Coe and Flavin choose Big Ten; Raffelson, Venegoni go with Western Illinois.
Three Illinois football players committed to college programs over the past week:
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Rodney Coe, a 230-pound, 6-foot-3 running back at Edwardsville, verbaled
his commitment to Iowa. He had multiple of offers from other
major-college schools, including Illinois, Kansas and Florida.
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Pat Flavin, a 260-pound, 6-foot-7 offensive lineman at Benet Academy in
Lisle, verbaled to Illinois. Flavin had more than 20 other scholarship
offers, including California, Purdue, Boston College and Indiana. He
verbaled to the Illini less than a week after making his official campus
visit.
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J.J. Raffelson, an Illinois All-State linebacker at Class
7A finalist Lake Zurich, verbaled his commitment to Western Illinois.
Raffelson, 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, led the Bears with 23 sacks and 114
tackles. He had also received interest from Indiana, Iowa and Illinois.
Also verbaling to Western Illinois was Luke Venegoni, a 6-foot-2
linebacker at Mundelein Carmel Catholic. Venegoni chose Western
Illinois over South Dakota State.
