JUCO OT Carl Nicks

[Eric the Red]

Player: Carl Nicks

Hometown: Salinas, CA

Position: OT

Height: 6’5.5”

Weight: 325

40 time: 5.09

Visit Date: December 9, 2005

Scholarships offered: Arkansas St., Washington, Nebraska, California, Louisville, Wisconsin

Favorites: Committed to Nebraska

Rankings/Stars:

Rivals: NR/

Bid Red Report:JC/

 

Assessing the talent: He will ned to contribute right away to be considered a success. He has two years to play two.

 

Odds of becoming a Cornhusker: 75% Anytime the Huskers can secure a visit, their odds go up dramatically.

[BigWillie]

If he gets permission from Mrs. Nicks.....

[Husker19941995]

Eric the Red, I didn't see any star rankings in your post for Carl, but Scout.com has him listed as a 4 star player.

[Eric the Red]

Eric the Red, I didn't see any star rankings in your post for Carl, but Scout.com has him listed as a 4 star player.

Thanks....do the HUskers still pursue this kid, with Haines and all.??

[texhusker]

Well since it is rumored that he is the 19 commit, I would think yeah we still go after him. SUpp. he commited, he just needs to go tell his family I think his dad wants him to stay in californa. He would def be a nice grap. Now if we could just get a Safety lol and a cb the class would be all but wraped up.

[NamelessHusker]

They still go after him. One commit might not end up qualifying like i mentioned a few times. Better to have a backup player then be short one guy for a position that we really need

[nebr_bob]

According t BRR all 3 are 'N'

 

BRR Commit list

 

[NamelessHusker]

With the commitment of Nicks, J.B Walton is all but eliminated in my opinion from the coaches standpoint. I don't see how we have anymore scholarships available to give out (only 4 more). The remaining ones will go to 1 WR's, 1 DT and 2 DB's.

[NamelessHusker]

Word is that his mom did not like his decision because of distance. His mom was hoping he would have waited and taken his official visit to Cal (12/16) before he made anything binding or at least considered Washington (12/2) before giving the coaches his word. Nicks seems happy with his decision and isn't regretting it.

[BigWillie]

NH, the coaches are wanting Walton at DT from what I understand.

[NamelessHusker]

NH, the coaches are wanting Walton at DT from what I understand.

Yeah i am aware of that but Walton wants to play OT/OG in college. Does Blake have any tricks up his sleeve to convince him to come over to the defensive side of the ball? We will see

 

Then again, we could do what several programs do and tell him we will give him a chance to try out at offense but then switch him to defense.

[Eric the Red]

Visit Date: December 9, 2005

Scholarships offered: Arkansas St., Washington, Nebraska, California, Louisville, Wisconsin

Favorites: Committed to Nebraska

Rankings/Stars:

Rivals: NR/

Bid Red Report:JC/

 

Assessing the talent: He will ned to contribute right away to be considered a success. He has two years to play two.

 

Odds of becoming a Cornhusker: 75%

[Eric the Red]

Nicks to be a 'Husker

 

By GEORGE WATKINS

The Salinas Californian

 

The University of Nebraska football team opens its 2006 season Sept. 16 at national champion USC, and Carl Nicks intends to be part of the action.

 

Nicks, a 6-foot-5, 320-pound lineman from Hartnell College, made a verbal commitment to Nebraska on Sunday after visiting the campus this past weekend.

 

A graduate of North Salinas High School, Nicks will leave for Nebraska in May with his wife and two-year-old daughter.

 

He will be inserted as the left offensive tackle for the five-time national champion Cornhuskers.

 

After a tour of the football facility and married-players housing area, Nicks had a sit-down conversation with current Nebraska and former Oakland Raider coach Bill Callahan before making his decision.

 

"I was kind of star struck at

 

first,'' Nicks said. "But he (Callahan) was real nice. I liked everything about the school.''

 

Nebraska, which won national titles in 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995 and 1997, went 8-4 this year and plays Michigan Dec. 28 in the Alamo Bowl.

 

While Nicks received plenty of attention from other Division I schools, none were as persistent as Nebraska.

 

"About a week before our bowl game (Hartnell's Nov. 26 Graffiti Bowl) my phone was ringing off the hook,'' Nicks said. "A lot of schools like Cal were interested, but Nebraska was fired up every time they called.''

 

Nicks will make it official when he signs on what is known as National Letter of Intent Day - the first Tuesday in February.

 

The offer from Nebraska capped a sometime discouraging college career for Nicks, who was given a ride to New Mexico State as a defensive lineman straight out of high school.

 

He left New Mexico State after just one year.

 

"I just didn't feel comfortable there,'' Nicks said.

 

But he fit right in at Hartnell, where he was reunited with his high school line coach Max Matsuhara.

 

"The two people who have been my biggest supporters are my dad and Max,'' Nicks said. "Max is an awesome coach.''

 

The honors continue to roll in for Nicks. Since being named first-team All-Coast Conference, he was named to the state All-American first team and the All-NorCal squad.

 

"This proves that you can play at Hartnell, and if you work hard and have the skills, you don't have to go elsewhere to be noticed,'' Hartnell football coach Larry Souza said.

 

Souza said he sent Nebraska a tape of Hartnell's 66-60 win over Sequoias and five minutes into the film Nicks became a priority recruit.

 

"Callahan said, 'Let's go get him,''' Souza said.

 

Originally published December 13, 2005

[chuckd]

Nebraska, which won national titles in 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995 and 1997, went 8-4 this year and plays Michigan Dec. 28 in the Alamo Bowl.

 

8-4 huh, guess they are giving us a W over Michigan

[DJR313]

According to Rivals, Nicks has been upgraded to a 3 prospect.