High School Highlights: Three-star recruit by Scout and ESPN.com … Ranked as No. 30 wide receiver recruit in Florida … 2015 Associated Press first-team 7A All-State … First-team All-Broward County in 2015 … Helped team to state championships in 2014 and 2015 … Attended same high school as fellow 2016 Illinois signee Dom Thieman, current Illini LB James Crawford and former Illini punter Justin DuVernois … C.A.P Award winner (Character/Attitude/Performance) … Also played basketball and ran track in high school.

Personal: Born April 30, 1998 … Son of Vincent and Linda Thieman … Has one older sister, Dana … Has three cousins that play Division I college football (Franklyn Richardson, Coastal Carolina), Chris Hart (Utah) and Kevin Jackson (Cincinnati) … Lists Larry Fitzgerald as his favorite athlete because “he’s fearless working across the middle and is immensely passionate about the game.”