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Illinois Football: Illini dip into Texas with offer to Kitan Crawford

Illinois hit the recruiting trail again on Friday and offered a big-time offensive player. Kitan Crawford took to Twitter to announce that he had received a scholarship offer from the University of Illinois. Getting in another talented player’s recruitment from the state of Texas would be big for the Orange and Blue.

Crawford is a 5-foot-10, 170-pound cornerback from John Tyler High School in Tyler, Texas. He is rated as a three-star recruit who is the No. 735 player in the class of 2020 and the No. 61 athlete in the nation. He is also the No.