Just a little over two weeks after he listed Ohio State in his Top 4 alongside Illinois, LSU and Texas A&M, Dallas Bishop Dunne four-star athlete Marquez Beason announced his commitment to the Illini during an unofficial visit on Saturday afternoon.
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The 5-foot-11, 173-pound Beason is considered the sixth-best athlete and No. 54 prospect overall in the Class of 2019, giving Illinois its first Top 100 commit since St. Louis four-star wide receiver Terry Hawthorne (No. 72 overall) in 2009. His decision is somewhat of a surprise, as he told Eleven Warriors last month he planned to take an official visit to Columbus for the Spring Game next month.
"They have great coaches and they produce great defensive backs every year," Beason said.
The Illini landed a pair of Beason’s former teammates in 2018 in four-star defensive tackle Calvin Avery and three-star offensive guard Kievan Myers, so surely that played a role in his decision.
