Video: A.J. Epenesa highlightsThe Edwardsville defensive end will play at Iowa.
MaxPreps is your source for National Signing Day information this season, nationwide and in Illinois.
The activity and suspense from the day has just about wrapped up and Illinois can lay claim to 75 recruits who signed National Letters of Intent. There are also five more who are still committed but have not signed.
Visit our
Illinois National Signing Day page to see the names, rankings and high schools of all the Illinois players who signed or did not sign Wednesday. You can sort by division as well, breaking things down to even smaller levels.
Here are some fun facts from what went down on National Signing Day in Illinois:
- The Land of Lincoln's lone 5-star recruit,
Edwardsville DE
A.J. Epenesa went across the Mississippi River to play for the University of Iowa.
- The University of Illinois landed nine in-state recruits, including 4-star
Peoria T
Kendrick Green and
Brother Rice (Chicago) WR
Ricky Smalling.
- Notre Dame got a pair of 4-stars in
Saint Viator (Arlington Heights) TE/DE
Cole Kmet and
Neuqua Valley (Naperville) WR/FS
Isaiah Robertson.
- The University of Wyoming got seven recruits from Illinois to come west to Laramie, led by 3-star
Oak Park-River Forest (Oak Park) WR
Jared Scott.
Jeff Thomas of East St. Louis signed with Miami.
Photo by Jimmy Simmons
