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2026 NFL Draft names from the State of Illinois?

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Edgytim

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WR Carnell Tate Marist/IMG Academy Ohio State
OG Gennings Dunker Lena Winslow/Iowa
LB Jimmy Rolder Marist/Michigan
OT Keagan Trost Kankakee/Missouri
DE George Gumbs Jr. Simeon/NIU/Florida
TE Tanner Koziol Nazareth Academy/Ball State/Wisconsin/Houston
OC Pat Coogan Marist/NotreDame/Indiana
DB Toriano Pride East St. Louis/Clemson/Missouri
WR Daniel Sobkowicz Rolling Meadows/Illinois State
OG Josh Gesky Manteno/Illinois
WR Lewis Bond Kenwood Academy/Boston College
LS Tyler Duzansky St. Francis/Penn State
WR Hank Beaty Rochester/Illinois
OL Melvin Priestly East St. Louis/Illinois
QB Athan Kaliakmanis Antioch/Rutgers
QB Mark Gronowski Neuqua Valley/SDSU/Iowa

Feel free to add any additional I've missed
 
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4Afan

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Will be close as to whether they get drafted, but Hank Beaty and Lewis Bond could be drafted late.
 
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BornNRazed

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Those Marist guys were all on the same team.now we know how we beat Loyola at home twice in three weeks and kudos to LWE knocking us out. Last. These were all Coach Dunne recruits. Wow.
 
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The Minnesota/Rutgers QB whose extremely long name I won't even try to massacre is on the board. He went to Carmel of Mundelein and Antioch
 
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DR.Eireog

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McCaravan said:
The Minnesota/Rutgers QB whose extremely long name I won't even try to massacre is on the board. He went to Carmel of Mundelein and Antioch
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Athan Kaliakmanis , he had a brother Dino I believe and they ended up at Rutgers.
 
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USD24

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With Tate being taken #4 in the draft, is that the highest a Chicago area player has ever been picked in the NFL draft?
 
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McCaravan

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USD24 said:
With Tate being taken #4 in the draft, is that the highest a Chicago area player has ever been picked in the NFL draft?
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Donovan McNabb went #2 overall
Simeon Rice went #3 overall

I don't know if I would classify him as a Chicago area player because he went to Marist for a year then spent the next 3 at IMG. So yes he's from Chicago and played a season but I think he claims IMG. JJ McCarthy spent 3 years at Naz and played in two State games, Tates stay was very brief
 
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BornNRazed

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Tate claims Marist and has been generous to the school. Whether Marist can claim him is debatable but he’s Chicago. Hell he lost his mother to “Chicago” That qualifies him as a local kid in my book.
 
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McCaravan

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BornNRazed said:
Tate claims Marist and has been generous to the school. Whether Marist can claim him is debatable but he’s Chicago. Hell he lost his mother to “Chicago” That qualifies him as a local kid in my book.
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He is absolutely is from Chicago and knowing where he is from I don't blame him for leaving for IMG, it was the correct decision and it's paid dividends for him. His stay at Marist was short lived though.
 
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crusader_of_90

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Top 10 states by draftees per million people:
  1. Iowa — 2.16 per million (7 draftees)
  2. Georgia — 1.93 per million (22 draftees)
  3. Alabama — 1.91 per million (10 draftees)
  4. Maryland — 1.59 per million (10 draftees)
  5. Missouri — 1.43 per million (9 draftees)
  6. Louisiana — 1.30 per million (6 draftees)
  7. Florida — 1.14 per million (27 draftees)
  8. Utah — 1.12 per million (4 draftees)
  9. Tennessee — 1.08 per million (8 draftees)
  10. Texas — 1.03 per million (33 draftees)
MO CRANKS OUT SOME TOP TALENT YEAR AFTER YEAR!
 
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crusader_of_90

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Flyers' Keontez Lewis signed with the Bucs.

Lewis was well-traveled in his collegiate career, spending time at UCLA, Wisconsin and Southern Illinois before his final year at Oklahoma.

Lewis won one of the starting WR jobs last fall, but he only played in nine games, making seven starts, due to injuries. When he was on the field, he was a reliable possession receiver for the OU offense, and he was missed on the outside when he was unable to play.
 
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