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Illinois DL Rylie Mills earns Rutgers offer | WR coach Lester Erb could play a role

Rylie Mills is a long, athletic defensive lineman out of Lake Forest (Ill.), who now holds an offer from Rutgers. A 6-5, 265-pound sophomore four-star with burst, Mills holds 15 offers total, including the favorite Notre Dame, Michigan, Duke, Boston College and Indiana, to name a few. But he does claim a connection to the Scarlet Knights.

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"My head coach and coach Lester Erb have known each other for a while," Mills told NJ.com. "My head coach (Chuck) Spagnoli told me that they had known each other a long time when he told me I received the offer.