Dennis Wagner

[Husker J]

How good do you think Dennis Wagner is as a recruiter? According to rivals all four of the commits so far have been recruited by him do you think he is as good as Bill Busch?

[chuckd]

I think DW is a very, very good recruiter. Having said that, 3 of the 4 commits are from Nebraska (and Hoch is close in IA) and that is one of Wags' areas. Since there are so few D-1 athletes in this area, he is probably a lead/partial recruiter on all of them. Also, I believe there was a piece out a few weeks ago that quoted one of the coaches as saying every recruit we go after has multiple coaches recruiting them. So even if their name isn't on rivals, there is a good chance that more than just coach Wags was recruting them.

[huskerfan500]

he is not as good as busch, but I think he is our third best recuirter behind watson also, Blake was better too but he has had his share of great commits

[BIGREDIOWAN]

Blake wasn't doing to much for us this last year BEFORE he left for NC. I think he only had one recruit???

[Blackshirt316]

Yeah but that was by design, Callahan more than likely knew Blake was leaving at the end of the year and therefore shifted him away from recruiting. But he was by far our best recruiter the previous year bringing in some of our top talent, he did bring in both Brandon Jackson and Marlon Lucky. as well as Ola, Jones and a few others. Even on limited recruiting he brought in Townsend and Barfield before he left.

 

Wags so far has done a great job this year bringing in some stud talent, however they are all home grown boys and most are also playing his specific position. I'd say he were up there with Watson or maybe even Busch if he had gotten a Missouri Kid or an Iowa kid away from the Irish and not a Nebraska kid, or if he can recruit a top player from another state that plays a position other than Offensive Line. Until than he's a solid recruiter for us but not a great one.... however if he pulls in the Missouri trio... than it's a brand new story.

[westgatehusker]

according to rivals

dennis wagner recruiting

07

4* stars

 

niles paul

 

jaivorio burkes

 

zach lee (juco)

 

joseph townsend (juco)

 

3* stars

 

roy helu

 

marcel jones

 

austin stafford

 

06

4*stars

 

Carl Nicks (juco)

 

Maurice Purify (juco)

 

3*stars

 

Mike Smith

 

Victory Haines (juco)

 

05

4*stars

 

leon jackson

 

ndumakong suh

 

3*

 

jacob hickman

 

2*

 

brock pastuer

 

no stars

 

matt slauson

 

plus wags was the sole recruiter of all his kids exept for jaivorio burkes and marcel jones. to me that is very impress recruiting i think he is one of the most underated recruiters in the country he is just consistent

[westgatehusker]

and most are also playing his specific position.

only 6 of his sixteen play o-line