PEORIA — The College of Illinois males’s basketball staff has hit it large with the addition of five-star wing Will Riley, who introduced his dedication on social media on Sunday.
Riley is the No. 9 total prospect within the 2025 nationwide class, in response to 247Sports. The Canadian-born participant from The Phelps College, in Malvern, Pa., is predicted to reclassify to 2024, that means he would be a part of Illinois for the upcoming season, in response to a number of reviews.
The 6-foot-8 wing selected the Illini over a gaggle of finalists that included Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas and Kentucky.
Illinois has had big recruiting wins for the category of 2025, already having added Joliet Compass Prep 4-star level guard Jeremiah Fears.
About Will Riley
At 6-foot-8, 180 kilos, Riley has the abilities to be a guard and the dimensions to be a ahead. He has been a three-level scorer and playmaker in opposition to elite nationwide highschool competitors.
Riley averaged 22 factors, 5 rebounds and a pair of.5 assists per recreation on the EYBL circuit within the spring. His inventory rose dramatically with a 42-point recreation on 15 of 16 capturing. In that spring motion, he shot 50% from the sector, 32% from 3-point vary and 79% from the free throw line.
His measurables embrace a 78-inch wing span, an 8-foot, 9.25-inch standing attain and a 30.25 max vertical.
Huge-time potential
Riley is projected to be a first-round decide when he’s eligible for the NBA Draft.
He involves an Illini staff that was centered on discovering scoring packaged with dimension. He’ll compete in a wing group that features Louisville switch Tre White and 2023-24 starter Ty Rodgers.
Riley can play the two, 3 and 4 positions, and provides main expertise to an Illini staff that received 29 video games final season and reached the Elite Eight within the NCAA Event.
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Dave Eminian is the Journal Star sports activities columnist, and covers Bradley males’s basketball, the Rivermen and Chiefs. He writes the Cleve In The Eve sports activities column for pjstar.com. He might be reached at 686-3206 or deminian@pjstar.com. Comply with him on X.com @icetimecleve.
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