NUance Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Quote Top 5 Nebraska players to replace By Tom Dienhart, BTN.com Senior Writer, 18 hours ago Here are the top five Cornhuskers to replace: K Drew Brown. He hit 12-of-14 field goals last season, with a long of 44 yards, for a program that had few consistent components. Brown hit 77 percent of his all-time kicks, nailing 59-of-76 career field-goal attempts with a long of 51 yards. CB Chris Jones. He was limited to just seven games and six starts because of a knee injury suffered before the season even started. But when he was in the lineup, Jones was good. He was one of the better Huskers at playing the ball in the air, using his angular 6-0 frame. S Joshua Kalu. Even though he played in just nine games because of a hamstring issue, Kalu ranked fifth on the team in tackles (47). He also paced the squad with two interceptions and six passes broken up. QB Tanner Lee. The Tulane transfer is bolting early to the NFL after what was a strong junior season—his only one slinging passes in Lincoln. Lee finished second in the Big Ten in passing (261.9 ypg), hitting 57 percent of his attempts for 3,143 yards with 23 TDs. But he did pace the Big Ten with 16 interceptions. LB Chris Weber. The Nebraska defense had a lot of issues in 2017. But Weber was one of the few bright spots. He led the team with 95 tackles and was second with 9.5 TFLs. Not bad for a guy who arrived on campus as a walk-on. LINK 2 Quote Link to comment
Popular Post BIG ERN Posted January 18, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2018 No disrespect, but I've never seen an easier 5 to replace going into next season. 20 Quote Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Yeah, Drew Brown was great, but when your kicker is at the top of a list like this you're not losing much. I'd probably move Weber up the list a couple spots even. 2 Quote Link to comment
Cdog923 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 It still hurts my head that Kalu was moved to Safety last year. 9 Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 How could they possibly not have Nick Gates on that list? Am I missing something? I'd say: Joshua Kalu Nick Gates Chris Weber Chris Jones Drew Brown Nothing against Tanner Lee. I just don't think we'll miss leading the nation in pick sixes. 3 Quote Link to comment
dspanther05 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I think this list shows that last year was absolute rock bottom for this program. No disrespect to Drew Brown at all and losing such a reliable kicker is going to hurt more than we think, but the fact that he is the top of the list is pretty telling. Quote Link to comment
KingBlank Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 To Replace? I would replace all these Lamar Jackson Bootle Young E Lee Foster 1 Quote Link to comment
Cdog923 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 1 hour ago, NUance said: How could they possibly not have Nick Gates on that list? Am I missing something? I'd say: Joshua Kalu Nick Gates Chris Weber Chris Jones Drew Brown Nothing against Tanner Lee. I just don't think we'll miss leading the nation in pick sixes. 2 Quote Link to comment
ladyhawke Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 1 hour ago, B.B. Hemingway said: Yeah, Drew Brown was great, but when your kicker is at the top of a list like this you're not losing much. I'd probably move Weber up the list a couple spots even. I believe the list is in alphabetical order not 'skill' order. 1 Quote Link to comment
RedSavage Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 1 hour ago, NUance said: How could they possibly not have Nick Gates on that list? Am I missing something? I'd say: Joshua Kalu Nick Gates Chris Weber Chris Jones Drew Brown Nothing against Tanner Lee. I just don't think we'll miss leading the nation in pick sixes. 3 Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Kalu to me is easily the guy we'll miss the most out of that list. He still made some key plays at safety. I was never as high on Chris Jones as a lot of the media were. Now that I say that he'll be a future all pro in the league for all I know. 1 Quote Link to comment
mnhusker Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 1 hour ago, dspanther05 said: I think this list shows that last year was absolute rock bottom for this program. No disrespect to Drew Brown at all and losing such a reliable kicker is going to hurt more than we think, but the fact that he is the top of the list is pretty telling. I couldn't agree more. Quote Link to comment
TGHusker Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 That Nick Gates video is hard to watch. They really weren't teaching any skills were they. Gates is one of the biggest coaching fails when it comes to Freshman potential to Senior results 5 Quote Link to comment
Fru Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 54 minutes ago, RedSavage said: Good lord. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 56 minutes ago, RedSavage said: Wow...... Quote Link to comment
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