OWH: Top 20 Recruits of the Last 10 Years

[Mavric]

The top 20 was picked based on on-field contributions to the program, the amount of time in the program — which, obviously, favors high school recruits slightly — the leadership factor they provided, and their position.

And it doesn't include walk-ons. That's a different list for a different day. Those guys deserve their own list, although at least two — Spencer Long and Alex Henery — probably would have made this list.

Here we go:

20. Offensive tackle Nick Gates (2014 class)

19. Quarterback Tommy Armstrong (2012 class)

18. Safety Larry Asante (2007 class)

17. Cornerback Stanley Jean-Baptiste (2010 class)

16. Defensive end Pierre Allen (2006 class)

15. Jordan Westerkamp (2012 class)

14. Maliek Collins (2013 class)

13. Defensive end Randy Gregory (2013 class)

12. Cornerback Alfonzo Dennard (2008 class)

11. Wide receiver Niles Paul (2007 class)

10. Linebacker Will Compton (2008)

9. Wide receiver Kenny Bell (2010 class)

8. Quarterback Taylor Martinez (2009)

7. Cornerback Prince Amukamara (2007 class)

6. Safety Eric Hagg (2007 class)

5. Running Back Rex Burkhead (2009 class)

4. Running Back Roy Helu (2007 class)

3. Defensive tackle Jared Crick (2007 class)

2. Linebacker Lavonte David (2010 class)

1 Ameer Abdullah (2011 class)

 

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[Lyons in the Sea of Red.]

If anyone had the same question of "where's suh" as I did, he was on the 05 class I believe.

[Mavric]

If anyone had the same question of "where's suh" as I did, he was on the 05 class I believe.

 

Yeah, if you read the article, he says it's "since Suh".

[Lyons in the Sea of Red.]

 

If anyone had the same question of "where's suh" as I did, he was on the 05 class I believe.

 

Yeah, if you read the article, he says it's "since Suh".

Didn't need to read the article, everything I cared to see was in the excerpt you provided above.

[JJ Husker]

Interesting list but I think the 2 lists that would really tell the story of our last ten years of recruiting would be the Next 20 (#21 thru #40 top recruits) and the top 20 busts that never really contributed or never saw the field as a Husker. I could be wrong but I'm guessing the list falls off very significantly after this top 20.

[DrunkOffPunch]

The fact that Nick Gates cracked his list after only playing 1 year of playing and the fact that no other O-linemen made the list either seems pretty telling about Gates, the O-line, or both.

[NUance]

 

If anyone had the same question of "where's suh" as I did, he was on the 05 class I believe.

 

Yeah, if you read the article, he says it's "since Suh".

 

 

Hard to believe it's been ten years since Suh was recruited. He would have been first on this list last year. Obviously.