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Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

Ep. 635 - Illini add four more for 2024

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner, Ryan Easterling and Joey Wagner discuss Illinois football landing four more commitments in the Class of 2024: three-star OL/DL Eddie Tuerk, three-star WR Tysean Griffin, three-star OL Zafir Stewart and three-star WR Carlos Orr. The guys discuss what each brings to the Illini and how they impact the Class of 2024, and the guys also discuss Illinois missing out on four-star Naperville North DB Luke Williams, who committed to Purdue. The guys then wrap up by discussing what's next in the Class of 2024.

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0:00.0

Hey, we're back. We were just doing this last night, a two commitment night for Illinois football on Sunday night.

0:19.3

But Monday, even better as they get four kind of

0:23.0

one, two, three, four commitments on this day. Not a perfect day as one of their top targets

0:27.2

heads to a Big Ten rival. But welcome into the Alina Inquirer podcast. We have assembled the

0:33.1

crew once again. It's Jeremy Warner, Ryan Easterling, and Joey Wagner.

0:38.2

So Luke Williams decides to go to Purdue, but other than that, this is one of the

0:42.9

best Illinois football recruiting days that I can remember in quite some time.

0:48.2

I'll throw it to you here, Ryan, but I just want to recap for everyone.

0:51.7

Tycheon Griffin, Morgan Park out of Chicago. Athletes play the

0:56.2

slot for Illinois. He's a top 500 prospect in the country, top 12 prospect in the state.

1:02.7

He commits Illinois. Eddie Turk, a top 500 prospect, top 12 prospect in the state at a

1:07.7

Lions Township. Offensive slash defensive lineman, not sure yet where he'll play.

1:13.0

He's not sure yet where he'll play, but he's a good lineman.

1:17.0

He's hopped on board with Illinois.

1:19.3

Three-star wide receiver out of Tennessee Carlos Oro hops on board.

1:23.3

And we delayed the podcast not only because my daughter was having a little tantrum,

1:28.1

but also because we were waiting for three-star offensive linemen.

1:31.7

Zafir Stewart, who announces his commitment out of Pennsylvania.

1:36.0

Yes, Ryan, that is four.

1:37.7

That's, uh, we're kind of going back and forth on text message.

1:41.3

That's the best Illinois football recruiting day since when.

1:44.7

Oh, man, it's probably been a while. I mean, they've had a few small days, like early in the

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