Snagging as many playmakers as possible is important. Illinois wants recruits who can fly all over the field and make big plays for the program. Getting those types of players into the program is the hard part. But offering someone like Johntay Cook is a step in the right direction.
Cook is a 6-foot, 170-pound athlete from DeSoto High School and resides in DeSoto, Texas. He isn’t rated or ranked by the recruiting sites yet because he is from the class of 2023, but there are already a good number of teams who are coming after the talented recruit.