This Illini coaching staff has been trying to add players to their 2021 recruiting class. On Thursday, they came one step closer to accomplishing that goal when Bryon Murphy II kept Illinois in his top 10.
Murphy is a 6-foot-1, 290-pound defensive tackle who plays for DeSoto High School and resides in DeSoto, Texas. He is rated as a three-star defensive tackle and ranked as the No. 399 recruit in the class of 2021. Murphy is also the No.23 ranked defensive tack in the nation and the No. 57 recruit in the state of Texas.