Illinois landed its fifth commitment of the 2018 class from four-star, 6-foot-6, 200-pound wing Tevian Jones via his Twitter on Tuesday morning.
With all thanks to the man above, I am very proud to announce my commitment to the University of Illinois!!! #ILL pic.twitter.com/es0YGmf5nH
— u2728T.Jonesu2728 (@TheReal_TJones) April 3, 2018
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Brad Underwood and staff had felt like the frontrunners to land the California native for the past couple weeks now. Jones took an official visit to Champaign earlier last month, and the Illini had been in the driver’s seat of the recruitment amid scandals with Arizona and Head Coach Sean Miller.