By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Friday, January 28, 2011 11:00 pm
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Reporters kept calling Joe Carter on Friday night. They kept asking him how it felt to be committed to Nebraska.
He laughed a bit at that.
"I've been committed to Nebraska. I just never came out and said it."
Yep. The 6-foot-5, 255-pound juco defensive end said he's been committed to the Huskers for about a month now.
Whenever the pledge was made doesn't really matter. The fact that Carter is planning to sign with NU on Wednesday does. He is the 17th known recruit in this Husker class.
Carter joins fellow Chaffey (Calif.) Community College teammate Daimion Stafford, a safety, as Husker recruits.
"We got the same goals on our minds, and we got competition on our minds," Carter said. "I just wanted to go to a good school. ... We've both got two years (to play). And Nebraska kept it straight with us."
Carter had been publicly committed to Arizona, but there was great speculation and strong hints by the defensive end himself that he was leaning Nebraska's way.
Carter said he appreciated the approach by NU's coaches during the recruiting process.
"They're cool and they're straightforward," he said. "They just keep it real. They aren't going to (BS) you or nothing."
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