With two more recruits commiting this week, University of Illinois football coach Ron Turner has 16 set to join his program.

CHAMPAIGN – It's been a bad week for University of Illinois outside linebackers.

One day after touted freshman Eric Jefferson left school, Illinois announced on Tuesday junior Cyron Brown has been dismissed from the team. Coach Ron Turner said Brown "violated team rules."

Turner wouldn't elaborate on why Brown was dismissed.

University of Illinois football coach Ron Turner gained more up-front help this week with the announcement that College of DuPage standout Matt Carlton (6-foot-5, 340 pounds) will sign with Illinois on Wednesday. Carlton is No. 16 on Turner's list of prospective signees.

Sam Price, a member of Illinois' 1963 Big Ten championship football team, confirmed last week that his son, 275-pound tackle Oliver King, will sign with new Illini coach Ron Turner on Feb. 5.

CHAMPAIGN – It's been a bad week for University of Illinois outside linebackers.

One day after touted freshman Eric Jefferson left school, Illinois announced on Tuesday junior Cyron Brown has been dismissed from the team. Coach Ron Turner said Brown "violated team rules."

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Jess Settles, Jerry Hester, Dan Earl, Andrae Patterson, Mateen Cleaves.

The Big Ten's list of walking wounded reads like an all-conference team.

The question everyone's asking, with all these football prospects running around campus from Louisiana, Florida and Connecticut, is: "How good are they ... really?

   The treasures, seemingly, are in the Deep South, and that''s where Ron Turner is looking as he tries to salvage a tough Illini football recruiting season.