It was a good but not great year for high school football talent in the Chicago area, according to longtime recruiting analyst Tom Lemming of CBS Sports Network. Not as good as last year and probably not as good as next year; somewhere in-between, average to above-average.

One plus is the number of top 100 players produced in the city and suburbs. Five local players made the list: wide receiver Laquon Treadwell of Crete-Monee, running back Ty Isaac of Joliet Catholic, offensive tackle Ethan Pocic of Lemont, quarterback Aaron Bailey of Bolingbrook and offensive tackle Kyle Bosch of Wheaton St. Francis.

Treadwell, ranked as the No. 6 player in the nation, chose Mississippi.

Issac, the No. 10 prospect in the country, picked USC. Pocic (30) signed with LSU, Bailey (72) will attend Illinois and Bosch (89) opted for Michigan. It is the first time since 1990 that the Chicago area has landed two spots in the top 10.

[Related: Issac makes commitment to USC official]

The talent bar dipped after that, however. Only 16 other local products with Big 10 schools - and only one other was recruited by another nationally ranked program, offensive tackle Colin McGovern of Lincoln-Way West, who signed with Notre Dame.

Big 10 recruits were quarterback Matt Alviti of Maine South, offensive linemen Tyler Lancaster of Plainfield East and Blake King of Minooka and athletes Matt Harris of Lyons and Tom Fuessel of Lincoln-Way East to Northwestern; linemen Bryce Douglas of Plainfield Central and defensive back Jayden Dunlap of Crete-Monee to Illinois, quarterback Chris Streveler of Marian Central to Minnesota; defensive end Demetrius Cooper of Julian to Michigan State; offensive tackle Jack Keeler of Barrington and tight end Troy Fumagalli of Waubonsie Valley to Wisconsin; offensive tackle Colin Goebel of Naperville North and linebacker Reggie Spearman of Simeon to Iowa; defensive tackle Johnny Daniels of Foreman and defensive end Evan Panfil of Lincoln-Way Central to Purdue; and tight end Danny Friend of Morris to Indiana.