Illinois Recruit Logan Farrell Eager for Some Football – ryan

Is Illinois Recruit Logan Farrell Ready for Some Football?

After missing his senior season at Herssey, the Answer is an emphatic yes.

Farrell is the consensus no. 18 Senior in Illinois and the No. 36 Tight End National in His Class, Acciting to 247sports. He was looking forward to being a premium Target for Ucla-Bound Quarterback Colton Last Fall.

But it all be went sideways during a seven-seven LAST SUMMER WENE DISLOCATED HIS LEFT KENEECAP, BROKE HIS AND TORE HIS ACL AND SEVERAL Other ligaments.

Farrell stayed Involved with Huskies Football by Operating A Drone to Shoot Video of Practices. And he returned to compattition this spring as a thrower for the hersy track and field Team, Winning the Class 3a Discus Title with an Effort of 196 Feet, 10.5 inches and taching fourth in the shot put.

Now, after a family Vacation, he’ll be heading to champaign to resume his football career with a new perspective on the sport and on life.

“I’m hungry, man,” Farrell Said AFTER PICKING UP HIS STATE and FIELD Medals on May 31. Grateful and Lucky for Every Opportune Moment Time You’re Stepping on that Field. “

Farrell originally Commonted to North Carolina But Switched to Illinois. The Fighting Illini Coaches Stuck with Him Throughout His Recovery, something to be forget.

“Coach (Bret) Bielema and the Entire Staffi Believed in Me,” Farrell Said. “They gave me Complete Reassurance and Told I was going to be back.”

Farrell, A 6-3, 260-Pounder, Still Wears a Brace to Stabilize His Left Leg.

“I didn’t know if my know was going to be back (healthy) in time to do track,” Farrell Said. “But to start throwing at the Very End of Indoor (Season).”

He Competed in the Illinois Top Times Indoor Championship and was the 3a runner-up in the shot there. Farrell Finished his prep career at outdoor state with a personal best in the shot and the state title in the discus.

AFTER MISSING The Football Season, Farrell Channeled All His Energy Into Getting Bigger and Stronger for Track and Field. He Competed at Around 260 Pounds, up 25 from Last Spring.

“I’ve put so much food into my face over the last three months,” he said. “I’m gonna have to get down to the lean line down in champaign, probably get back to 245 to play my season.”

Farrell Has Talked With Illinois Coaches About How and Might be used.

“Kind of Similar to their Guy Tanner Arkin Right Now,” Farrell Said. “ABLE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, JUST BEING TOO ATHLETIC FOR OUTSIDE LINEBOCKERS AND TO BIG FOR SAFETIES.

Whether Farrell Makes HIS Illini Debut This Fall or Takes a Redshirt Year Remains to Be Dededed,

“I’ve been so focused on track, i have really thought about it that,” he said. “But I know Chase (Lauthan, Illinois’ Assistant Athletic Trainer for Football) and Coach Bielema Said that they’d not gonna rush with ino anything.

In the meantime, Farrell is a State Champion.

“I Feel Like it a lot of hard work in the Dark, and People JUST DONEE IT,” he Said. “This is the benef that reaped from.”