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Illinois Football: Illini commits who plan to sign NLI this week

By Rees Woodcock

IOWA CITY, IOWA- OCTOBER 07: Head coach Lovie Smith of the Illinois Fighting Illini during the second quarter against the Iowa Hawkeyes on October 7, 2017 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
IOWA CITY, IOWA- OCTOBER 07: Head coach Lovie Smith of the Illinois Fighting Illini during the second quarter against the Iowa Hawkeyes on October 7, 2017 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images) /
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CHAMPAIGN, IL – NOVEMBER 25: Illinois Fighting Illini head coach Lovie Smith looks on during the game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Northwestern Wildcats on November 25, 2017 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

1. Calvin Avery

Illinois football has a reason to be excited about the class of 2018. They have some solid players committed with more sure to come. But, the prized defensive player the Illini managed to snag was defensive tackle Calvin Avery.

Avery is a four-star recruit by every recruiting website out there. He is ranked as the No. 205 player in the class of 2018 and the No. 18 defensive tackle in the nation. This is the highest rated recruit the Illini have managed to get to sign in quite some time.

On December 17, Avery took to Twitter to announce in a simple tweet that he is going to be signing on the dotted line on Wednesday, December 20. This is big news for Illini Nation considering it was being reported earlier that day Avery wasn’t going to sign during the early period.

But, now Illinois has a chance to secure a signature from one of the best defensive commitments in recent memory. There is no doubt in my mind Avery is going to be an impact player every year in the Orange and Blue, and he will start immediately. Getting someone of this caliber is going to help build this program.

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