Illinois
Illinois just offered 2028 prospect — before he plays a high school game
I’m trying to do a lot of research here on his birthday, because I want to know if he’s potentially the first prospect born in the 2010s to receive an offer from Illinois.
No luck finding a b-day.
Anywho, Illinois reportedly offered 6-foot-6 prospect Cole Kelly on Saturday — before he even plays a high school game.
The class of 2028 wing will be a freshman at Neuqua Valley in Naperville this fall.
In a post on X, Kelly said it is his first Division I offer.
There’s not much notable here. Who knows what Illinois’ roster — or the state of college sports — will look like by the time Kelly enters college in 2028?
But it does make me — a 27-year-old — feel VERY old when we’re suddenly talking Class of 2028, and prospects potentially born in the 2010s, a decade I have fond memories of, many of which came in Champaign-Urbana.
Enjoy your weekend! Try not to feel old!