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Carson Boyd commits to Illinois; 2025 QB picks Illini over Texas A&M, Missouri, others

Boyd has helped Cardinal Ritter win two Missouri high school football state championships

Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports

Cardinal Ritter (Missouri) junior quarterback Carson Boyd committed to the University of Illinois on Saturday morning.

A 6-foot, 180-pound dual-threat quarterback, Boyd has helped the Lions win back-to-back Missouri football championships the past two seasons while splitting time with senior quarterback Antwon McKay Jr. (Western Illinois signee). Ritter is 28-0 over the past two years.

As a junior, Boyd completed 80 percent of his passes for 2,224 yards and 29 touchdowns and also ran for 576 yards and six scores. 

As a sophomore, in 2022, Boyd completed 76 percent of his passes for 1,510 yards, with 28 touchdowns against just three interceptions, and ran for 562 yards and three TDs.

Boyd received scholarship offers from Texas A&M, West Virginia, UNLV, Missouri State, UCF, Louisville, Ball State, Iowa State, Cincinnati, Purdue, Illinois, Missouri and Georgia Tech before he made his commitment. 

He received the offer from the Illini last summer. 

A three-star prospect, Boyd is rated as the No. 38 quarterback prospect nationally in the Class of 2025 in the 247Sports Composite rankings as well as the No. 536 prospect overall. 

Check out Boyd's junior season highlights below:

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- Nate Latsch | latsch@scorebooklive.com | @SBLiveMiz

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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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