NORMAL — Early aggressiveness proved critical for the Illinois State football team, which announced a Signing Day class of 20 high school football recruits on Wednesday.
The Redbirds signed 18 to national letters of intent and two more to preferred walk-on agreements on the first day of the initial signing period.
None of the players who signed were able to take official visits to campus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing both recruits and coaches to resort to unconventional methods to become acquainted and pass along relevant information.
“We had to be creative with how we recruited this group due to the pandemic,” ISU coach Brock Spack said.