Ep. 638 - Illini add Konkel, Woodward to Class of 2024; Whitman roundtable takeaways

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Joey Wagner react to Illinois football adding two more commitments in the Class of 2024, landing three-star in-state TE Karsen Konkel and flipping three-star Florida DB Vernon Woodward from Wisconsin. The guys break down what each brings to the class and what it means for the Class of 2024. The guys also preview two Top247 official visitors this week and another big weekend of official visitors to close out June. Wagner and Werner close out by discussing the biggest takeaways from Josh Whitman's annual media roundtable.

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0:44.3	Music Welcome into the L'Anquire podcast. We've got a lot to talk about here.
0:46.1	It's Jeremy Warner, L'A Enquirer, L'A publisher, and Joey Wagner of Lott Inquirer as well.
0:51.3	His Illinois football lands, two more big commitments on Wednesday. Three-star downstate
0:57.2	tight end Carson Conkel, the highest rated downstate prospect in the class 2024. He commits to
1:03.6	Illinois. We'll talk all about what he brings as well as a big flip within the big 10. As Illinois
1:09.3	flips Wisconsin commit three star Florida defensive back
1:13.0	Vernon Woodward so we'll talk about that some big visitors throughout the week including a big
1:18.0	in-state you know top five instater top 100 prospect Marquis lightfoot we'll talk about that
1:25.1	a couple other four stars have visited recently and another big slate of official visitors.
1:30.4	Oh, when we talked yesterday with our annual media roundtable with Illinois Athletics Director Josh Whitman.
1:37.7	So we'll talk about everything he had to say from men's basketball and football and big issues in the world of college athletics as well as
1:46.0	new leadership in the world of college athletics and the big 10 as well as new facilities
1:50.7	improving the fan experience a lot of things we've got to get to joey wagner how are you man
1:55.2	yeah man it's there's a lot going on yesterday we thought we were just going to have josh whitman
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