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Kankakee's Marques Easley announces top three schools, decision date

Kankakee 2024 offensive tackle to announce decision

Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports

Kankakee's Marques Easley announces top three schools, decision date
Kankakee's Marques Easley announces top three schools, decision date /

Massive Kankakee (Ill.) High School offensive tackle Marques Easley has narrowed his college destination down to three schools and set a date for his announcement.

The 6-foot-7, 315-pounder, one of the top prospects in Illinois in the Class of 2024, announced on Monday that he has narrowed his college choice to one of three Southeastern Conference schools: Oklahoma, Alabama or Tennessee.

Easley will announce his decision next month – at 4 p.m. on July 8 at Kankakee High School. 

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A four-star prospect, Easley attracted attention from colleges from coast to coast and racked up nearly three dozen scholarship offers before narrowing his decision. 

He took recent visits to Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Tennessee. 

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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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