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From Illinois website:

Height: 6-2
Weight: 210
Position: DB
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
High school: Hales Franciscan
Jersey number: 21

Career Highs
Tackles: 16 at Nebraska, 10/1/16
Solos: 10 at Rutgers, 10/15/16
TFLs: 1.5 at Rutgers, 10/15/16
Sacks: 0.5 at Rutgers, 10/15/16
Fumbles Forced: 1, twice (last vs. Nebarska, 9/29/17)
Fumbles Recovered: 1, twice (last at Iowa, 10/7/17)
PBUs: 1, twice (last at Iowa, 10/7/17)

2017 Sophomore
Played in 10 games with eight starts at safety
Missed two games with an injury
65 tackles (32 solo), 2.5 TFLs, two pass breakups, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery
Tied for third on the team in tackles (65)
Third on the team in forced fumbles (2)
Third on the team in tackles during Big Ten games (51)
Transferred following the season

2016 Redshirt Freshman
Played in all 12 games with six starts at safety
ESPN.com and Big Ten Network All-Freshman Team
Third on the team with 75 tackles (34 solo)
2.5 TFLs, 0.5 sack, one fumble recovery on the season
Averaged 9.6 tackles during five Big Ten road games
Tied Illinois season-high 16 tackles at Nebraska in first career start
Three games with 10+ tackles (at Nebraska, at Rutgers, at Wisconsin)
Career-high 10 solo tackles at Rutgers (14 total tackles), including his first 0.5 sack and career-best 1.5 TFLs to earn Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors
Fumble recovery in the opener against Murray State
Academic All-Big Ten

2015 Freshman
Redshirted the 2015 season due to injury

High School
Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN.com, Rivals and Scout
Ranked as the No. 10 player in Illinois by Rivals
Ranked as the No. 1 safety prospect in Illinois by Scout, No. 2 by 247Sports and ESPN.com
Two-time All-Area and three-time All-Conference as a safety/running back

Does that mean he is a GT with two years, like Gilbert?

Really bolsters our safety position. A Big 10 starter with Onu, who is already 4th team all conference. Clemons and McQueen backing them up? That is a very solid unit.

Apparently he has 2 years eligible to play.

AusTxPony wrote:Apparently he has 2 years eligible to play.

and 2 years to earn a graduate degree. good for him!

Great pickup.

Can he run routes?

Well, Pat Nelson apparently has good speed for a Safety as I hear he runs a 4.5 40. He should help the secondary next year with quickness & experience. I think he played WR & RB in High School also besides Safety.

leopold wrote:Can he run routes?

I was wondering the same thing. Looks like WR is our biggest position question mark.

I hope he sees the field.

I think we have another GT WR coming before the 2018 season for sure.

northtexsmu wrote:I think we have another GT WR coming before the 2018 season for sure.

Getting late in the calendar for that to happen. Someone undecided on a school or a late decision to leave?

CA Mustang wrote:

northtexsmu wrote:I think we have another GT WR coming before the 2018 season for sure.

Getting late in the calendar for that to happen. Someone undecided on a school or a late decision to leave?

Some times it takes longer as we have to clear up space too

smupony94 wrote:

CA Mustang wrote:

northtexsmu wrote:I think we have another GT WR coming before the 2018 season for sure.

Getting late in the calendar for that to happen. Someone undecided on a school or a late decision to leave?

Some times it takes longer as we have to clear up space too

Could be, but you can't expect your target to wait indefinitely. He may get antsy and start looking elsewhere.

My impression was that the targets we had were pretty much locks.

That said, the NI transfer that went to TCU was probably considered a lock and we missed. Not sure of other misses that are out there.

It could be that there hasn't been as much attrition as anticipated.

Could also be that some of the recommittment and spring performances changed the needs a little bit.

All of that said, I would anticipate some WR GT (Does the TCU WR count?), and DT is the other area of need right now.