One of the biggest recruits the Illini have been after for a while is forward, EJ Liddell. He is a big-time player from Belleville West High School in Belleville, Illinois. He is rated as a four-star recruit who is the No. 40 player in the class of 2019 and the No. 8 power forward in the nation.
Liddell ended up cutting his list down on August 13 to just five programs and included Kansas State, Missouri, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Illinois as his five finalists. Now, it looks like those five teams have been narrowed down to just three possible suitors.