"I'm on my way now. I'm really excited to get started at Illinois."
That's what Jeff Thomas told me Monday afternoon while driving from his home in East St. Louis to the Illinois campus.
The star receiver is waiting on his transcripts. But contrary to rumors that circulated in recent days, he is not returning to Miami.
Was there anything to it?
"Not really," Thomas said. "It was probably because of the social media post that I had deleted off Twitter and Instagram."
The 2016 News-Gazette All-State Player of the Year from East St.