Recruiting Roundup: Commitments, Offers, Visits

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>***Use Code “ScottyB30” for 30% off your annual subscription***</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It was another busy week on the recruiting trail with commitments, decommitments, offers, and tons of visits for prospects around the state.&nbsp; Check it out in our Recruiting Roundup!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Commitments</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lincoln Way West 2026 defensive back [player_tooltip player_id='850831' first='Jackson' last='Mansker'] committed to University of Indianapolis.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Richards 2026 [player_tooltip player_id='829490' first='Jaiden' last='Henry'] also committed to the University of Indianapolis.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Decommitments</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>East St. Louis 2026 defensive lineman [player_tooltip player_id='401599' first='Cornell' last='McIntosh'] told us he decommitted from Northern Illinois.&nbsp; Got an offer from Lindenwood after his decommitment.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Power 4 and Group of 4 Offers</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lincoln Way East 2027 offensive tackle [player_tooltip player_id='1598833' first='Mason' last='Halliman'] scored an offer from Lincoln Way East.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Laurence 2027 EDGE [player_tooltip player_id='409208' first='Sean' last='Rice'] got an offer from the Illini on his visit to Champaign.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Morgan Park 2027 ATH Darrell Mattison scores an offer from Iowa State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rockford Guilford 2027 ATH [player_tooltip player_id='1661734' first='Keysan' last='Taylor'] got an offer from Kansas State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Libertyville 2027 tight end [player_tooltip player_id='1628153' first='Brock' last='Williams'] was offered by North Carolina.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mt. Carmel 2026 defensive end [player_tooltip player_id='1538329' first='Joey' last='Quinn'] got an offer from Miami (OH).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>East St. Louis 2027 wide receiver Laron Baker Jr scored a scholarship offer from Nebraska.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>South Elgin 2026 tight end [player_tooltip player_id='1399937' first='Gavin' last='Mueller'] got an offer from North Carolina.&nbsp; He is currently committed to Colorado, but the offers keep rolling in so he is definitely on flip watch.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Romeoville 2027 defensive end Ohimai Ozolua got an offer from Toledo.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Small College Offers</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Andrew 2026 defensive back [player_tooltip player_id='1732089' first='Connor' last='Vrastil'] lands Knox College offer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>O'Fallon 2026 offensive lineman Braden Buck scores Illinois College offer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Simeon athlete [player_tooltip player_id='1663338' first='Kenyia' last='Benbow'] scores an offer from Concordia.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Warren 2026 Cayden Janczewski scored an offer from Lake Forest College.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Burlington Central 2026 [player_tooltip player_id='814085' first='Christian' last='Livingston'] got an offer from St. Norbert.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Belleville West 2026 defensive back Rickey Salmond got an offer from Oakland City University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Benet 2026 lineman [player_tooltip player_id='801981' first='Alex' last='MacDiarmid'] landed a scholarship from UW-Whitewater.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Rita 2026 left tackle [player_tooltip player_id='1290070' first='Eli' last='Erkapic'] landed an offer from Lawrence University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hampshire 2026 Chris Whetstone landed an offer from St. Norbert College.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Patrick 2026 running back [player_tooltip player_id='1907260' first='Anthony' last='Catron'] got an offer from UW-Whitewater.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lincoln Way East 2026 tight end [player_tooltip player_id='1400856' first='Aidan' last='Hantson'] got an offer from Carthage.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Nazareth 2026 linebacker Noah Sanchez got an offer from North Central.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Homewood Flossmoor's Joaquin Jordan got an offer from Bemidji State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Providence Catholic 2026 fullback Joey Levy got an offer from Lawrence University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Glenbard South 2026 lineman Jacob Washington secured an offer from North Central.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sandburg 2026 offensive lineman [player_tooltip player_id='1364281' first='Finn' last='Rafferty'] got an offer from Lake Forest.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eureka 2026 [player_tooltip player_id='814085' first='Christian' last='Livingston'] got an offer from Eureka.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bishop McNamara's [player_tooltip player_id='1670096' first='Jordan' last='Callaway'] was offered by Calvin University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brother Rice 2026 defensive lineman Brian O'Sullivan got an offer from Concordia St. Paul.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wheaton Warrenville South tight end [player_tooltip player_id='1399985' first='Kirby' last='Christensen'] also got an offer from Concordia St. Paul.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Simeon 2026 ATH Kenyi Benbow got an offer from Minot State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Forreston defensive back [player_tooltip player_id='1677156' first='Kayden' last='Loomis'] scored an offer from Crown College.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Geneseo 2026 Kye Weinzierl landed an offer from Western Illinois.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mt. Carmel 2026 defensive tackle Landin Carter got an offer from Rockford University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Visits</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Illinois hosted prospects from across the state for their game last weekend.&nbsp; Mt. Zion 2026 pass catcher [player_tooltip player_id='212314' first='Jacob' last='Harvey'] was on campus for the game.&nbsp; Washington 2028 quarterback [player_tooltip player_id='992460' first='Noah' last='Garcia'] was in Champaign.&nbsp; Sophomore running back [player_tooltip player_id='1565277' first='Quincy' last='Fulton'] from Newton made the trip north.&nbsp; Whitney Young senior defensive lineman [player_tooltip player_id='801717' first='Markius' last='Woods'] was also in Champaign.&nbsp; Althoff junior quarterback [player_tooltip player_id='214234' first='Jayden' last='Ellington'] was in the house as well.&nbsp; His teammate 2027 offensive lineman Jordan Deshaun Wright was at the Big 10 game.&nbsp; Byron 2027 [player_tooltip player_id='1958353' first='Jekyven' last='Edmonson'] made the trip to Champaign.&nbsp; Geneseo 2026 defender Kye Weinzierl was at the Illini game.&nbsp; St. Ignatius 2027 athlete [player_tooltip player_id='1350489' first='Connor' last='Wanzung'] was at the game as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bolingbrook 2028 defensive end [player_tooltip player_id='975570' first='Darieon' last='Prescott'] was at Ohio State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Iowa State had elite 2027 offensive lineman [player_tooltip player_id='901504' first='Carlos' last='Rios'] of DePaul Prep in for their game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minnesota had York 2027 standout Owen Roberts on campus for a visit to their game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Western Michigan hosted Dekalb 2028 athlete LeBron Carrington for their game.&nbsp; Dekalb offensive lineman Scott Durand was also at WMU as was Eisenhower 2028 Gabe Lewis.&nbsp; His teammate Damian Lewis also made the trip to Western Michigan.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Ignatius 2027 defensive back [player_tooltip player_id='1865423' first='Connor' last='Hites'] took in a game at Penn.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Illinois State hosted Peoria Notre Dame 2027 [player_tooltip player_id='1647228' first='Dallas' last='Harder'] on Saturday.&nbsp; Plainfield South 2027 defensive end [player_tooltip player_id='1732513' first='Easton' last='Ripke'] was also in Bloomington.&nbsp; Peoria Notre Dame 2027 lineman [player_tooltip player_id='1653063' first='Noah' last='Tockes'] had a visit to Illinois State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minooka 2026 offensive lineman [player_tooltip player_id='1627903' first='Dante' last='Mordan'] was at Eastern Illinois.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pekin 2027 athlete Dylan Anderson was at Murray State for their game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Curtis Bladen Jr of Urbana visited Milliken over the weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Trine University hosted La Salle Peru 2027 linebacker Brady Twardowski.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>O'Fallon 2026 linebacker Triston Manrique was at Missouri S&amp;T for a visit.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Grayslake Central 2026 wide receiver [player_tooltip player_id='1664014' first='Bryce' last='Carlson'] was at UW-Platteville.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->