After Minnesota, our biggest recruiting area. Win would do us well.
Fro m gophersports game notes:
Minnesota's 15 Illinois natives are: freshman LS Ryan Algrim (Elburn), seventh-year WR Chris Autman-Bell (Kankakee), fifth-year WR Corey Crooms Jr. (Country Club
Hills), redshirt freshman TE Jack DiSano (Glenview), redshirt sophomore TE Jameson Geers (Channahon), redshirt senior OL JJ Guedet (Washington), redshirt sophomore
DL Jack Hawkinson (Frankfort), redshirt sophomore QB Athan Kaliakmanis and redshirt sophomore WR Dino
Kaliakmanis (both Antioch), freshman LB Matt Kingsbury (Chicago), redshirt sophomore RB Jordan Nubin and fifthyear DB Tyler Nubin (both Saint Charles), sixth-year LB Ryan Selig (Lake Villa), fifth-year RB Sean Tyler (Richton Park) and freshman TE Pierce Walsh (Downers Grove).
In addition, three of the 11 members of the Gophers'
coaching staff hail from Illinois: Fleck (Sugar Grove), offensive line coach Brian Callahan (Chicago) and safeties
coach Danny Collins (Oak Lawn).
u Illinois has no Minnesotans on its roster.
u Two members of the Illini coaching staff spent time at Minnesota in their careers. Illinois assistant head coach/wide receivers coach George McDonald was the Gophers' wide receivers coach in 2007-08, while offensive line coach Bart Miller held the same role at Minnesota in 2016.
u McDonald was also the wide receivers coach at
Northern Illinois from 2001-03, which were Fleck's final three
seasons as a player for the Huskies
Fro m gophersports game notes:
Minnesota's 15 Illinois natives are: freshman LS Ryan Algrim (Elburn), seventh-year WR Chris Autman-Bell (Kankakee), fifth-year WR Corey Crooms Jr. (Country Club
Hills), redshirt freshman TE Jack DiSano (Glenview), redshirt sophomore TE Jameson Geers (Channahon), redshirt senior OL JJ Guedet (Washington), redshirt sophomore
DL Jack Hawkinson (Frankfort), redshirt sophomore QB Athan Kaliakmanis and redshirt sophomore WR Dino
Kaliakmanis (both Antioch), freshman LB Matt Kingsbury (Chicago), redshirt sophomore RB Jordan Nubin and fifthyear DB Tyler Nubin (both Saint Charles), sixth-year LB Ryan Selig (Lake Villa), fifth-year RB Sean Tyler (Richton Park) and freshman TE Pierce Walsh (Downers Grove).
In addition, three of the 11 members of the Gophers'
coaching staff hail from Illinois: Fleck (Sugar Grove), offensive line coach Brian Callahan (Chicago) and safeties
coach Danny Collins (Oak Lawn).
u Illinois has no Minnesotans on its roster.
u Two members of the Illini coaching staff spent time at Minnesota in their careers. Illinois assistant head coach/wide receivers coach George McDonald was the Gophers' wide receivers coach in 2007-08, while offensive line coach Bart Miller held the same role at Minnesota in 2016.
u McDonald was also the wide receivers coach at
Northern Illinois from 2001-03, which were Fleck's final three
seasons as a player for the Huskies
