RB/DB Major Culbert

[Eric the Red]

Player: Major Culbert

Hometown: Harbor City, CA

Position: RB/DB/LB

Height: 5’11”

Weight: 189

40 time: 4.71

Visit Date: Sept. 2, 2005 (Maine)

Scholarships offered: Nebraska, California, UNLV, UCLA

Favorites: Committed to Nebraska

Rankings/Stars:

Rivals: #31/

Bid Red Report:#30/

 

Assessing the talent: Has the ability to play multiple positions. On offense, he rushed for over 1,100 yards and a dozen scores as a RB. He has real good balance, stays on his feet well with a good ability to cut and tough. On defense, he shows the same type of hard nosed toughness. Plays corner, but also rushes the QB. He finished with 89 tackles, 59 solo, a pair of interceptions, three fumble recoveries and six sacks.

 

Odds of becoming a Cornhusker: 85% The Huskers have secured a visit and it appears there is a lack of offers on the table. The visit could cause him to pull the trigger.

[nebr_bob]

anyone know if he will commit b/4 next weeks game?

 

[NamelessHusker]

anyone know if he will commit b/4 next weeks game?

 

Patience

[NamelessHusker]

Season Stats: 123 rushes for 954 yards and 6 touchdowns

 

Narbonne overpowered by Taft

Turnovers are costly as the Gauchos can't keep up with the skill and speed of the Toreadors, one of the L.A. City Section's top teams.

By John Klima

 

 

A lone player rested quietly on the bench with a dazed look on his face and an ice bag over his head, as fitting a description as could be found for Narbonne's 38-6 non-league loss Friday against Taft.

 

Facing undefeated Taft on the Toreadors' home field, Narbonne ran into what many observers regard as one of the most talented groups of skill players in the L.A. City Section

 

 

That made the task at hand a simple one. In a battle of grind versus glamour, Narbonne had to control the clock to keep the talented Taft offense on the sidelines.

 

That meant Narbonne needed a productive night from running back Major Culbert, but the senior fumbled inside Taft territory on the Gauchos' first two possessions to thwart promising drives.

 

Taft converted the turnovers into a pair of 78-yard touchdown passes from quarterback Exavier Johnson to Jamere Holland and Malcolm Smith, which gave Taft (5-0) a 20-0 lead early in the second quarter.

 

"When that scenario happened two times in a row," said Narbonne coach Manuel Douglas, "it was pretty tough to work through that."

 

That's an understatement for Narbonne (2-3), which fell behind 7-0 in the first quarter when Andre Harris scored on a 1-yard run to cap a six-play, 71-yard drive sparked by a 36-yard reception by Holland, who was honored before the game as an Army All-American.

 

Narbonne answered with the kind of drive it needed to stay competitive with Taft. The Gauchos kept the ball for nine plays and nearly six minutes before Culbert fumbled on the Taft 29-yard line.

 

"I didn't have control of the ball and I still tried to run," said Culbert. "Basically, it was my fault."

 

Two plays later, Holland (two receptions for 114 yards) scored on a 78-yard touchdown pass down the far sideline. Johnson completed 5 of 11 passes for 232 yards and Smith had three receptions for 110 yards.

 

Narbonne then sustained another drive, going 55 yards in nine plays before Culbert fumbled at the Taft 4-yard line. Though Culbert recovered his own fumble, it killed the drive and set up a 22-yard field-goal attempt that Manuel Del Campo could not convert.

 

Two plays later, Smith turned a short swing pass into a slicing display of speed through the Narbonne secondary.

 

Culbert rushed 32 times for 156 yards and did the bulk of his damage in the second half. On Narbonne's only scoring drive of the game, he ran for 62 yards and carried the ball eight consecutive times to set up Armaun Linton's 4-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

 

Narbonne knew what it was getting into. Holland has run the 100-meters in 10.38 seconds. He showed his speed on a 70-yard punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter, but Culbert wasn't intimidated.

 

He wore eye black patches with the words "Holland" under one eye and "Who?" under the other.

 

"What can I say?" Culbert said. "There goes the best high school athlete in the nation."

 

Added cornerback Ryan Betton: "There's fast and there's Jamere fast."

 

All of which combined to make a battle of scrappy players versus skill players something of a daunting experience for Narbonne, which hosts Washington in a Marine League opener next week.

 

"Make one little mistake and Holland's gone," Douglas said. "When you're that fast at this level, you almost don't have to worry about getting hit because no one can catch you. You see him on film, but film doesn't do his speed justice."

 

 

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[NamelessHusker]

 

Culbert carries Narbonne on his back

Halfback rushes for 191 yards and two touchdowns in 27-9 rout of visiting Washington in Marine League opener.

By Tony Ciniglio

Daily Breeze

 

With the Washington Generals refusing to go away, Major Culbert decided to pull rank and lift the host Narbonne Gauchos to a 27-9 victory on Friday afternoon in the Marine League opener for both teams.

 

Culbert attacked the Generals' defense for 191 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries, injecting some life in an otherwise lackluster performance by Narbonne in its first home game -- which was its Homecoming -- of the season

 

 

Culbert, as he has done all season, showcased his blazing speed in breaking big runs. Several times, he looked as if he were going down, only to find his balance and gain an extra 10 yards. Then there were the carries in which he literally carried Washington defenders on his back.

 

"We call that my bag of tricks," said Culbert, who has 1,145 yards on the season. "It's kind of like an instinct thing. Coach always says not to let the first man bring you down. Plus the line was blocking hard like it always does, and I have to give it to the coaches because they call a (great) game."

 

Culbert scored on a 3-yard run with 43 seconds left in the first quarter for a 14-0 lead, plowing over Washington's Steven Adams at the goal line to get into the end zone for Narbonne (3-3).

 

Culbert then added an 8-yard scoring run with 10:17 left in the fourth quarter to finally put the game out of reach from Washington (1-5).

 

"It seems like he has a third leg out there sometimes because when it looks like he's going down, he puts his hand down, keeps his balance and gets some extra yards. He's a big-time player," Narbonne coach Manuel Douglas said. "The defense knows he's getting the ball most of the time, and they're even calling out his number, but he gets the most out of his carries.

 

"He's an exciting young football player, and he's also a nice young man."

 

Penalties and turnovers prevented the game from having any kind of flow as Washington was able to hang with Narbonne for three quarters.

 

Narbonne had 12 penalties for 90 yards and had two turnovers (an interception and a fumble). Washington had 10 penalties for 62 yards. The good news for Narbonne is its defense forced four turnovers -- two interceptions and two fumble recoveries.

 

"This week we wanted to come in and get a win because we had a practice without all the bull and goofing off," Culbert said. "We were ready for it. As for our energy, I guess it was because it was Washington.

 

"Maybe if it was someone else, it would've been more of a challenge and we would've played better. Washington did play us hard, though. We have Gardena next week, and they're probably our only real competition in league."

 

Armaun Linton scored on a 19-yard run to put Narbonne up 7-0 midway through the first quarter, and Ryan Betton recovered a fumble in the end zone at the start of the second half for Narbonne's other points.

 

Darion Goins finished with 52 rushing yards on nine carries and added an interception, and Linton finished with 51 yards on eight carries. Quarterback Eddie Mandival, starting in place of the injured Eveian Grigsby (left ankle injury) made his varsity debut. Douglas said Mandival did well enough that Grigsby can return to running back when he's healthy and take some of the load off Culbert.

 

"You can't take anything away from Washington -- they played us tough -- but we had some breakdowns today," Douglas said. "But I like how our schedule breaks down. It gets tougher each week, and we know Gardena's going to be a big test, but I hope we're ready for them."

[Big Red Cop]

Major Culbert more than likely??

[pigsonthewing]

thats the rumor..

[StuckinChicago]

Its confirmed, Major Culbert has commited, lets welcome him to the huskers.

[BigRedDallasTexan]

Awesome. I usually catch something on rivals about our latest commits but this is the first i've heard about him committing.

[HSKRNOKC]

Link M. Culbert

[hskrfannnwk]

Awesome!!

[HSKRNOKC]

Here are some stats from the free profile on scouts.

 

2005 - High School Football:

Final JR (10-3) stats: Rushed for 1,121 yards and scored 12 touchdowns at running back for Narbonne as a junior while also tallying 89 tackles, 59 solo, a pair of interceptions, three fumble recoveries and six sacks from his safety position; Bench: 285 Squat: 455 Power Clean: 265 Vert Jump: 33"

 

Final senior stats (6-5): Culbert rushed for over 2000 yards and 17 touchdowns. Defensively he had 56 tackles, seven sacks and two interceptions.

[Eric the Red]

Visit Date: Sept. 2, 2005 (Maine)

Scholarships offered: Nebraska, California, UNLV, UCLA

Favorites: Committed to Nebraska

Rankings/Stars:

Rivals: #31/

Bid Red Report:#30/

 

Assessing the talent: Has the ability to play multiple positions. On offense, he rushed for over 1,100 yards and a dozen scores as a RB. He has real good balance, stays on his feet well with a good ability to cut and tough. On defense, he shows the same type of hard nosed toughness. Plays corner, but also rushes the QB. He finished with 89 tackles, 59 solo, a pair of interceptions, three fumble recoveries and six sacks.

 

Odds of becoming a Cornhusker: 85%

[pigsonthewing]

dont let the stars fool you. just watched this guy's film and he has a good film. he hits hard and moves well. a great pickup.

[DJR313]

By getting this guy, does this push Danzell Issac out the door?