Previously: Last year’s profiles, K Adam Samaha, K James Turner (Tr), S Brandyn Hillman, CB DJ Waller, CB Cameron Calhoun, CB Jyaire Hill, HSP/LB Jason Hewlett, LB Hayden Moore, LB Semaj Bridgeman, LB Ernest Hausmann (Tr), OLB Breeon Ishmail, DE Aymeric Koumba, DE Enow Etta, DE Josaiah Stewart (Tr). Wilmette (Loyola Academy), IL – 6'6"/270 247: 6'6/270 3.64* 3*, 87, NR overall #96 DL, #19 IL On3: 6'6/265 3.81* 3*, 88, NR overall #62 DL, #8 IL Rivals: 6'6/250 3.69* 3*, 5.7, NR overall #40 SDE, #12 IL ESPN: 6'5/260 3.62* 3*, 77, #68 MW #98 DE, #14 IL Composite 3.77* / 3.76* 3*, #670/#644 Ovr #71/#67 DL, #13/#12 IL MGoAverage 3.71* 3*, #586/789 Ovr #51/69 DTs since '90 YMRMFSPA Matt Godin Other Suitors Illinois, the rest of the B10 West, and Duke Previously On MGoBlog Hello by Alex Drain Notes State champs, played for John Holecek. Film: Senior Highlights: Hudl. Drills.Q&A with Holland. The last time I can remember Michigan butting heads so much with Illinois for top Midwest defenders was the early 1990s. Those were the Lou Tepper years, when the Illini were an all-D/no-O outfit with a front seven stacked with future pros. No offense to any mid-90s Michigan OLBs who may be reading this, but it was hard watching them waste every Simeon Rice, Dana Howard, Kevin Hardy, Danny Clark, Scott Turner, and John Holecek to come through there on 7-5 seasons when we were trying to win championship with friggin' Mike Elston. If you feel old remembering the name of Holecek, get ready for this: That guy just retired from coaching after winning his third state title last December. While you collect your gray (back) hairs, the good news is the unsung engine of Holecek's final defense is coming to Michigan. Those Tepper defenses were such a pain to play against. This was the age of big, long defensive tackles (what we called 3-4 ends back in the day) who would neither budge nor let your offensive linemen get off their doubles, leaving crop-topped linebackers free to fly around and show off their abs. Did you not know about the abs? Oh my god there were so many abs. Holecek's last star lineman would be right at home on those no-name Tepper lines keeping the parade of Alvin Macks clean. I don't really think our feelings toward the Illini go so far as rivalry, but I do approve of taking the best parts of the schools we go against and making them our own, whether that's a guy that Tepper would have loved, or a guy that Ryan Walters kept trying to paw out of Michigan's class. No, it doesn't make up for 1992, nor the parade of tickytack calls every time Michigan made a play in 1996 (ask your pops about Ty Law's interception, Will.) But it does mean if you can't appreciate what Michigan saw in 3-star DT Brooks Bahr, you weren't around for the abs. [After THE JUMP: Definitely not abs.]