Illinois football wrapped up signing day on Wednesday for the 2018 class. The class includes 24 new Illini joining the program that is looking to rebuild itself — or maybe more accurately just build itself — into a competitive program once again in the Big Ten.
This was the third class brought in by Lovie Smith and his staff. New this year was the early signing period in mid-December, which was heavily utilized by recruits to the surprise of many coaches around the country.
Illinois was able to secure some of their top targets early, but struggled to bring together the rest of the class after the early signing period.