Recruits Playoff Friday Night Lights

don't forget Laquon Treadwell suiting up at 7 PM EST for Crete-Monee.

Nice article on him being so humble he doesn't even correct people misspelling his name (Ace, does that include you? EDIT:  no it does not! nice. you're ahead of half his teammates!). 

[Article is also about being "better at football than you".]

I thought McCray had a big game blocking in the running game--they spent a lot of the game lined up in an I-form with two tight ends and got a lot of yardage running off tackle to McCray's end of the LOS. He also had a nice tackle as the first man downfield covering a punt. There was a piling on penalty after his interception that gave him a boo-boo and made him miss a few snaps; otherwise (except for a brief garbage-time appearance by the second-team LBs) he played every down on both sides of the ball against a team that runs a hurry-up offense.

The other B1G recruits on the team are playing defense only. McCray's the only one playing both ways.

Maybe his work on offense and special teams isn't relevant to projecting him as a college player, but when you're looking at highlight reels sometimes it's worth paying attention to the context. I remember comments during their ESPN game that he didn't seem as explosive as was his reputation...but when you say that, looking at film, remember that he's played maybe 120 downs in a game and the guy he's lined up against has played 50.

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Oh, and Jerrod Clements (DT, Illinois commit). He missed most of the year with an injury and didn't play in the ESPN game, but he was really, really impressive.

..Stribling essentially shut down North during their first matchup. It'll be interesting to see if he can duplicate those results

OK, so we've found something he's not great at: kicking XPs.  But he's still pretty good at it, since he's the kicker for a state finalist!

Treadwell's Crete-Monee Warriors are headed to the Illinois 6A state championship game (a program first) after a 28-27 game that they trailed 24-14 with just over 14 minutes to play.

You can read all about it above, but Treadwell?  

• 9 catches, 149 yards
• One a 46-yard TD; a 37-yard TD called back on a hold (he appears to have been the perp?!)
• A rushing touchdown that cut it to 24-20.
• A sack AND a pick on defense.
• Two extra points.  But a third one that missed, which led to the crucial decision to go for two and win rather than send him out to tie.  His QB took it in.

Haven't been this excited about a WR recruit since my boy Adrian Arrington (hold the Stefon Diggs jokes please), who I was lucky enough to see in the Iowa state championship...gosh, NINE years ago.  Hopefully Treadwell's Warriors fare better than Arrington's CR Washington Warriors...

EDIT:  Bonus preseason basketball pick too. 12pts, 8 boards, 2 blocks per game last year!

DOUBLE ANTICLIMACTIC EDIT:  Oh, and he's all-state in football.