Christian Ford got an offer from Illinois football on Thursday evening. He is a safety out of McKinney, Texas that is from the class of 2023.

Ford isn’t rated yet per the 247Sports Composite, but has 17 total offers including the Fighting Illini. He comes in at 6-foot, 185 pounds. The only other B1G schools that have offered Ford are Minnesota and Nebraska. He attends McKinney High School.

Ford posted about the offer he got from the Fighting Illini via his Twitter account.

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Illinois has 2 commits so far from the class of 2023, but no players that are listed as a DB. Other than schools from the B1G, Ford has offers from schools like Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana Tech, and Memphis.

Here is a highlight reel of Ford: