Keeping Up with the Clients: Inside Vyro Sports Group and the Blueprint Turning Athletes into Icons

Shawn Jones built VyroTalent to do something the market was not offering: identify, position, and activate elite Chicago talent in a way that makes their rise feel inevitable not accidental. These are not athletes. They are future icons. “Control the narrative or somebody else will,” Jones says. “Perception drives performance. How people view what you do changes how you do what you do.” That clarity shows up in movement. The current Chicago sports group carries over fifty Division I offers, half have already engaged in NIL activations, Brady Pettigrew set a new precedent by launching the first high school collaboration of his tier with Allstate, and early brand validation is stacking credibility from both emerging and established touchpoints. Laila Williams recent commercial with Nike signals external recognition arriving ahead of consensus. Jadyn Mays, a Nike sponsored track athlete who graduated from Oregon this year, provides immediate proof that the pathways being built connect to elite brand alignment and performance. There is no competition. This category is owned.

Women’s Basketball

The guard room is already speaking in outcomes. Chloe Woodson Class of 2028, regarded as the top guard in Oklahoma, and Laila Williams Class of 2028, the premier guard in Illinois, carry both positional authority and external credibility. Williams’s visibility through the Nike commercial makes clear that her cultural relevance is being acknowledged alongside performance. Emerging pieces like Alex Nowacki and Aiyana Fourdyce are being folded into the sports group with intent, and the talent pipeline is expanding this season to deepen the group of elite guards. Joy Pettigrew, still in seventh grade and splitting time between basketball and volleyball, already holds three Division I offers. Her trajectory is treated as the blueprint, changing how early development is perceived and what sustained ascent looks like when the foundation is already in place.

Men’s Basketball

The narrative in men’s basketball centers around continuity, depth, and accelerating profiles. Five star Brady Pettigrew Bolingbrook High School Class of 2028 leads with offer volume and attention, and his rise is positioned with deliberate escalation. Braydon Porter Yorkville Class of 2028 already has a Division I offer and is rising with strategic clarity. Legacy threads like JT Pettigrew at Valparaiso and TJ Williams returning to Bolingbrook for his senior season add layers of durable influence. Marshaun Thornton Class of 2028 and Hayden Schroeder Class of 2027, the youngest to 1,000 points at Wheaton Academy with two Division I offers, are staged for immediate impact and long-term relevance. Underclass talent such as Cody Rader Class of 2029 top ten projection and AJ Williams are gaining traction quietly and already moving through activation phases before wider awareness catches up. Noah Mister Class of 2026 out of Mount Carmel enters with seven plus Division I offers and is being integrated with intentional positioning that primes him for the next level.

Football

The football group balances elite current credibility and incoming upside. Five star Kameron McGee and five star Marshaun Thornton Mount Carmel each carry more than twenty one Division I conversations that are being managed to create leverage not noise. Ky’ren Edmon and Ly’zale Edmon both have multiple offers and bring positional flexibility and regional weight. Jayden Cawthon Class of 2027 arrives with seven plus offers and a narrative of fit and competitiveness. The group’s pathway depth is reinforced by players already operating at the next level—Terrence Smith at Iowa, Nathan Cleveland at Minnesota, CJ “Koolaid” Jones at Cincinnati, and Kyan Berry Johnson at Wisconsin—while Darian Anderson Jr. Western Carolina University, recently seen in national placement with CVS, connects performance to broader presence. Adding another layer of credibility and pipeline proof is Zion Gist, the Frankfort product who moved into Michigan State after a standout high school run, reinforcing depth and continuity.

Track and Field

Ly’zale Edmon, Ky’ren Edmon, and AJ Williams occupy an athletic lane that feeds into everything else without needing to be spelled out. Their speed, explosion, and adaptability create separation that deepens recruiting conversations and elevates their overall standing. Jadyn Mays sits alongside them as a recent graduate and Nike sponsored sprinter whose performance credentials include top finishes in conference and national indoor meets, elite times in the 60 and 200 meters, and consistent showings that validate the pathway from regional development to national brand alignment.

Professional

Upward credibility anchors the group. Nikia Smith from Bolingbrook and Northwestern established herself as a professional soccer player with international experience and participation in emerging domestic leagues, serving as a living example of regional to professional trajectory. Jason Poe brings football credibility from the trenches. He entered the professional ranks out of Mercer, navigated NFL opportunities with the Philadelphia Eagles, and carried that experience into alternative professional avenues, signaling durability and transition potential from development to sustained relevance.

Why This Matters

This is not a story of talent discovery. It is a moment of alignment opportunity. The names leading and rising will not be available in the same way tomorrow. Ignoring them becomes strategic regret. VyroTalent’s Chicago sports group shows up with clarity, leverage, and momentum already in motion. Those who recognize it early gain access. Those who wait watch the narrative unfold and wish they had been part of writing it.

Looking Ahead

The season ahead separates awareness from alignment. The roster deepens. The youngest voices shift from emerging to unavoidable. For brands and programs that move first, access becomes position. For everyone else, the quiet momentum becomes the story they missed. VyroTalent is not following a trend. Chicago is waking up. The blueprint is live.