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<p>The Transfer Portal opened up officially on last Monday. PHI will be keeping you posted on the latest happenings with prep prospects from the state of Illinois. </p>
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<p>In our Illinois Prep Transfer Rankings 2.0 we have several big names off the board along with a ton of new highly coveted prospects added. Here we rank the top 50 D1 transfers from the state of Illinois that have entered to date. These rankings are based on college production, value, and upside based on age/high school evals.</p>
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<p><strong><u>Committed Portal Prospects</u></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Owen Freeman (Iowa – Moline – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>Committed to Creighton</p>
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<p><strong>Brock Harding (Iowa – Moline – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>Committed to TCU</p>
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<p><strong>Cooper Koch (Iowa – Metamora – Freshman)</strong></p>
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<p>Returning to Iowa</p>
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<p><strong>AJ Levine (Penn – York – Freshman)</strong></p>
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<p>Returning to Penn</p>
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<p><strong><u>Top 50 D1 Illinois Prep Players in Portal</u></strong></p>
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<p><strong>1. Bryce Hopkins (Providence – Fenwick – Senior)</strong></p>
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<p>17.0 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 40 3PT in 30 min per game in 3 games before injury</p>
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<p><strong>2. Morez Johnson (Illinois – Thornton – Freshman)</strong></p>
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<p>7.0 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 1.1 BPG, 64.2% FG in 17 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>3. Sam Lewis (Toledo – Simeon – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>16.2 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 47% FG, 44.4% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>4. Kam Craft (Miami OH – Buffalo Grove – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>13.6 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 43% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>5. Lathan Sommerville (Rutgers – Richwoods – Freshman)</strong></p>
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<p>8.2 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 50.6% FG in 20 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>6. Quentin Jones (Northern Illinois – Marian Catholic – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>16.6 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 3.5 APG, 45.5% FG, 35.5% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>7. Brandon Weston (Tennessee Tech – Morgan Park – Junior)</strong></p>
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<p>16.0 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 1.8 APG, 1.4 SPG, 44.4% FG, 30.9% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>8. Jakobi Heady (Central Michigan – Hillcrest – Senior)</strong></p>
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<p>15.0 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 42.3% FG, 22% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>9. Darrin “Dai Dai” Ames (Virginia – Kenwood – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>8.7 PPG, 1.9 APG, 0.8 SPG, 46% FG, 39.7% 3PT in 25 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>10. Bobby Durkin (Davidson – Glenbard West – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>13.5 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 2.4 APG, 1.3 SPG, 40.6% FG, 35.5% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>11. [player_tooltip player_id='1385293' first='Bryce' last='Heard'] (NC State – Homewood Flossmoor – Freshman)</strong></p>
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<p>1.2 PPG, 31.8% FG, 20.0% 3PT in 6 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>12.Nojus Indrusaitis (Iowa State – St. Rita – Freshman)</strong></p>
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<p>2.1 PPG 33.3% FG in 5.8 min per game in 15 games</p>
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<p><strong>13. Asa Thomas (Clemson – Lake Forest – Freshman)</strong></p>
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<p>1.2 PPG in 2.3 min per game in 12 games played</p>
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<p><strong>14. Conor Enright (DePaul – Mundelein – Junior)</strong></p>
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<p>7.5 PPG, 6.2 APG, 3.3 RPG, 39.5% FG, 32.5% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>15. Isaiah Stafford (Valparaiso – Bolingbrook – Senior)</strong></p>
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<p>16.9 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 2.1 APG, 1.6 SPG, 37.9% FG, 29.4% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>16. Tyler Cochran (Minnesota – Bolingbrook – Senior)</strong></p>
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<p>Injured this season. At Toledo in 23-24 he averaged 14.4 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 1.9 APG</p>
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<p><strong>17. Jeremiah Williams (Rutgers – Simeon – Senior)</strong></p>
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<p>7.0 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 2.0 APG, 1.3 SPG, 44.8% FG, 28.3% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>18. Isaiah Barnes (Tulsa – Simeon – Junior)</strong></p>
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<p>9.3 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 42.2% FG, 33.3% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>19. Julius Rollins (Western Illinois – Hillcrest – Junior)</strong></p>
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<p>9.5 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 43% FG, 32.1% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>20. Jonah Hinton (St. Bonaventure – Naperville Central – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>8.4 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 1.7 APG, 35.4% FG in 28 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>21. Christian Henry (Eastern Michigan – St. Rita – Junior)</strong></p>
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<p>14.7 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 3.4 APG, 43.6% FG, 37% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>22. AJ Smith (James Madison – Metro East Lutheran – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>7.3 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 42% FG, 31.4% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>23. Darius Robinson (Oral Roberts – Kenwood – Junior)</strong></p>
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<p>7.4 PPG, 35.6% FG, 32.9% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>24. Mekhi Cooper (Miami OH – Bolingbrook – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>5.8 PPG, 2.7 APG, 36% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>25. Trey Pettigrew (Eastern Michigan – Kenwood – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>1.9 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 40% FG, 27.8% 3PT in 11 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>26. Gianni Cobb (Columbia – Homewood Flossmoor – Freshman)</strong></p>
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<p>4.3 PPG in 12 min</p>
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<p><strong>27. Louis Lesmond (Harvard – Niles Notre Dame – Senior)</strong></p>
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<p>7.9 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 35% FG, 29% 3PT in 29 min</p>
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<p><strong>28. Davis Bynum (Cal State Fullerton – East St. Louis – Freshman)</strong></p>
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<p>5.5 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 38.3% FG, 37.5% 3PT in 13 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>29. JJ Taylor (UCF – Morgan Park – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>4.4 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 40.7% FG, 32.5% 3PT in 13 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>30. Jaehshon Thomas (Charlotte – Whitney Young – Junior)</strong></p>
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<p>9.5 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 1.3 APG 42% FG, 36.8% 3PT</p>
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<p><strong>31. AJ Casey (St. Louis – Whitney Young – Junior)</strong></p>
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<p>1.7 PPG, 1.7 RPG in 3 games played before injury</p>
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<p><strong>32. Ola Ajiboye (Tennessee Tech – Von Steuben – Junior)</strong></p>
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<p>4.3 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 1.3 APG, 1.0 BPG, 0.7 SPG, 53.3% FG</p>
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<p><strong>33. Jaden Smith (Fordham – Kenwood – Freshman)</strong></p>
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<p>2.9 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 50% FG in 7.5 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>34. Scottie Ebube (Wyoming – Mundelein – Junior)</strong></p>
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<p>5.0 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 67.6% FG in 10 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>35. Seryee Lewis (Western Michigan – Kenwood – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>2.7 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 42.6% FG in 7 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>36. Jurrell Baldwin (Missouri State – Hyde Park – Freshman)</strong></p>
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<p>DNP other than 2 min</p>
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<p><strong>37. Jeremiah Oden (Charlotte – St. Rita – Senior)</strong></p>
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<p>7.6 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 34.7% FG</p>
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<p><strong>38. Marcus Watson (Jackson State – Morgan Park – Junior)</strong></p>
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<p>3.2 PPG, 1.0 APG, 1.9 RPG in 19 games</p>
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<p><strong>39. Timaris Brown (Indianapolis – St. Patrick – Junior)</strong></p>
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<p>4.3 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 38% FG in 13 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>40. Elijah Jones (College of Charleston – Marian Catholic – Senior)</strong></p>
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<p>2.0 PPG, 2.7 RPG in 12 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>41. Aa'Reyon Munir-Jones (Coppin State – Tinley Park – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>2.4 PPG, 1.4 RPG, 37.5% FG, 25% 3PT in 8 min per game in 9 games</p>
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<p><strong>42. Ethan Kizer (South Alabama – Metamora – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>1.9 PPG, 22.9% FG in 11 min per game</p>
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<p><strong>43. Wes Rubin (Northern Iowa – Simeon – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>0.8 PPG in 14 games played</p>
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<p><strong>44. Matthew Moore (UNC Wilmington – Hillcrest – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>Redshirt</p>
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<p><strong>45. Caleb Hannah (Indianapolis – Orr – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>0.6 PPG in 21 games played</p>
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<p><strong>46. Jaiden [player_tooltip player_id='2403249' first='Lee' last=''] (Maryland Eastern Shore – Joliet West – Junior)</strong></p>
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<p>Limited minutes in 2 games early in season</p>
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<p><strong>47. Danny Stephens (Mizzou – Southeastern – Freshman)</strong></p>
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<p>Walk On – DNP</p>
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<p><strong>48. Solomon Oraegbu (Prairie View A&M – Fenwick – Senior)</strong></p>
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<p>2.8 PPG, 1.8 RPG in 4 early season games</p>
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<p><strong>49. Grant Welch (UIC – Moline – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>1.6 PPG in limited min in 5 games</p>
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<p><strong>50.</strong> <strong>Cam Lawin (San Diego State – Orr – Sophomore)</strong></p>
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<p>0.5 PPG in limited min in 6 games</p>
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The Transfer Portal opened up officially on last Monday. PHI will be keeping you posted on the latest happenings with prep prospects from the state of Illinois.
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