There have been multiple scholarship offers from the Illini to the Lone Star State products. Illinois has focused on many different areas in the state of Texas, and one of those areas was defensive end. Alec Bryant announced Friday that he had received one of the Illinois scholarship offers.
Bryant is a 6-foot-3, 230-pound weakside defensive end from Shadow Creek High School in Pearland, Texas. He is rated as a four-star recruit who is the No. 168 player in the class of 2020 and the No. 9 weakside defensive end in the nation. He is also the No.