The class of 2019 still needs to be completed but Illinois is off to a great start there. That class will be one of the best groups of players to come to Champaign in the last two decades. Lovie Smith and the Illini coaching staff continue to work on the class of 2020 recruits as well.
Josh Helmholdt of Rivals tweeted out that wide receiver Jadon Thompson says Illinois, Minnesota and Purdue have all made good connections with the young wide receiver. The fact the Illini are in the discussion for Thompson is big for the program.
Thompson is a 6-foot-2, 160-pound wide receiver from Marist High School in Chicago, Illinois.