Since recruiting rankings started to become a thing, Illinois’ cap has been around the No. 20 player in the class. We have had a few big-time recruits around this mark like Dee Brown and Meyers Leonard. Over the weekend, though, Illinois started to recruit a top-five player. The Illini extended a scholarship offer to Michael Foster.
Foster is a 6-foot-9, 220-pound power forward from Washington Information Technology High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is rated as a five-star recruit who is the No. 4 player in the class of 2021 and the No. 1 power forward in the nation.