RB Marcus Mendoza
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BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA
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Looks like an impressive get. Nice list of schools after him.
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.
melscott62
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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.
husker rob
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can anyone say "another Cory Ross"
BIGREDIOWAN
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Welcome to the Huskers Marcus now be prepared to win alot!!!! :woo
Blackshirt316
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Now this kid looks like a WCO HB!
great pickup. Good compliment to the slashing ability of Helu and the power of Castiille.
great pickup. Good compliment to the slashing ability of Helu and the power of Castiille.
HuskerfaninOkieland
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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."
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."
Always a husker
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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.
BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA
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Signed his letter of intent. He's official!!!