Rankin's five finalists included Duke, Illinois, Nebraska, North Carolina and USC, each school represented with a cap – five spread across the table where Rankin, his mother and his father sat ...

Nasir Rankin has developed a strong rapport with Illinois during the last few years. The four-star Chicago Morgan Park prospect has gotten to know the Illini staff really well, particularly ...

Rankin will try to play on both sides of the ball and on both sides of Kirby Avenue at Illinois CHICAGO — Nasir Rankin wants to do big things at the next level, hard things that very few ...

They secured a walking billboard for what the University of Illinois wants to be. Nasir Rankin — elite two-way football player, Division I basketball talent, and the kind of athlete whose high ...

Illinois football has had sparingly few days on the field worth chest-beating over in recent years, and it's safe to say the program hasn't had a day off the field like the one it enjoyed Wednesday ..

“I went down to Duke. I really liked Duke.” The closest school to Rankin’s hometown of Chicago, is Illinois. The Fighting Illini are a player to land Rankin as well. Nov 16, 2024 ...

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He hopes to keep leveling up at Illinois, which went 10-3 last fall and was No. 16 in the final Associated Press rankings. “They’re on their way to being one of those top teams,” Rankin said.

joy and confidence in what now appears to be a near-limitless future of Illinois football. Mind you, the 2025 Illini have yet to play a single down, and Rankin and Liggins (among others ...