S C.J. Cox

[westgatehusker]

oops I jacked this up and couldn't figure out how to erase the post

 

well now that im posting this he's picking up offers and no OU offer

 

oh also he's named his top two http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=204&p=8&a...amp;nid=3039560

[husker rob]

says he will commit on his birthday which is sometime around the 8th of July

[TrueHuskerFan]

Looks like we are in the lead for this kid.

[chamrocck]

Rivals has us in the lead. He shows now at Rivals.

 

Scout article here has Nebraska, Okie State, and Wisconsin as leaders with Cox denying a true leader of the 3. Looks like he will visit us and the others as well...decision targeted for Dec.:

http://recruiting.scout.com/2/654935.html

[husker rob]

i liked it before when he said that he wanted to commit before the senior season. looks like he wants to get that offer from OU, and thinks that a outstanding year will get him the offer

[chamrocck]

New linky at Scout on this guy:

http://recruiting.scout.com/2/668047.html

 

I'm getting the feeling he will end up at Oklahoma State, or possibly Wisconsin (he has set an official visit for there). From the article he says he is not going to decide until the end of his season. First, I don't think we will wait that long to get a S recruit. Second, we are in on some better recruits IMO. Also, I thought he had scheduled a visit with us...but Scout is not showing that anymore. I don't like the signs here but am OK if we can get a stronger recruit to fill this need.

[chamrocck]

Latest...

 

last month: http://recruiting.scout.com/2/678885.html

 

this month: http://recruiting.scout.com/2/689199.html

 

Okie State seems to have slight edge.

[BIGREDIOWAN]

Latest...

 

last month: http://recruiting.scout.com/2/678885.html

 

this month: http://recruiting.scout.com/2/689199.html

 

Okie State seems to have slight edge.

Today's game doesn't help the situation............

[chamrocck]

Has committed to UNLV. Linky says UNLV will give him chance at RB and also he says NU stopped recruiting him once Cally was let go.

 

http://recruiting.scout.com/2/714125.html

[MadcatNU]

UNLV?

 

Did OSU and Wisconsin stop recruiting him too?

[robsker]

Player: C.J. Cox

Hometown: Garland, TX

Position: Safety

Height: 5’11”

Weight: 192

40 time: 4.61

Visit Date:

Scholarships offered: Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Wisconsin, Fresno State, Rice, New Mexico

Favorites: commited to UNLV

Rankings/Stars:

Rivals:

Big Red Report:

 

Assessing the talent:

 

Odds of becoming a Cornhusker:

 

a safety who runs a 4.61 better be six feet two and 225 pounds and bring the lumber in order to compensate for lack of speed. A safety in the Big 12 has to be no slower than 4.5 (or, as I say, have some serious compensatory attributes like size, physicality, awesome tacking technique or something to offset the lack of wheels). A 4.61 is actually where you would like a MIKE to be. A 4.61 is a speed liability even for an OLB. For a safety, no way.

[Overland Park Husker]

Player: C.J. Cox

Hometown: Garland, TX

Position: Safety

Height: 5’11”

Weight: 192

40 time: 4.61

Visit Date:

Scholarships offered: Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Wisconsin, Fresno State, Rice, New Mexico

Favorites: commited to UNLV

Rankings/Stars:

Rivals:

Big Red Report:

 

Assessing the talent:

 

Odds of becoming a Cornhusker:

 

a safety who runs a 4.61 better be six feet two and 225 pounds and bring the lumber in order to compensate for lack of speed. A safety in the Big 12 has to be no slower than 4.5 (or, as I say, have some serious compensatory attributes like size, physicality, awesome tacking technique or something to offset the lack of wheels). A 4.61 is actually where you would like a MIKE to be. A 4.61 is a speed liability even for an OLB. For a safety, no way.

While it'd be nice for all of our players to run sub 4.6, it just won't happen. A lot of time players can be taught to play faster and learn better techniques to speed up. It's funny that most people judge a kid by his forty time or flat out speed. Remeber that Culbert (the guy that people want to move to safety or LB because of the "lack" of speed) ran a 4.6-4.7 coming out of HS.

[robsker]

Player: C.J. Cox

Hometown: Garland, TX

Position: Safety

Height: 5’11”

Weight: 192

40 time: 4.61

Visit Date:

Scholarships offered: Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Wisconsin, Fresno State, Rice, New Mexico

Favorites: commited to UNLV

Rankings/Stars:

Rivals:

Big Red Report:

 

Assessing the talent:

 

Odds of becoming a Cornhusker:

 

a safety who runs a 4.61 better be six feet two and 225 pounds and bring the lumber in order to compensate for lack of speed. A safety in the Big 12 has to be no slower than 4.5 (or, as I say, have some serious compensatory attributes like size, physicality, awesome tacking technique or something to offset the lack of wheels). A 4.61 is actually where you would like a MIKE to be. A 4.61 is a speed liability even for an OLB. For a safety, no way.

While it'd be nice for all of our players to run sub 4.6, it just won't happen. A lot of time players can be taught to play faster and learn better techniques to speed up. It's funny that most people judge a kid by his forty time or flat out speed. Remeber that Culbert (the guy that people want to move to safety or LB because of the "lack" of speed) ran a 4.6-4.7 coming out of HS.

 

You are quite correct that 40 times can be over used and I am subjct to doing precisely that. But really, on field speed was aserious problem for NU last year --- and really now for a bank of years. It needs to be addressed.

 

Culbert should be a LB as far as I am concerned --- he showed some instincts and some grit as a Joker when he played there before and his speed is Ok for a LB (given his other attributes). As a safety he lacks the wheels. Sometimes quickness is more important than speed. Maybe Major is more quick than he is fast. At any rate a LB can be quick w/o a need for serious speed --- but a safety needs both.

 

As for all of our CB, safeties and OLB running 4.6 or under --- well why not? Heck, I'd think that the secondary would all be 4.5 or under and the OLB 4.55 or under --- very reasonable goals.