FrankWheeler Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 12 minutes ago, SouthLincoln Husker said: Are you including players who have quit due to injury that are still on scholarship, as they do not count toward the 85. I also think there will be a few leaving before the fall; graduating Sr. who will not get a lot playing time. If you are referring to Weinmaster, I didn't include him. Yes, there will have to be some leaving. With what Mav said, it will have to be more than just a few graduate Seniors. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 25 commits right now, though Bland is a question mark. 25 open spots plus however many over-signs. Word is we are taking 29 - leaving one spot for a grad transfers. Current Scholarships/Commits QB - 1 - LUKE McCAFFREY RB - 3 - RAHMIR JOHNSON, RONALD THOMPKINS, JUCO DEDRICK MILLS, John Bivens WR - 3-4 - JAMIE NANCE, DARIEN CHASE, WANDALE ROBINSON, Demariyon Houston, Charles Njoku TE - 1 - CHRIS HICKMAN OT - 3 - MATTHEW ANDERSON, BRYCE BENHART, JIMMY FRITZSCHE OG/C - 1-2 - JUCO DESMOND BLAND, MICHAEL LYNN NT - 0-1 - Matthew Pola-Mao DE - 4 - ETHAN PIPER, MOSAI NEWSOM, BRANT BANKS, TY ROBINSON ILB - 3 - JACKSON HANNAH, NICK HENRICH, GARRETT SNODGRASS OLB - 2-3 - GARRETT NELSON, JAMIN GRAHAM, Dylan Jordan, Steven Parker, JUCO Soni Fonua CB - 2-3 - QUINTON NEWSOME, JAVIN WRIGHT, Tavian Mayo, Jamel Starks, DJ James S - 2 - MYLES FARMER, NOA POLA-GATES Early Enrollees: McCaffrey, WRobinson, Nance, Hickman, Banks, Henrich, Nelson Quote Link to comment
Warrior10 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 My finish prediction: Pola-Gates Parker Njoku/Houston (in that preference) Starks Pola-Mao/Bivens (in that preference) 1 Quote Link to comment
SouthLincoln Husker Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Warrior10 said: My finish prediction: Pola-Gates Parker Njoku/Houston (in that preference) Starks Pola-Mao/Bivens (in that preference) I agree, except for Starks. It seems that he has been ready to commit for awhile. I think he is a plan B for Pola-Gates. But it also appears that we are thin at CB & DT. Quote Link to comment
spurs1990 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 11 minutes ago, Warrior10 said: My finish prediction: Pola-Gates Parker Njoku/Houston (in that preference) Starks Pola-Mao/Bivens (in that preference) Player ability aside (I agree with the preference) Both areas of the country are nice spots to continue to get a foot hold in. I like the opportunity to keep landing guys in the northeast and Houston with Nance are nice pick ups in Oklahoma. Getting closer to Texas. Pola-Mao/Bivens both seem like high risk high reward type players and either would be nice. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Mavric said: 25 commits right now, though Bland is a question mark. 25 open spots plus however many over-signs. Word is we are taking 29 - leaving one spot for a grad transfers. Current Scholarships/Commits QB - 1 - LUKE McCAFFREY RB - 3 - RAHMIR JOHNSON, RONALD THOMPKINS, JUCO DEDRICK MILLS, John Bivens WR - 3-4 - JAMIE NANCE, DARIEN CHASE, WANDALE ROBINSON, Demariyon Houston, Charles Njoku TE - 1 - CHRIS HICKMAN OT - 3 - MATTHEW ANDERSON, BRYCE BENHART, JIMMY FRITZSCHE OG/C - 1-2 - JUCO DESMOND BLAND, MICHAEL LYNN NT - 0-1 - Matthew Pola-Mao DE - 4 - ETHAN PIPER, MOSAI NEWSOM, BRANT BANKS, TY ROBINSON ILB - 3 - JACKSON HANNAH, NICK HENRICH, GARRETT SNODGRASS OLB - 2-3 - GARRETT NELSON, JAMIN GRAHAM, Dylan Jordan, Steven Parker, JUCO Soni Fonua CB - 2-3 - QUINTON NEWSOME, JAVIN WRIGHT, Tavian Mayo, Jamel Starks, DJ James S - 2 - MYLES FARMER, Noa Pola-Gates Early Enrollees: McCaffrey, WRobinson, Nance, Hickman, Banks, Henrich, Nelson Just want to step back from the process and point something out. We have 25 commits in a pretty decent class. We still have probably more very good players very interested in coming than we have spots for. I remember many years when we got to this point in the process and we were grabbing warm bodies. It's a nice change. 9 Quote Link to comment
Vince R. Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 12 minutes ago, spurs1990 said: Player ability aside (I agree with the preference) Both areas of the country are nice spots to continue to get a foot hold in. I like the opportunity to keep landing guys in the northeast and Houston with Nance are nice pick ups in Oklahoma. Getting closer to Texas. Pola-Mao/Bivens both seem like high risk high reward type players and either would be nice. I totally agree. Nebraska can make up a lot of ground by getting elite prospects out of OKC or the state in general. Quote Link to comment
Vince R. Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 If Houston wants in, he's a take. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
GBRFAN Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Agree that DT is more important then WR - however SF is going with best MAN up. He is going "all in" on the fact that the 2020 class will have some guys that can play or provide depth as FR and guessing that includes the DL Quote Link to comment
DefenderAO Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Pola-Mao isn't in now? With the "4" projections how is he out, especially as tied to Noa Edit: I'm caught up. Most are projecting he's in Quote Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 4 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: we were grabbing warm bodies. Underrated phrase, imo. Quote Link to comment
brophog Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 6 hours ago, B.B. Hemingway said: Underrated phrase, imo. Not only are we looking at a potential huge jump in quality, but if some of these predictions hold true we are adding players that can do something different. A big body receiver that can help in the red zone, an OLB that can play with his hand down on third and long, situational assets we were really lacking last year. Quote Link to comment
AlaSker Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 1 hour ago, brophog said: Not only are we looking at a potential huge jump in quality, but if some of these predictions hold true we are adding players that can do something different. A big body receiver that can help in the red zone, an OLB that can play with his hand down on third and long, situational assets we were really lacking last year. Granted these are all projections, as far as immediate ideas. But we seem to have a real plan. It has been said that Frost intends to take the best talent at the time, but I doubt he takes a 4 star QB right now if he is the best available. We have identified areas of need, WR, pass rush, and Secondary as areas of immediate need. These areas have been more than covered with our aggressive approach to recruiting. In the past our approach to recruiting hasn't been able to define talent like our new staff, so anybody with some stars has been deemed a desirable recruit. Now we have built relationships across the country with recruits who maybe didn't fit in initially with the same thought process that early enrollees did. I honestly think the early signing period helped everyone involved minus the recruits who get massive coaching changes between signing and enrolling periods. so in conclusion it helped the universities football programs and virtually no one else I was going in a positive direction and then... the rules happened Quote Link to comment
C-4 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Can someone tell me why again we’re running a 3-4 as a base rather than a 4-3? 3-4 is very reliant on pressure from athletic freaks at OLB, something that is incredibly hard to recruit, especially for Nebraska. why not return to the 4-3 and rely on pressure from various positions? Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 11 minutes ago, C-4 said: Can someone tell me why again we’re running a 3-4 as a base rather than a 4-3? 3-4 is very reliant on pressure from athletic freaks at OLB, something that is incredibly hard to recruit, especially for Nebraska. why not return to the 4-3 and rely on pressure from various positions? Because that's Chinander's base defense philosophy. 3 Quote Link to comment
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