17. Aaron Jordan (Old: 4-star/0.9274 – New: 3-star/0.9100)
I mentioned this in the last slide, and I will mention it again. That class of 2015 had potential to set Illinois up for so much success in the future. There was so much hope after John Groce landed this class. Aaron Jordan added to that hope when he committed to the class of 2015.
Jordan was a 6-foot-4, 170-pound shooting guard coming out of Plainfield High School and residing in Plainfield, Illinois. He was rated as a four-star recruit who was the No. 118 player in the class of 2015 and the No. 36 shooting guard in the nation. He also had a composite rating of 0.9274.
The time Jordan spent with the Illinois basketball program wasn’t successful, but that doesn’t mean the kid wasn’t a good player. There were times that I typed something about him that wasn’t positive, but this kid gave everything to the program. He went through a coaching change and stuck with the team. That is something Illini fans won’t forget.
Jordan’s final two years were the most successful for Illinois. As a junior, he averaged 7.9 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. He followed that up with a senior campaign that featured him averaging 8 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. Those are solid numbers for what Illini fans were expecting.
Overall, Jordan probably wasn’t what his recruiting ranking had him at coming into college. He was a four-star with a rating of 0.9274. I adjusted that slightly down to a three-star with a rating of 0.9100. Jordan was a solid, high-end, three-star player for this program.