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Illinois Signing Day: Illini Class Not Highly Ranked

(CBS) Nineteen players have faxed in their letters of intent to new Illinois head coach Tim Beckman.

Scout.com ranks the Illini class last in the Big Ten and 65th overall, but the average star rating of 2.63 is tied with Indiana for ninth in the conference.

Rivals.com ranks Illinois' class 10th in the Big Ten, but the average star rating of 2.80 is eighth in the conference.

Here's the full list of Illini commitments:

RB Dami Ayoola, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas)

OL Robbie Bain, Bolingbroo, Ill. (Bolingbrook)

DB Taylor Barton, Orlando, Fla. (Lake Highland Prep)

DB B.J. Bellow, New Lenox, Ill. (Lincoln-Way West)

DB V'Angelo Bentley, Cleveland, Ohio (Glenville)

RB Devin Church, Southfield, Mich. (Brother Rice)

PK Ryan Frain, Indianapolis, Ind. (Scecina)

DB Justin Hardee, Cleveland, Ohio (Glenville)

DB Jevaris Little, St. Petersburg, Fla. (Lakewood)

LB Mason Monheim, Orrville, Ohio (Orrville)

LB T.J. Neal, McKeeseport, Pa. (McKeeseport)

DL Teko Powell, Miami, Fla. (Norland)

WR J.J. Robertson, Mokena, Ill. (Lincoln-Way East)

OL Joe Spencer, Mason, Ohio (Mason)

LB Mike Svetina, Brunswick, Ohio (St. Ignatius)

RB LaKeith Walls, Cleveland, Ohio (Rhodes)

DL Vontrell Williams, Chicago, Ill. (Mt. Carmel)

DB Ta'Jarvis Fuller, Fort Meyers, Fla. (Dunbar) - Early enrollee

TE Daniel Rhodes, Charlotte, N.C. (Independence)- Early enrollee

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