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By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star
So this is summer vacation. On occasion, it includes a day of lounging at the lake.
But for Tyrone Sellers, it’s mostly about football.
Camps and lifting, lifting and camps.
“You can’t get too hyped out about the camps,” said the 17-year-old defensive end from McCook who already has offers from Kansas, Wyoming, Iowa and Kansas State. “You just got to do what you do best. Obviously if coaches are looking at you, there are some good reasons they’re looking at you.”
Plenty of looking is going on this week.
Husker football camps are in full operation, more than 1,200 athletes expected to attend the various events. The first session of high school camps started Sunday. The second session starts today and goes through Friday.
Kids from Omaha. Kids from McCook. Kids from Louisiana and New Jersey. Kids who learn quick it’s best to be on their toes.
“If you do something wrong, they will let you know about it,” said defensive end Craig Capella of Galloway, N.J. Capella hails from the same Absegami High School that Doug Colman, now a Husker staffer, used to coach.
Prep players come hoping to learn a thing or two from Nebraska coaches but also make an impression, the select ones maybe even leaving with a scholarship offer in their back pockets.
“I basically grew up a Husker fan. I watched them my entire life,” said Sellers, who will start working out in the Husker camp on Thursday. “They really want to get me to camp before they pull the trigger (on a scholarship). I’m just hoping the camp helps.”
Some, like split-end Ty Kildow, come ready to show they shouldn’t be underestimated because of a smaller stature: 5-feet-7 and 170 pounds in the case of the Millard South senior-to-be.
“I’m pretty satisfied,” said Kildow on Tuesday after having finished his Husker camp experience. “I’m pretty sure I ran the fastest 40 there.”
That’s probably a safe assumption considering he ran it in 4.39 seconds, cheering going on as he did so.
And about his size: “Yeah, most coaches I’m sure see it as a risk,” said Kildow, who has not yet been offered a scholarship by Nebraska. “But Coach Pelini and the Husker coaches said they’re not worried about my size.”
He’s playing baseball this summer and there will be more football camps at Iowa, South Dakota State and Iowa State.
“When you sit back and look at my schedule, it looks like it’s long and busy,” Kildow said. “I just take it day by day.”
Both Sellers and Kildow earned Journal Star first-team Super-State status last year.
Such success brings with it plenty of attention, but Sellers said he doesn’t worry about whatever outside talk there might be.
“All you can do is show people how you play and what kind of person you are,” Sellers said. “It doesn’t really matter what everyone else says. It’s how the coaches think about you.”
Capella said players went through basic drills on the first day of the Husker camp. After that, coaches would step in and teach technique on an individual basis, eventually putting the guys up front through one-on-one drills.
“I’m pretty sore,” Capella said. “It’s the first time I had pads on this year.”
Some of the players that joined Capella in the first camp session were defensive line commit Cole Pensick (Lincoln Northeast), quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase (Kansas City, Mo.), offensive lineman Matt Sterup (Hastings St. Cecilia), receiver Keith Langtry (Kansas City, Mo.), cornerback Jonathan Edwards (Birmingham, Ala.), safety Wil Richards (Lee’s Summit, Mo.), and twins Jarvis and Myron Walker (Metairie, La.). Jarvis is a safety and Myron is a defensive tackle.
Some names expected to be alongside Sellers in the second session are fullback commit C.J. Zimmerer (Omaha Gross), offensive lineman Jess Coffey (Denton, Texas), cornerback Gabe Lynn (Jenks, Okla.), receiver Vondrae Tostenson (Millard South) and offensive lineman Jon Lechner (Creighton Prep).
There are even some guys planning on road-tripping it from Lancaster, Texas: linebacker Cordarius Golston, defensive end Anthony Gilbert, and cornerbacks Joshua Brown and Demontre Hurst.
Coffey is a good example of a player hitting the camp circuit hard. Besides Nebraska, he’s also been to camps or visits at Kansas, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M — all taking place this week.
Such is the summer life of a football recruit.
At the Husker camp, Capella said Pelini had a strong presence. “He’s real competitive.”
Pelini’s competitiveness even had him playing some quarterback against campers in seven-on-seven workouts, throwing the occasional no-look pass.
Granted, it all came a bit easier back at Cardinal Mooney High School than it does at age 40.
Said Pelini: “I could barely get out of bed on Monday.”
So this is summer vacation. On occasion, it includes a day of lounging at the lake.
But for Tyrone Sellers, it’s mostly about football.
Camps and lifting, lifting and camps.
“You can’t get too hyped out about the camps,” said the 17-year-old defensive end from McCook who already has offers from Kansas, Wyoming, Iowa and Kansas State. “You just got to do what you do best. Obviously if coaches are looking at you, there are some good reasons they’re looking at you.”
Plenty of looking is going on this week.
Husker football camps are in full operation, more than 1,200 athletes expected to attend the various events. The first session of high school camps started Sunday. The second session starts today and goes through Friday.
Kids from Omaha. Kids from McCook. Kids from Louisiana and New Jersey. Kids who learn quick it’s best to be on their toes.
“If you do something wrong, they will let you know about it,” said defensive end Craig Capella of Galloway, N.J. Capella hails from the same Absegami High School that Doug Colman, now a Husker staffer, used to coach.
Prep players come hoping to learn a thing or two from Nebraska coaches but also make an impression, the select ones maybe even leaving with a scholarship offer in their back pockets.
“I basically grew up a Husker fan. I watched them my entire life,” said Sellers, who will start working out in the Husker camp on Thursday. “They really want to get me to camp before they pull the trigger (on a scholarship). I’m just hoping the camp helps.”
Some, like split-end Ty Kildow, come ready to show they shouldn’t be underestimated because of a smaller stature: 5-feet-7 and 170 pounds in the case of the Millard South senior-to-be.
“I’m pretty satisfied,” said Kildow on Tuesday after having finished his Husker camp experience. “I’m pretty sure I ran the fastest 40 there.”
That’s probably a safe assumption considering he ran it in 4.39 seconds, cheering going on as he did so.
And about his size: “Yeah, most coaches I’m sure see it as a risk,” said Kildow, who has not yet been offered a scholarship by Nebraska. “But Coach Pelini and the Husker coaches said they’re not worried about my size.”
He’s playing baseball this summer and there will be more football camps at Iowa, South Dakota State and Iowa State.
“When you sit back and look at my schedule, it looks like it’s long and busy,” Kildow said. “I just take it day by day.”
Both Sellers and Kildow earned Journal Star first-team Super-State status last year.
Such success brings with it plenty of attention, but Sellers said he doesn’t worry about whatever outside talk there might be.
“All you can do is show people how you play and what kind of person you are,” Sellers said. “It doesn’t really matter what everyone else says. It’s how the coaches think about you.”
Capella said players went through basic drills on the first day of the Husker camp. After that, coaches would step in and teach technique on an individual basis, eventually putting the guys up front through one-on-one drills.
“I’m pretty sore,” Capella said. “It’s the first time I had pads on this year.”
Some of the players that joined Capella in the first camp session were defensive line commit Cole Pensick (Lincoln Northeast), quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase (Kansas City, Mo.), offensive lineman Matt Sterup (Hastings St. Cecilia), receiver Keith Langtry (Kansas City, Mo.), cornerback Jonathan Edwards (Birmingham, Ala.), safety Wil Richards (Lee’s Summit, Mo.), and twins Jarvis and Myron Walker (Metairie, La.). Jarvis is a safety and Myron is a defensive tackle.
Some names expected to be alongside Sellers in the second session are fullback commit C.J. Zimmerer (Omaha Gross), offensive lineman Jess Coffey (Denton, Texas), cornerback Gabe Lynn (Jenks, Okla.), receiver Vondrae Tostenson (Millard South) and offensive lineman Jon Lechner (Creighton Prep).
There are even some guys planning on road-tripping it from Lancaster, Texas: linebacker Cordarius Golston, defensive end Anthony Gilbert, and cornerbacks Joshua Brown and Demontre Hurst.
Coffey is a good example of a player hitting the camp circuit hard. Besides Nebraska, he’s also been to camps or visits at Kansas, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M — all taking place this week.
Such is the summer life of a football recruit.
At the Husker camp, Capella said Pelini had a strong presence. “He’s real competitive.”
Pelini’s competitiveness even had him playing some quarterback against campers in seven-on-seven workouts, throwing the occasional no-look pass.
Granted, it all came a bit easier back at Cardinal Mooney High School than it does at age 40.
Said Pelini: “I could barely get out of bed on Monday.”
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