TOP PROSPECTS IN A MARVELOUS 2021 CLASS

“This talented class has a massive meaning; it puts our area back into true relevancy. It has a resemblance of the 1997 and ‘98 Class and possibly the ’91 crew as well. We have a surplus of high major prospects and quality depth up and down the overall grid. We’ve had an opportunity to watch this special collection of promising prospects grow, with hope there wouldn’t be very many skid marks, presently everything has been held to fruition.”

We going to attempt to identify accurately as we can the top 50 dudes in the class. We will comment more about them at a later date in the next issue.
NAME /HT / POS / LEVEL / RANK / SCHOOL/CLUB
• Max Christie 6-5 PG HM 1 Rolling Meadows/Illinois Wolves

• Bryce Hopkins 6-6 G HM 2 Fenwick/Mokan

• Ahmad ‘Black Cat’ Bynum 6-2 G HM 3 Simeon/Mac Irvin Fire

• Brandon Weston 6-5 WG HM 4 Morgan Park/Mac Irvin Fire

• Louis Lesmond 6-6 WG HM 5 Niles Notre Dame/Illinois Wolves

• Chris Hodges 6-7 PF HM 6 Schaumburg/Illinois Wolves

• Kimarhi Wilson 6-1 PG HM 7 Carmel/Y&R

• Grant Newell 6-7 WF HM 8 Whitney Young/Mean Streets

• John Poulakidas 6-5 G/F HM 9 Neuqua Valley/Y&R

• Darrion Jones 5-11 PG HM 10 Bogan/Illinois Wolves

• Tevin Smith 6-4 G HM 11 Danville/Mean Streets-“out torn ACL”

• Anthony Sayles* 6-2 PG MM+ 12 Niles Notre Dame/Illinois Wolves

• Isaiah Barnes 6-6 WG MM+ 13 Oak Park/Illinois Wolves

• Troy D’Amico 6-6 F MM+ 14 Niles Notre Dame/Mean Streets

• Bennie Slater 6-5 G/F MM+ 15 Springfield High/Heart of Illinois

• James Dent 6-3 G MM+ 16 Springfield South East/Mac Irvin Fire

• Walt Mattingly 6-7 F MM+ 17 Deerfield/Illinois Wolves

• Jaylin Gibson 6-3 PG MM+ 18 Evanston/ Mean Streets

• Khaillo Terry 6-5 F MM+ 19 Champaign Central/Spiece Indy

• Hamahrie Bowers 6-5 G/F MM+ 20 Hillcrest/Eric Gordon All-Stars

• Jaeshon Thomas 6-3 PG MM+ 21 Whitney Young/Y&R

• Tommy Williams 6-4 PG MM+MM 22 Belleville West/Bradley Beal

• Dionysius Hogan 6-4 G/F MM 23 Peoria High/Heart of Illinois

• Josh Ausler 6-1 PG MM 24 Rockford Auburn/

• Julius Rollins 6-6 WF MM 25 Hillcrest/Y&R

• Ismail Habib 5-11 PG MM 26 Lincoln Park/

• Nathanel Hoskins 6-2 PG MM 27 Danville/Mean Streets

• Conor Enright 6-2 PG MM 28 Mundelein/Illinois Wolves

• Darius Wilson 6-2 G MM 29 St. Laurence/

• Scottie Ebube 6-8 F/C MM 30 Mundelein/Illinois Wolves

• Ben Schwieger 6-4 G MM 31 Waubonsie Valley/

• Larry Johnson 6-4 G/F MM 32 North Lawndale/Wolfpack

• Blake Peters 6-2 G MM 33 Evanston/

• Reggie Ward 6-5 WF MM 34 Chicago Curie/Team Rose

• Tyler Johnson 6-2 PG MM 35 DePaul Prep/Illinois Wolves

• Devon Ellis 6-4 G/F MM 36 Conant/NLP

• K.J. DeBrick 6-6 PF MM 37 Springfield Lanphier/Heart of Illinois

• Amar Augillard 6-5 G MM 38 Zion Benton/All in Athletics

• Brian Matthews 6-9 C MM 39 DePaul Prep/All in Athletics

• Phillip Berryhill 6-5 G/F MM 40 Chicago Curie/Team Rose

• Norvell Meadows 5-9 PG MM 41 Chicago Prosser/Chicago Grinders

• Jalen Butler 6-6 F MM 42 Niles North/Pure Prep

• Darrell Reed 6-6 PF MM 43 T.F. North/Y&R

• Noah Reynolds 6-1 PG LM+ 44 Peoria Notre Dame/All in Athletics

• Jaiden Lee 6-4 WG LM+ 45 Joliet West/Illinois Wolverines

• Jalen Houston 6-0 PG LM+ 46 Hyde Park Academy/Y&R

• Julio Montes 5-10 PG LM+ 47 Lincoln Park/Mac Irvin Fire

• Jakobi Heady 6-6 WF LM+ 48 Hillcrest/

• Jhei-R Jones 6-0 PG LM+ 49 Lincoln Way East/Illinois Wolverines

• Olamide Ajiboye 6-6 PF LM+ 50 Von Steuben/RWA

• Matt Williams 6-5 F LM+ 51 Peoria Notre Dame/

• Josh Arogundade 6-3 F LM+ 52 St. Viator/

• Brandon Hall 6-3 G LM+ 53 Thornton/Mean Streets

• Trenton Howland 6-3 PF LM+LM 54 Joliet West/Y&R

• Evan Ambrose 5-10 PG LM 55 Stevenson/Quad Cities Elite

• Kai Evans 6-2 G LM 56 Bolingbrook/

• Kenton Wright 5-10 PG LM 57 Hillcrest/Mean Streets