Westerkamp vs. Swift

[The Murphinator]

Ok here is another one. This time at WR.

[Landlord]

This is a really good one and honestly I have no freaking idea. Both were fantastic and had very similar careers here.

[The Murphinator]

Just now, Landlord said:

This is a really good one and honestly I have no freaking idea. Both were fantastic and had very similar careers here.

 

I am shocked it isn't closer

[Landlord]

recency bias

[admo]

Loved Swift, but we will never see a player like Westerkamp anytime soon, if ever. Great routes, breaking routes, body positioning, amazing hands, smarts and was reliable over and over. Even in big games.

 

Didn't matter if it was 5 yards needed or 15. Just throw it to him. 

[Landlord]

2 hours ago, admo said:

Loved Swift, but we will never see a player like Westerkamp anytime soon, if ever. Great routes, breaking routes, body positioning, amazing hands, smarts and was reliable over and over. Even in big games.

 

Didn't matter if it was 5 yards needed or 15. Just throw it to him. 

 

 

All of that can pretty accurately be said about Swift also.

 

Swift would be remembered much more highly if it wasn't for the addition of Maurice Purify in 06 and 07, who took his starting spot at that receiver position. Swift had almost 700 yards his freshman year! I didn't even remember that. Crazy, too, the difference in career yardage between the two is two yards.

[knapplc]

They're almost identical, so for me it came down to who had the better stache.

 

[B.B. Hemingway]

They're both sneaky athletic, and real grinders. A couple gritty, high IQ'd gym rats..... Fundamentally sound, with a lot of heart.... The "bring your lunch pale" types.

 

Real close, but Westerkamp by an intangible or two.

[Xmas32]

7 hours ago, admo said:

Loved Swift, but we will never see a player like Westerkamp anytime soon, if ever. Great routes, breaking routes, body positioning, amazing hands, smarts and was reliable over and over. Even in big games.

 

Didn't matter if it was 5 yards needed or 15. Just throw it to him. 

 

I think Stanley Morgan Jr already checks a lot of those boxes excepts the hands part.

[Enhance]

1 hour ago, knapplc said:

They're almost identical, so for me it came down to who had the better stache.

 

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[tattooedhusker]

This was the toughest one yet. Eerily similar, but I went Westy simply for the behind the back catch from a couple seasons ago.

[jsneb83]

9 hours ago, Landlord said:

 

 

All of that can pretty accurately be said about Swift also.

 

Swift would be remembered much more highly if it wasn't for the addition of Maurice Purify in 06 and 07, who took his starting spot at that receiver position. Swift had almost 700 yards his freshman year! I didn't even remember that. Crazy, too, the difference in career yardage between the two is two yards.

I went with Westerkamp for a couple reasons. Everything that he got his hands on, he caught, where as Swift lost focus at times and let the ball go through his hands. Nate also had more accurate/prototypical QBs throwing him the ball than Jordan. If the roles had been reversed, I believe Westerkamp would have been the leading receiver in Nebraska history.

 

I also like his name, so I guess there are three things 

[TGHusker]

I had to go wt Westy - This was really hard as Swift has always been near the top of my favorite NU players.  Work ethic, durability, good routes, dependable. 

Westy - had the miracle hail Mary catch, the behind the back catch and was just an automatic if the ball was thrown near him.  He suffered by not having a quality passer throw to

him. I think he would excel in Frost's system wt a quality throwing QB.   He seemed to be deceptive in his speed as he found ways to get open - good routes contribute to that as well.

[I am I]

Westy dropped the Minnesota TD catch. 

Edited April 11, 2018 by I am I

[The Dude]

I give Swift a slight edge because he was more dangerous in the redzone.