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IC Catholic Prep's Eric Karner announces top five schools

Talented 2024 Illinois prospect has attracted plenty of attention

Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports

IC Catholic Prep's Eric Karner announces top five schools
IC Catholic Prep's Eric Karner announces top five schools /

IC Prep standout 2024 football prospect Eric Karner announced his top five schools on Thursday morning.

The 6-foot-5, 205-pound tight end's top five?

Alabama, Iowa, Florida, Michigan State and Texas A&M.

 

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Karner, who committed to Purdue on March 7 but then decommitted from the Boilermakers on April 13, gained significant momentum on the recruiting trail last month. 

He added scholarship offers from Auburn, Illinois, Louisville, Iowa and Florida after his decommitment, which came after he received offers from Alabama, South Carolina and Arkansas earlier in the month. 

Karner caught 12 passes for 196 yards and three touchdowns as a junior as IC Catholic Prep went 13-1 and won the Illinois Class 3A championship. He had eight catches for 128 yards and four scores as a sophomore. 

Check out his junior season highlights: 

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Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports
NATE LATSCH, SBLIVE SPORTS

Nate Latsch is a Regional Editor at SBLive Sports overseeing high school coverage for Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A veteran sportswriter and multimedia content creator, Latsch has covered high school sports in the St. Louis area and Missouri for 20 years, with a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football and basketball recruiting.  He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com.  In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University. 

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