ESPN Midwest recruiting Blog

Posted by Bill Kurelic

Wide receiver Kenny Stills (Encinitas, Calif./La Costa Canyon) has landed scholarship offers in the past two months from Florida, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Nebraska. He already had offers from Penn State, USC, Cal, Washington, Colorado, UCLA, Stanford and Boise State, among others.

"I somewhat have a top ten," Stills said. "It's Oklahoma, Tennessee, Florida, USC, UCLA, Cal, Washington, Penn State, Colorado and Nebraska."

Stills is trying to get everything taken care of academically, so he can graduate early if he chooses to. However, he also plays on the La Costa Canyon basketball team and might not want to miss his senior hoops season.

"I'm really committed to our basketball team and I have a lot of other things going on too," Stills said. "So I'm not sure right now. I want to take my official visits early so I can graduate early if I want to."

Stills has decided on four of his official visits. He will take trips to Penn State, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Florida. His visit to Penn State will likely be the weekend the Nittany Lions play Ohio State.

"I'll save one other spot and see what happens," he said. "I'm definitely going to take all of my official visits and go from there."

The 6-foot-2, 175-pounder caught 42 passes during his sophomore season. He caught 68 his junior season for almost 1,400 yards and 16 touchdowns.

Shelby may be close to several offers

Wide receiver Julius Shelby (Hillside, Ill./Proviso West) was in Champaign, Ill., on Saturday for the Nike Football Training Camp at the University of Illinois. He hopes some of the things he learned lead to his first scholarship offer.

"Going through the drills I learned a lot from the coaches," Shelby said. "I learned some things about developing my speed. I liked watching things, then going out and executing them. It was all good."

The 6-4, 195-pounder was a first-time varsity starter during his junior season when he caught 25 passes and scored three times. His goal is to receive at least one or two scholarship offers before the beginning of his senior football season.

"Western Michigan, Arizona and New Mexico, those three schools I think are close to offering," Shelby said. "Western Michigan is my favorite. I did a lot of research and I talked to their recruiting coach. I think I can fit into their offense and get the ball there."

Shelby plans to work out at Western Michigan's football camp on Monday. Other schools on his list include Illinois, Michigan State, Indiana and Northern Illinois.