The only thing to compete with is his former HS coach Cory Patterson is the Illini current TE coach.
But Illinois ain't got bags like that & they're just a terrible team, 4-5 wins at the very most, no kid as talented as him is going to go there knowing they'll be wasting several years playing for an awful B1G program.
And there's a very high chance Lovie gets fired this year anyway, he's at the top of the hot seat coming into this season. If we get JT4 to talk to this kid & get him down here for a few visits this one should be ours.
Coach Stubbs used to coach at Illinois St & Central Mich so he knows about recruiting the Midwest, but if Cooney takes the lead on this recruitment he'll get him locked in.