SIGNED LB Lavonte David

[kozzman555]

lol he mentioned that coach ekeler wasnt mad, but didnt say anything about bo! :LOLtartar

and yeah, he has had some small academic issues that have seemingly prevented him from joining jemarcus hardrick here. lavonte will be here in the spring though

 

[papio2chi]

Rivals teaser...

"Word came out on Sunday that four-star linebacker and Nebraska commit Lavonte David took a late visit to South Florida. David spoke about the trip and what it means in terms of recruiting. From the sounds of things, the trip didn't affect his commitment."

 

[TheCheshireCat]

I'll be so happy once these kids sign. If we get Owa, Cooper, Carnes this class should be close to top 15.

 

[HuskerMack]

I'll be so happy once these kids sign. If we get Owa, Cooper, Carnes this class should be close to top 15.

Even if all 3 sign we would be really lucky to break into top 20!! The thing that hurts us is the 2 players with just 2 stars not that they are bad players but they really pull your over all score down.

 

[caveman99]

I'll be so happy once these kids sign. If we get Owa, Cooper, Carnes this class should be close to top 15.

Even if all 3 sign we would be really lucky to break into top 20!! The thing that hurts us is the 2 players with just 2 stars not that they are bad players but they really pull your over all score down.

I read a thread on HI that said they only do the ratings on the top 20 players in each class to help account for the different class sizes. If that is the case, and NU gets all 3 of those players, then one of the 2 Stars won't count against NU's overall ranking. However I am not sure why it matters, wouldn't you be happy with a 5 Star and 8 total 4 Stars in a class of 21? That is nearly half of the total, not to mention that many of the 3 Stars look to be really promising as well. The funny thing is that MU will most likely have a Top 15 class after signing day, but if both Ealy and Hunt don't qualify as is the rumor, the class that MU sees comes August isn't a Top 15 Class and in reality NU's class will be much better. It is better to evaluate a class after they are in the program, the hype doesn't tell the whole story.

 

[EZ-E]

I'll be so happy once these kids sign. If we get Owa, Cooper, Carnes this class should be close to top 15.

Even if all 3 sign we would be really lucky to break into top 20!! The thing that hurts us is the 2 players with just 2 stars not that they are bad players but they really pull your over all score down.

I read a thread on HI that said they only do the ratings on the top 20 players in each class to help account for the different class sizes. If that is the case, and NU gets all 3 of those players, then one of the 2 Stars won't count against NU's overall ranking. However I am not sure why it matters, wouldn't you be happy with a 5 Star and 8 total 4 Stars in a class of 21? That is nearly half of the total, not to mention that many of the 3 Stars look to be really promising as well. The funny thing is that MU will most likely have a Top 15 class after signing day, but if both Ealy and Hunt don't qualify as is the rumor, the class that MU sees comes August isn't a Top 15 Class and in reality NU's class will be much better. It is better to evaluate a class after they are in the program, the hype doesn't tell the whole story.

:yeah

To add to your thought I read that Ealy has about a 1% chance of qualifying. Many schools backed off from him after they got word of this.

Our class will be a lot better when we add Owa and Cooper to it. Even if you do count Ealy and Hunt to their total.

 

[HuskerBruin]

I'll be so happy once these kids sign. If we get Owa, Cooper, Carnes this class should be close to top 15.

Even if all 3 sign we would be really lucky to break into top 20!! The thing that hurts us is the 2 players with just 2 stars not that they are bad players but they really pull your over all score down.

I've also heard Rivals only bases their team rankings on the top 20 players. So, if we got all 3...1 of ours (Jake Cotton) would be dropped out of the calculation. Assuming this is accurate info, adding a 5-star, and dropping a 2 star from the calculation would be a HUGE swing. It would put us in a similar position as Florida St. (#10) - 1 5*, 8 4*, rest 3* (give or take a little)

Our top 20 vs F.St. (with owa, cooper, carnes)

5*

6.1 - 6.1

4*

5.9 - 6

5.9 - 5.9

5.9 - 5.9

5.8 - 5.8

5.8 - 5.8

5.8 - 5.8

5.8 - 5.8

5.8 - 5.8

3*

5.7 - 5.7

5.7 - 5.7

5.7 - 5.7

5.7 - 5.7

5.7 - 5.6

5.6 - 5.6

5.6 - 5.6

5.6 - 5.6

5.6 - 5.6

5.6 - 5.6

5.4 - 5.6

NU - 114.7

ST - 114.9

I'm not sure how they calculate - if they weight JUCO players differently etc. But from a "stars" perspective...we're pretty close to that top-10 team.

My brain hurts.

 

[TheCheshireCat]

What's the word on David? I don't have a good feeling about his visit so late in the year.. I really hope he stays. You'd think he would since his teammate Hardrick has already signed.

 

[Overland Park Husker]

What's the word on David? I don't have a good feeling about his visit so late in the year.. I really hope he stays. You'd think he would since his teammate Hardrick has already signed.

Says he's 100% committed to Nebraska. Bo has an in home with him this week, so we should be able to lock him up if he is having any doubts.

 

[mitch7]

I saw something on rivals saying that he was still solid with us even after the visit, so we should be fine. I am more worried about him not qualifying.

 

[HuskerBruin]

I saw something on rivals saying that he was still solid with us even after the visit, so we should be fine. I am more worried about him not qualifying.

I thought the issue with David's grades was whether or not he would be able to graduate in December and get on campus for spring practices (which he wasn't able to do). I don't think there was a question as to whether he would graduate at all or qualify for UNL. Can anyone clarify this?

 

[RockyMountainOySker]

I saw something on rivals saying that he was still solid with us even after the visit, so we should be fine. I am more worried about him not qualifying.

I thought the issue with David's grades was that he whether or not he would be able to graduate in December and get on campus for spring practices (which he wasn't able to do). I don't think there was a question as to whether he would graduate at all or qualify for UNL. Can anyone clarify this?

As far as I know you are spot on.

 

[kchusker_chris]

I'll be so happy once these kids sign. If we get Owa, Cooper, Carnes this class should be close to top 15.

Even if all 3 sign we would be really lucky to break into top 20!! The thing that hurts us is the 2 players with just 2 stars not that they are bad players but they really pull your over all score down.

I've also heard Rivals only bases their team rankings on the top 20 players. So, if we got all 3...1 of ours (Jake Cotton) would be dropped out of the calculation. Assuming this is accurate info, adding a 5-star, and dropping a 2 star from the calculation would be a HUGE swing. It would put us in a similar position as Florida St. (#10) - 1 5*, 8 4*, rest 3* (give or take a little)

Our top 20 vs F.St. (with owa, cooper, carnes)

5*

6.1 - 6.1

4*

5.9 - 6

5.9 - 5.9

5.9 - 5.9

5.8 - 5.8

5.8 - 5.8

5.8 - 5.8

5.8 - 5.8

5.8 - 5.8

3*

5.7 - 5.7

5.7 - 5.7

5.7 - 5.7

5.7 - 5.7

5.7 - 5.6

5.6 - 5.6

5.6 - 5.6

5.6 - 5.6

5.6 - 5.6

5.6 - 5.6

5.4 - 5.6

NU - 114.7

ST - 114.9

I'm not sure how they calculate - if they weight JUCO players differently etc. But from a "stars" perspective...we're pretty close to that top-10 team.

 

[EZ-E]

I saw something on rivals saying that he was still solid with us even after the visit, so we should be fine. I am more worried about him not qualifying.

I thought the issue with David's grades was that he whether or not he would be able to graduate in December and get on campus for spring practices (which he wasn't able to do). I don't think there was a question as to whether he would graduate at all or qualify for UNL. Can anyone clarify this?

As far as I know you are spot on.

:yeah

I believe this to be the case to Huskerbruin.

 

[epocSoN]

Apparently USF was doing some very shady things to recruit David, which lead to him taking a visit but not telling our coaches.