO . . .

 

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