Downing on offering a junior

[kramer]

"If we offer a kid as a junior, he's a guy that we've watched for some time, either because he had a teammate who was older or because somehow the name and the tape got to us early,'' Nebraska recruiting coordinator Scott Downing said. The way we grade a kid and the way we offer a kid is the recruiting coach, the position coach, the head coach and myself review a tape or two. We have a grading system.

If a kid scores an offerable grade, we do our research and check any academics. If we know the kid's background, then we would be prepared to offer a kid as a junior