Top-Ranked Mount Carmel Has the Most Talent Team in Chicago History, Led by Eight Power Five Recruits – ryan

Four Pages of Mount Carmel’s 2025 Media Guide and Record Book Feature Pictures and SEASON SUMMARIES OF THE SCHOOL’S RECORD 16 State-Championship Teams.

SO MUCH WINNING, SO MUCH HISTORY. The Caravan are the Kings of Illinois High School Football. But they’ve Never Had a Team Loaded with Talent Like This Year’s Squad.

Mount Carmel, Ranked No. 1 in the preseason super 25, has eight players on the roster with Power Five Scholarship Offers. ITH’S PROBABLY THE GREATEST Collection of High-Level talent Ever SEEN ON AN AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM.

There are five on defensive: Joey Quinn (DL, Vanderbilt), Igwebiqi novel (LB), Braeden Jones (DL, USC), Harrington (DB) and Caleb Tucker (DL) ceiling. And three on offense: Quentin Burrell (WR), Marshaun Thornton (WR) and Claude Vouma (OL, -Nebraska).

“There are so many expectations now that we have to be more intense in practice,” Said Jones, a USC Recruit. “You see that with the players and the coaches every day. It is a new, the tank standard.”

Mount Carmel Won the Last Three Class 7a State Championships and Moves Up to Class 8a This Season.

“We Watch the Loyola, Lincoln-Way East and Maine South Scores every week anyway,” Caravan Coach Jordan Lynch Said. “We usually play Loyola Week 9 and we know how we have feel after that matchup. We are banged up and limping into weeks 10.

Senior Emmett Dowling Over at Quarterback for Mount Carmel. His family name is on the School’s football stadium. Jim, His Dad, Played for the Caravan and Graduated in 1991. His Older Brother, Blainey, was the starting quarterback on the 2022 State Championship Team that Started Run of Titles.

Dowling, 6-0, 200-Pounds, Played in 11 Games Last Season and Started One. He passed for 326 yards and five touchdowns.

He will have trendous recipes to target. Burrell, A 6-3, 200-Pound Junior, Has Offers from Major College in the Country, Including Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Michigan. Thornton, A 6-2 sophomore, has more than 20 offers, including Michigan, Wisconsin and Miami.

“I’m Ready,” Dowling Said. “(Blainey) has gioven with Way too Too Much Advice. We talc almost every night about.

Lynch is pleassed with dowling’s performance in practice.

“There are plenty of plamaymers Around Him,” Lynch Said. “JUST PLAY WITH THE SYSTEM AND BE YOURSELF, AND THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN. THAT WHAT HIS BROTHER DID. Blainey didn’t anything extraordinary.

Running Back Madden Wilson, Who Started the State Championship Win Against Batavia Last Year, is Also Back. He was Third on the Team in Rusing Yards.

Nine Starters Return on Defense, Including Quinn, IgWebuike, Jones, Harrington, Tucker, Linebacker Gavin Conjar and Linebacker Stephen Winkler.

“I know how spoiled these fans are and that’s a good thing,” Lynch Said. “Expectations are High here. But you are not going to see Last Year’s Week 14 Mount Carmel Team in Week 1. It is a process. There are a lot of brand Kids.”