Illinois Fighting Illini
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2017 Player Commits
| Commits | ESPN 300 Commits | Other Commits | |||
| 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
Recruiting Class:
| PLAYER | POS | LOCATION | HT | WT | STARS | GRADE | SCHOOL |
 | #61 WR | Chicago, IL Brother Rice High School | 6'1'' | 195 | 80 | Illinois Signed | |
| #40 OT | Saint Louis, MO Trinity Catholic High School | 6'5'' | 310 | 80 | Illinois Signed | ||
| #3 OLB (JC) | Detroit, MI Garden City Community College | 6'2'' | 215 | 79 | Illinois Signed | ||
 | #54 DE | Miramar, FL Miami Central High School | 6'4'' | 229 | 78 | Illinois Signed | |
 | #53 DT | Peoria, IL Peoria High School | 6'2'' | 270 | 78 | Illinois Signed | |
 | #125 WR | Bolingbrook, IL Bolingbrook High School | 6'1'' | 175 | 77 | Illinois Signed | |
 | #130 WR | Miami, FL Miami Central High School | 6'0'' | 182 | 77 | Illinois Signed | |
| #16 TE-H | Jacksonville, FL Ribault High School | 6'5'' | 220 | 76 | Illinois Signed | ||
| #162 WR | Saint Louis, MO Saint Louis University High | 6'0'' | 185 | 76 | Illinois Signed | ||
| #87 DE | Largo, FL Largo High School | 6'4'' | 215 | 75 | Illinois Signed | ||
 | #88 DE | Huntley, IL Huntley High School | 6'3'' | 238 | 75 | Illinois Signed | |
 | #36 QB-DT | Chicago Heights, IL Marian Catholic High School | 6'3'' | 181 | 75 | Illinois Signed | |
 | #86 RB | Cincinnati, OH Sycamore High School | 5'11'' | 200 | 74 | Illinois Signed | |
| #80 OG | Cincinnati, OH Colerain High School | 6'4'' | 275 | 74 | Illinois Signed | ||
 | #89 RB | Fort Lauderdale, FL Saint Thomas Aquinas High School | 5'11'' | 185 | 74 | Illinois Signed | |
| #104 OT | Mount Prospect, IL Prospect High School | 6'6'' | 270 | 73 | Illinois Signed | ||
 | #107 DE | Jacksonville, FL Trinity Christian Academy | 6'2'' | 227 | 73 | Illinois Signed | |
| #108 CB | Louisville, KY Louisville Male High School | 5'11'' | 170 | 73 | Illinois Signed | ||
| #87 S | East Saint Louis, IL East St. Louis High School | 5'11'' | 200 | 73 | Illinois Signed | ||
 | #106 OG | Rockford, IL Auburn High School | 6'5'' | 336 | 72 | Illinois Signed | |
| #135 DE | Hueytown, AL Hueytown High School | 6'3'' | 240 | 70 | Illinois Signed | ||
| #122 OLB | Chicago, IL Saint Rita High School | 6'1'' | 210 | 68 | Illinois Signed | ||
 | S | Fort Myers, FL Fort Myers High School | 6'1'' | 190 | NR | Illinois Signed | |
 | S | Mountain View, CA Saint Francis High School | 5'11'' | 192 | NR | Illinois Signed | |
| QB-DT (JC) | Tampa, FL Garden City Community College | 6'5'' | 225 | NR | Illinois Committed 12/04/2016 |