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Illinois Football: 5 players most likely to commit to the Illini for 2020

By Rees Woodcock

CHAMPAIGN, IL - OCTOBER 13: The Big Ten logo is displayed on a scoring pylon during the college football game between the Purdue Boilermakers and the Illinois Fighting Illini on October 13, 2018, at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
CHAMPAIGN, IL - OCTOBER 13: The Big Ten logo is displayed on a scoring pylon during the college football game between the Purdue Boilermakers and the Illinois Fighting Illini on October 13, 2018, at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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LINCOLN, NE – NOVEMBER 10: Head coach Lovie Smith of the Illinois Fighting Illini walks on the field before the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) /

With every recruiting class, there are some players who the Illinois football team comes so close to snagging but are left at the doorstep.

Illinois fans had to deal with a little bit of that on Monday morning. One of the top targets on the board for the Illini, Mookie Cooper, decided to pick Ohio State over Illinois and three other programs. Not getting Cooper hurt as a fan. The video hurt a little bit too, but I wish the kid nothing but the best moving forward.

While losing Cooper hurts, especially to another Big Ten program, Illinois will recover. There are a lot of other players out there for us to land. We need to continue building up the class of 2020 so we can continue making a march toward a Big Ten Championship game. That is my goal for this program in the near future.

There are a decent amount of recruits who have either cut their list down or seem to be pretty interested in the Illini. These players could really help this team get over the hump and get a solid class of 2020 signed come December and February.

Here are five players most likely to commit to the Illini for 2020.

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