CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS - NOVEMBER 02: Head coach Lovie Smith of the Illinois Fighting Illini on the field after a win over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Memorial Stadium on November 02, 2019 in Champaign, Illinois. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
Don’t look now but the Illinois football class of 2021 is building into a solid grouping and is only getting stronger.
There was a period of time in there where some Illini fans were struggling with only having one committed player for 2021. That one commitment quickly snowballed into more as Illinois sits with six commitment freshmen and two transfers for the 2021 campaign.