2021 Spring Notes - Wide Receivers & Tight Ends

[SECHusker]

4 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

 

Would love for him to work out, but just don't know whether we are as reliant on him to be a success as we were last year. If Allen measures up at TE and that transfer WR are as good as advertised, don't know how many touches we need to get him in order to be successful.

[Toe]

@SECHusker Manning was a transfer WR. I think the starters for this fall are expected to be Manning, Toure, and Martin.

[SECHusker]

1 minute ago, Toe said:

@SECHusker Manning was a transfer WR. I think the starters for this fall are expected to be Manning, Toure, and Martin.

 

Lol. Meant Toure. Dude looks he can extend the field. And I get the feeling they will try to use him like Justin Jefferson, LSU's oversized slot receiver they had in their title run.

[BigRedBuster]

10 hours ago, SECHusker said:

 

Would love for him to work out, but just don't know whether we are as reliant on him to be a success as we were last year. If Allen measures up at TE and that transfer WR are as good as advertised, don't know how many touches we need to get him in order to be successful.

All indication is that we aren’t as desperate as we were last year.  But, that doesn’t mean he’s not a major part of our potential success this season. 

[suh_fan93]

 

[Decked]

Good thing. 

[uberism]

24 minutes ago, suh_fan93 said:

 

No surprise here. Kid didn't have the skills needed at this level of football. Texas was smart by cutting him when he was committed to them. 

 

Late class additions if you were not recruiting them for a long time tend to not pan out and that goes back to the Bo days too. 

[suh_fan93]

 

[uberism]

Martin needs to be put on scholly. 

[SECHusker]

32 minutes ago, suh_fan93 said:

 

 

Just get the feeling we are going away from smaller WRs.

[Mavric]

At the moment we have exactly TWO scholarship wide receivers who are NOT freshmen, eligibility-wise.

 

Those two have combined to appear in ONE game in a Husker uniform.

[Decoy73]

46 minutes ago, Mavric said:

At the moment we have exactly TWO scholarship wide receivers who are NOT freshmen, eligibility-wise.

 

Those two have combined to appear in ONE game in a Husker uniform.

A room full of potential, but severely lacking in proven B1G level players.  We need some things to go right for us here.  

[Touchdown Tommie]

Nance next?

 

[Farms]

1 hour ago, Touchdown Tommie said:

Nance next?

 

It would seem like that would be very likely. Although from his picture on Twitter it appears he may be engaged so maybe he wants to stick around for that. Either way I don’t expect him to see the field much. 

[Nebraska55fan]

Toure- looks the part. Runs nice routes, gets separation, soft hands, nice Size, I like this guy. He should be in the 700-1000 yards area if we have another guy as a legit threat. 

 

Manning- the mystery man. Looks the part, good separation and size. Dropped a TD in the Spring game- has health issues. He plays, its huge, cant count on it. 

 

Martin- Looks the part. Good hands, descent routes. Adequate. 

 

Betts- Doesnt follow the ball into his hands well. Looks the part, I dont see great separation or great routes. Still just potential for now. 

 

Falk-Leiwer- Back ups, no game changers or even Westercamp like possession guys

 

Brown- Hickman- Athletes that have lacked enough consistency to get onto the field

 

Allen- Tall, athletic and has developed. Not a game breaker but creates matchup issues- Im a fan

 

Vokalek- huge, great blocker, clod hopper. Not much of a threat at TE

 

Carnie- Amazing athlete, great speed and size. Unfortunatly he doesnt catch well at all. Even his catches in the Hudl highlights were usually bobbles- doesnt follow ball into his hands. 

 

Fidone- would have been game changer. Dont expect to see him back. 

 

Nixon- Good speed and hands, hes a possible. 

 

Expect Toure to be very consistent. Manning and Allen will have to be near potential for this group to make a difference. Then have another 3 guys make in the 10 catch area. A Nixon/Oliver/Liewer/Falk  needs to step up and get 10 grabs each. This group will be an improvement over last season, but by how much- we dont know yet.