Redman Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Oh yeah, welcome aboard Marcus! Quote Link to comment
BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Looks like an impressive get. Nice list of schools after him. Quote Link to comment
Washusker Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Welcome Mendoza. Hope we still get Ross, Patin, and Love. Quote Link to comment
mahoney Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 On the radio they were talking that they could move this kid to cornerback. They also says he has good "football" speed, and that the 4.4 doesn't lie I hope he is not moved to cornerback. Grixby is fast, but his size has always been a problem. At 5'8", he just will not match up to most receivers. I doubt he goes to corner. In this class we already have 4 db's and Hagg could/should be moved as well. We will be stacked from now on at db. This was just a tough year for everyone. Quote Link to comment
oviedol55 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 This guy reminds me a lot of Steve Slaton in high school. He's got that kind of speed, definitely needs to stay at RB IMO. I think it would be better to move Helu to safety or OLB. Quote Link to comment
DaveH Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 He won't play DB. He's an RB. Hagg will most likely play DB. Quote Link to comment
melscott62 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 He won't play DB. He's an RB. Hagg will most likely play DB. I like this kids ability to produce in the passing game. great to see in a RB. if we moved him to DB i would want him as a saftey. talk about closing speed. Quote Link to comment
husker rob Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 can anyone say "another Cory Ross" Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Welcome to the Huskers Marcus now be prepared to win alot!!!! Quote Link to comment
Blackshirt316 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Now this kid looks like a WCO HB! great pickup. Good compliment to the slashing ability of Helu and the power of Castiille. Quote Link to comment
HuskerfaninOkieland Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Welcome Marcus!!! Article on OWH about Marcus. Houston running back chooses NU BY MITCH SHERMAN WORLD-HERALD BUREAU LINCOLN - Marcus Mendoza was feeling the heat. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound running back at Spring Woods High School in Houston thought that he still had a few weeks to make a college decision. Mendoza had already visited Texas Tech. He came to Nebraska in late September to watch the Huskers beat Kansas in overtime. Recruiting trips to Kansas State and TCU were still planned. That all changed Monday morning with a visit from NU running backs coach Randy Jordan. "He wanted to come in personally and give me the facts," Mendoza said. "They're winning a lot of games. They're getting a lot of recruiting attention. And they only had one running back spot left." Now, the Huskers have no spots left for a running back. Mendoza, the No. 41 prospect in Texas as rated by rivals.com, pledged just hours after talking with Jordan to sign with Nebraska in February. A conversation on Monday night with NU coach Bill Callahan finalized the oral commitment, the Huskers' 18th overall and seventh from a Texan for the class of 2007. "If someone else would have taken that spot," Mendoza said, "probably for the rest of my life I would have had this big hole in my stomach." As long as the Huskers keep their word about running backs, Mendoza will arrive in Lincoln next fall as one of three new scholarship players at his position. NU has also received pledges from speedy back Roy Helu, 5-11 and 205 pounds out of Danville, Calif., and 6-1, 235-pound Quentin Castille of La Porte, Texas. Mendoza appears to fill the role of all-purpose back, the position at which he is rated seventh nationally by rivals.com. He ran 100 meters on the track last spring at 10.64 seconds, he said, and the 200 in 21.6 seconds. "I can do a lot of things," he said. "I can the run the ball and catch the ball. They'll send me out from the tailback position to catch passes and do a little bit of everything." Mendoza said he was impressed with all aspects of the NU program during his official visit, hosted by freshman receiver Will Henry. The running back just wanted a little time to think. By late Monday, after Jordan made a separate trip to talk it over with Mendoza's mother, the timing was right. "It just felt right," Mendoza said. "I felt like this was something I needed to do." Quote Link to comment
Always a husker Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 We are going to be STACKED at RB this will be great, by the time their seniors we might have the certain guys for certain times. Quote Link to comment
BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Signed his letter of intent. He's official!!! Quote Link to comment
DJR313 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Signed his letter of intent. He's official!!! Just saw that on Rivals. I didn't realize he was a Dec. grad. Quote Link to comment
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