After making his announcement Wednesday afternoon, Sedarius McConnell, a 3-star defensive end from Georgia, has decided to become an Illinois Fighting Illini football player.
The Illini continue adding players to their roster. While a football schedule and any sense of what a football timeline looks like this fall is very much in question, Lovie Smith and the Illini coaches continue to build the 2021 class.
McConnell is 6-foot-2 and weights 259 pounds. He’s a big, bull-rusher off of the edge and held offers from Power Five programs in Duke, Kansas, Louisville, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt and West Virginia, in addition to Illinois.