High School 

• Four-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN
• Three-star recruit by Rivals
• No. 180 player in the nation by ESPN
• Position ranks: #4 (ESPN), #13 (247), #55 (Rivals)
• State ranks: #6 (247), #8 (ESPN), #10 (Rivals)
• Played for head coach Chris James, a former Illini football player, at Morgan Park
• 1,512 receiving yards and 21 receiving touchdowns during two-year varsity career
• Two-time Academic All-State
• Honor Roll
• Two-sport athlete, also committed to play basketball at Illinois
• Career-high 54 points in a high school basketball game against Harlan as a junior, one away from the school’s home game record of 55 set by former Illini basketball great Ayo Dosunmu
• Offers included Boston college, Duke, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Northwestern, Ole Miss, Oregon, Purdue, Tennessee, USC, and Wisconsin

Personal

• Born August 30, 2007
• Son of Nillion and Lenora Rankin