Brian Hightower

[Headcard]

Transferring to Illinois. Lovie seems to be taking the Hoiberg approach to recruiting.

 

[huskerssalts]

Transferring to Illinois. Lovie seems to be taking the Hoiberg approach to recruiting.

dam, I was kind of hoping we’d jump on him. And wow, Illinois has been living in that portal the past several years. Lovie just taking shots on anyone and everyone he can regardless if they been busts so far or not.

 

[Headcard]

dam, I was kind of hoping we’d jump on him. And wow, Illinois has been living in that portal the past several years. Lovie just taking shots on anyone and everyone he can regardless if they been busts so far or not.

I was hoping we wold go after him too. But as long as Manning and Betts make it, I will feel good about our WR upgrades.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Lovie definitely seems to be leaving no stone unturned in an attempt to upgrade talent.

 

[CatColumbia]

Is he better than what we currently have?

 

[mwulf]

Played with Gebbia, Dismuke, Darnay and Radley-Hiles in HS

 

[Spartanhusker]

Is he better than what we currently have?

Ouch!!!

 

[otismotis08]

Related to John Hightower? That dude can absolutely fly.

 

[Headcard]

Lovie definitely seems to be leaving no stone unturned in an attempt to upgrade talent.

Their last two recruiting classes have ranked: 88th and 73rd and they haven't been close to filling the class. I would say that is a pretty big stone that is being left unturned.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Their last two recruiting classes have ranked: 88th and 73rd and they haven't been close to filling the class. I would say that is a pretty big stone that is being left unturned.

Not sure where you are getting your data but the info I have says his last 3 classes are #46 ('17) #54('18) and #53 (19). With few exceptions prior to lovie getting there (and the zook years) they recruit in the 60s to 70s. His first cycle was 73 but he didn't have time to recruit and his class blew up from what I remember.


Edit: I have never seen such a disparity between class rankings like Illinois gets from rivals vs TOS. Nevertheless, if you know anything about Lovie taking kids that had transferred from other places the guy is definitely digging deep to bring in more talent.

 

[Headcard]

Not sure where you are getting your data but the info I have says his last 3 classes are #46 ('17) #54('18) and #53 (19). With few exceptions prior to lovie getting there (and the zook years) they recruit in the 60s to 70s. His first cycle was 73 but he didn't have time to recruit and his class blew up from what I remember.


Edit: I have never seen such a disparity between class rankings like Illinois gets from rivals vs TOS. Nevertheless, if you know anything about Lovie taking kids that had transferred from other places the guy is definitely digging deep to bring in more talent.

I am getting it from the Rivals team rankings.

2020 (88th):
https://n.rivals.com/team_rankings/2020/all-teams/football

2019 (73rd):
https://n.rivals.com/team_rankings/2019/all-teams/football

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

I am getting it from the Rivals team rankings.

2020 (88th):
https://n.rivals.com/team_rankings/2020/all-teams/football

2019 (73rd):
https://n.rivals.com/team_rankings/2019/all-teams/football

Go check out how TOS rates those classes. I get a 3-5 place discrepancy but for one of the years it was like a 25 rank jump. Idk if rivals doesn't account for transfers or what. Nevertheless, if you have paid attention to what lovie has done for recruitting there have been several examples of him bringing in guys who flamed out at othrr programs to upgrade the talent.

 

[otismotis08]

https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/john-hightower/DnO800gtDd