LB Colin McCarthy

[Eric the Red]

Player: Colin McCarthy

Hometown: Clearwater, FL

Position: LB

Height: 6’1”

Weight: 222

40 time: 4.51

Visit Date: Nov. 11, 2005 (KSU)

Scholarships offered: Over 20 including: Penn St., Ohio St., Nebraska, Miami, Indiana

Favorites: Signed with Miami

Rankings/Stars:

Rivals: #21/

Bid Red Report: NR/

 

Assessing the talent: What an absolute joy to watch. Rivals had 7 reels on him and very rarely do they show a lot of defense, but there were six. You want to talk about a kid who’s a ball hawk. A kid that wants to lay the boom and make every tackle, this is your guy. Just about every play was a highlight. He looks like he played at about 180 pounds last year and he may very well have, but it didn’t matter. He can chase, play the pass, blitz, play very strong run support, and hit. The one drawback right now is his weight, but with his frame I see another 15 maybe 20 pounds and a move to SS or other similar positions. His senior season he may never leave the field. He finished the season with 163 total tackles on defense including a dozen for a loss. He added four sacks, five interceptions, two caused fumbles, and one defensive touchdown. Throw in another 600 yards receiving on 30 grabs.

 

Odds of becoming a Cornhusker: 0% I think he’s really got his heart set on Florida, but well see if Phil Elmassian can work his magic again in the Sunshine State.

[Red November]

I love these kids who are undersized, but play the butt off. But it doesn't look so good?

[StuckinChicago]

Has florida solicited an offer yet??? If they have, we might be in some serious trouble. I watched the same video on this kid, and he is exactly the kind of player we want. He has an absolute nose for being in the right place at the right time and he takes excellent angles and plays the position how it should be played. Give him a redshirt and a couple of years of working out and he could be an absolute terror on the football field.

[BigRedJake]

Fast little linebacker too.

[Eric the Red]

Has florida solicited an offer yet??? If they have, we might be in some serious trouble. I watched the same video on this kid, and he is exactly the kind of player we want. He has an absolute nose for being in the right place at the right time and he takes excellent angles and plays the position how it should be played. Give him a redshirt and a couple of years of working out and he could be an absolute terror on the football field.

He has both pure speed and that ever noticable "football speed", wasn't he just awesome to watch.

[StuckinChicago]

He just plays the position naturally. It is just awesome to watch. He reads the play like a book and then takes a great angle and absolutely flies. You watch these plays and initally think that someone missed a blocking assignment, but then you see that he just used his speed to slip in behind the lead blocker, or run underneath him and blow the whole play up. An absolute joy to watch. Reminds me of Brian Urlacher when he is playing well. Doesnt take on blockers because he doesnt need to.

[Eric the Red]

Favorites: Ohio State, Penn State, and Miami

Rankings/Stars:

Rivals: #21/

Bid Red Report: NR/

 

Assessing the talent: What an absolute joy to watch. Rivals had 7 reels on him and very rarely do they show a lot of defense, but there were six. You want to talk about a kid who’s a ball hawk. A kid that wants to lay the boom and make every tackle, this is your guy. Just about every play was a highlight. He looks like he played at about 180 pounds last year and he may very well have, but it didn’t matter. He can chase, play the pass, blitz, play very strong run support, and hit. The one drawback right now is his weight, but with his frame I see another 15 maybe 20 pounds and a move to SS or other similar positions. His senior season he may never leave the field. He finished the season with 163 total tackles on defense including a dozen for a loss. He added four sacks, five interceptions, two caused fumbles, and one defensive touchdown. Throw in another 600 yards receiving on 30 grabs.

 

Odds of becoming a Cornhusker: 3%

[NamelessHusker]

Odds of becoming a Husker : 0%

 

He says he wants to stay in the Big10 for family reasons. Another one bites the dust

[Eric the Red]

If we get this kid to visit, which I thought was going to be impossible, the percentage counts.

 

Visit Date: Nov. 11, 2005 (KSU)

Scholarships offered: Over 20 including: Penn St., Ohio St., Nebraska, Miami, Indiana

Favorites: Ohio State, Penn State, Nebraska and Indiana

Rankings/Stars:

Rivals: #21/

Bid Red Report: NR/

 

Assessing the talent: What an absolute joy to watch. Rivals had 7 reels on him and very rarely do they show a lot of defense, but there were six. You want to talk about a kid who’s a ball hawk. A kid that wants to lay the boom and make every tackle, this is your guy. Just about every play was a highlight. He looks like he played at about 180 pounds last year and he may very well have, but it didn’t matter. He can chase, play the pass, blitz, play very strong run support, and hit. The one drawback right now is his weight, but with his frame I see another 15 maybe 20 pounds and a move to SS or other similar positions. His senior season he may never leave the field. He finished the season with 163 total tackles on defense including a dozen for a loss. He added four sacks, five interceptions, two caused fumbles, and one defensive touchdown. Throw in another 600 yards receiving on 30 grabs.

 

Odds of becoming a Cornhusker: 23%

[hootin' annie's goatfarm]

hello, here are some of UN targets w/ UN visits, & when they have set visits to other schools:

 

cobb - UN is still only school he has visited - & might be the last

hancock - visited UN & has them as his leader - will visit md 12/16

reese - has UN (10/28) & az (10/21) leaders - visited okst 9/16

turner - UN (10/28), az (12/9) & ku (12/2)

adams - UN only school he has visited - but holds tn, ky, & ok offers

bailey - visited ou 9/2, & has UN in top 4 (UN & ou are the only 2 schools out of the 4 - miami & nd being the others - who have offered)

boatman - will visit UN 11/11 & ist 12/9

dorrestein - visited UN 10/28, & will visit mich (vs ohst) - he camped at mich

walton - UN (10/28) & pst co-leaders

williams - will visit later - but will miss out on game day atmosphere

brown - UN 10/28, il 12/3, mst 11/18, mo 12/10, & ou 11/28

campbell - UN 9/9 only school he has visited

clayborn - UN 9/16, tt 9/30, & mo 12/9

martin - possible UN offer & visit?

mccarthy - ohst 9/23 & UN 11/11 - clearwater, fl - beck has to host, right?

paulo - azst 9/30 & UN 1/6

davis - UN is still the only school he has visited - I hope it stays that way

mouton - UN 9/2, mi 9/9, & lsu 10/14, & has usc offer

thenarse - UN 9/9 is the only school he has visited - offers form UN, wa, wast, & or

wallace - fst 9/20, pst - unofficial, ohst 9/19, UN (visited & 2x camper)

young - he should have stayed at mill s, since mill n = iowa meat

carter - fres 10/14, orst 12/2, ucla 12/15 (no offer as of yet), UN 11/11

culbert - UN 9/2 is his only visit

poe - UN visit (10/28), & offer from fl (mom = fl)

pflueger - UN leader - he will probably visit (track offer), & will visit wy 11/4

[kramer]

It looks like he'll give NU an honest look. He's on his way to Lincoln

[Eric the Red]

It looks like he'll give NU an honest look. He's on his way to Lincoln

This is a really intriguing ball player. He's fast, tough and smart. But is he big enough. What position are the Huskers looking at him for?? Can we get him out of Florida?

[DJR313]

It looks like he'll give NU an honest look.  He's on his way to Lincoln

This is a really intriguing ball player. He's fast, tough and smart. But is he big enough. What position are the Huskers looking at him for?? Can we get him out of Florida?

Isn't that pretty much the same size McKeon was when he came to NU? Maybe he could play the SAM.

[NamelessHusker]

Even with the visit, i would still put NU's chances at 5% at the moment. Keep in mind he basically had us on the outside looking in and when he got injured this year and several schools backed off of him because of it, he put us right in the mix again. If we are a "Factor" in his decison, we would be going up against Ohio St, and Penn St as serious threats. With him having family around Penn St, they would seem to have the upper hand, even though he hasn't visited.

[kramer]

I haven't seen or heard any reports on this guy yet. He was the most important guy. Did he make the trip?