Big Ten breakdown: Illini ninth

The 6-foot-7, 220-pound Rochester (Ill.) defensive end has scholarship offers from Illinois, Boston College and Central Michigan.

Ranking the Big Ten

Here's how staff writer Bob Asmussen sees the 2010 Big Ten classes:

SCHOOL TOP RECRUIT

1. Penn State RB Silas Redd

2. Michigan QB Devin Gardner

3. Ohio State OT Andrew Norwell

4. Michigan State DE William Gholston

5. Iowa TE C.J. Fiedorowicz

6. Purdue WR O.J. Ross

7. Wisconsin DT Beau Allen

8. Minnesota OT Jimmy Gjere

9. Illinois QB Chandler Whitmer

10. Northwestern DE Chance Carter

11. Indiana RB Matt Perez

Comments

We couldn't win with top recruits, so let's see how we do with the 'left overs'.

Posted by Illini1973 on February 4, 2010 at 6:01 AM | Suggest Removal

well spoken, Illini1973. I second that. And Illini nation could not have made a better statement.

Posted by tonyjb37 on February 4, 2010 at 9:26 AM | Suggest Removal

You guys (posters above) are wrong again. What negative lives you live. Go Illini!

Posted by kfj on February 4, 2010 at 2:45 PM | Suggest Removal

I also agree. Zook needs to move on. Talk is cheap. Put up the Wins.

Posted by z on February 4, 2010 at 2:48 PM | Suggest Removal

Keep insisting that Illinois deserves much better.

Posted by TotalIlliniFan on February 6, 2010 at 7:43 AM | Suggest Removal