Brother Rice's Devin Church decommits from Northern Illinois; commits to Illinois

On Sunday night, Birmingham Brother Rice running back Devin Church recommitted from Northern Illinois and committed to a school that is about 170 miles south at the University of Illinois.

Last season Church broke the Brother Rice single season rushing record as he rushed for 1,918 yards including a dominant 33 carry, 244 yard, three touchdown performance in the Division 2 State Title game as Brother Rice beat Lowell and had another 200+ yard performance in the Warrior's semifinals win over Detroit Martin Luther King.

New Illinois head coach Tim Beckman recruited Church when Beckman was the head coach at Toledo, was hired on December 9th and had his contract official approved last Friday and almost immediately received the verbal commitment from Church. Church is the fourth player for the class of 2012 to commit to the Illini since Beckman took over.

Church is considered as a three star recruit by Rivals.com and previously received offers from Boston College and Bowling Green.

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