ICYMI: 2024 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Redzone Illinois updated our 2024 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 236 college prospects with a top five of Justin Scott Justin Scott 6'5" | 315 lbs | DL St. Ignatius | 2024 State IL , Tysean Griffin Tysean Griffin 5'11" | 165 lbs | ATH Morgan Park | 2024 State IL , Grant Stec Grant Stec 6'6" | 245 lbs | TE Jacobs | 2024 State IL , I’Marion Stewart I’Marion Stewart 6'1" | 180 lbs | WR Kenwood Academy | 2024 State IL , and KJ Parker KJ Parker 5'11" | 170 lbs | ATH IC Catholic Prep | 2024 State IL !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the Illinois 2024 Rankings!
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Things you need to know about our Prospect Rankings
How do you decide where a player gets ranked? Let us tell you.
Prep Redzone Illinois prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school and college coaches who watch a ton of Illinois football. We put a lot of time and energy into it and we are as diligent as we can possibly be to get it right. We never intentionally set out to bury a kid or leave them off the list. We try not to be biased, other than favoring athletes with talent and a desire to get better. We work hard at being fair.
Most importantly, this list is about college potential, not current performance. Let us repeat that: This list is about college potential, not current performance. This is the big one, the factor that causes the most consternation, the most misunderstanding, especially among keenly interested parents. With that in mind, getting your film online and attending offseason events matters greatly. It is a reality, that players who do not have accessible tape and do not play in offseason events that are highly attended by other collegiate prospects are diminishing their opportunity to get noticed and distinguish themselves as a recruit and therefore make the rankings.