SIGNED CB Charles Jackson

[gratefullred]

For some reason I didnt feel like we'd get this one. A great addition. Put NU at 10 on rivals rankings.

 

[ADS]

Huge pick up, now this staff can focus on Hobbi, Peat, and Lyons.

My favorite quote from an Arkansas message board:

Look, would you play for Bo Pelini, a very respected defensive coach and head coach @ Nebraska or Willy Robinson? This will continue to happen until we earn respect on defense. We have a ways to go.

 

[JOEY]

Huge pick up, now this staff can focus on Hobbi, Peat, and Lyons.

My favorite quote from an Arkansas message board:

Look, would you play for Bo Pelini, a very respected defensive coach and head coach @ Nebraska or Willy Robinson? This will continue to happen until we earn respect on defense. We have a ways to go.

haha yeah me too that was kinda the one that I was refering to by I was too lazy last night to go back and look for it again. LOL

 

[schuhbdoo]

Another great addition to a very good class. Who is going to start the thread that ask if this he NU's best class ever? You put a top 10 class in the hands of this staff and watch out. Bo and company know how to develop players, so if we project out 2 to 4 years, it will be a little crazy how good NU will be.

I was out last night but was able to login on my phone to see the great news.

Congrats Mr Jackson, welcome aboard.

 

[knapplc]

Good article today about Jackson:

NU lands another talented cornerback from Texas
Perhaps we should've known which way Charles Jackson was leaning with his recruiting decision based on the scene before Saturday's Nebraska-Missouri game.

There was Jackson, one of the most highly rated prep cornerbacks in the country, having a footrace with Husker linebackers coach Mike Ekeler before kickoff.

"I dared him," Jackson said. "I heard he loved to run. I said, ‘You like to run? I like to run as well.'"

And?

"I won."

Probably not the guy you want to recruit if he had lost, right?

But Jackson won the race and Nebraska won the recruiting battle, beating out Arkansas.

It's no small recruiting win. It also might go a long way in putting an end to any discussion that Nebraska's upcoming move to the Big Ten is going to hurt Husker recruiting in the state of Texas.

Jackson is from Klein, Texas.

And with his commitment, Nebraska now has received pledges from arguably the two best high school cornerbacks in the Lone Star State.

At 5-feet-11 and 180 pounds, Jackson is rated a four-star talent and the eighth-best cornerback nationally by Rivals.com and 15th-best by Scout.com.

Consider that back in June, Nebraska also received a commitment from another talented corner -- Tevin Mitchel of Mansfield, Texas. Mitchel is ranked sixth nationally at his position, according to Rivals.

Nebraska now has 16 recruits in the 2011 class, and five are from Texas.

One of those five is Jackson's high school teammate, linebacker David Santos, who committed to NU at the end of July.

After visiting Lincoln for the first time to see Nebraska play Missouri, Jackson said he told Husker secondary coach Marvin Sanders on Sunday morning that he planned to commit. He later called Bo Pelini.

"They were fired up, both of them," Jackson said. "They've been wanting me to come here. It feels like it's home."

Jackson said he weighed a lot of factors in his decision. But among other things, he liked how down-to-earth Pelini seemed.

The Husker tradition also caught his attention.

"I'd love to be part of the Blackshirts," Jackson said. "I'm grateful. Thankful for it. Not a lot of people get this opportunity."

 

[bbeerma2]

I am glad we got him, but I seriously don't understand why anyone would play for anyone but Bo or Saban if they are looking at Corner/Safety. We are the #1 pass defense in the nation and are putting two corners into the NFL this year probably.

 

[EZ-E]

Huge pick up, now this staff can focus on Hobbi, Peat, and Lyons.

My favorite quote from an Arkansas message board:

Look, would you play for Bo Pelini, a very respected defensive coach and head coach @ Nebraska or Willy Robinson? This will continue to happen until we earn respect on defense. We have a ways to go.

At least they know why they got beat and we know why we won. :thumbs

 

[ADS]

Huge pick up, now this staff can focus on Hobbi, Peat, and Lyons.

My favorite quote from an Arkansas message board:

Look, would you play for Bo Pelini, a very respected defensive coach and head coach @ Nebraska or Willy Robinson? This will continue to happen until we earn respect on defense. We have a ways to go.

At least they know why they got beat and we know why we won. :thumbs

And they didnt pull the old, we didnt even want him or need him. :facepalm:

 

[shpadoinklehusker]

 

[T-Husker]

Huge pick up, now this staff can focus on Hobbi, Peat, and Lyons.

My favorite quote from an Arkansas message board:

Look, would you play for Bo Pelini, a very respected defensive coach and head coach @ Nebraska or Willy Robinson? This will continue to happen until we earn respect on defense. We have a ways to go.

At least they know why they got beat and we know why we won. :thumbs

And they didnt pull the old, we didnt even want him or need him. :facepalm:

Good point! Even though don't you think UT fans right now if they saw that we pulled 2 corners out of Texas would say that exact thing. "We weren't even recruiting him, but whatever. Have fun in the snowy barren wasteland of the big ten!"

 

[Nexus]

Before Mr. Jackson's commitment, Nebraska was ranked #12 on Rivals with 1,268 points. Scout had NU ranked #17 with 2,160 points.

After Mr. Jackson's commitment, Nebraska jumped 2 spots to #10 with 1,396 points on Rivals. NU jumped 5 spots to #12 on Scout with 2,369 points.

ESPN hasn't updated the team rankings to reflect Mr. Jackson's commitment yet. If you go here it shows we're ranked 15th with 15 commits and 3 ESPNU 150 commits. However if you go here it includes Mr. Jackson's commitment and reflects 16 commits with 4 ESPNU 150 commits.

 

[MinnwiscowaSker]

Before Mr. Jackson's commitment, Nebraska was ranked #12 on Rivals with 1,268 points. Scout had NU ranked #17 with 2,160 points.

After Mr. Jackson's commitment, Nebraska jumped 2 spots to #10 with 1,396 points on Rivals. NU jumped 5 spots to #12 on Scout with 2,369 points.

ESPN hasn't updated the team rankings to reflect Mr. Jackson's commitment yet. If you go here it shows we're ranked 15th with 15 commits and 3 ESPNU 150 commits. However if you go here it includes Mr. Jackson's commitment and reflects 16 commits with 4 ESPNU 150 commits.

the funny thing is too, ESPY says our ranking pre-AG signing was also #15. Odd......

 

[Nexus]

Before Mr. Jackson's commitment, Nebraska was ranked #12 on Rivals with 1,268 points. Scout had NU ranked #17 with 2,160 points.

After Mr. Jackson's commitment, Nebraska jumped 2 spots to #10 with 1,396 points on Rivals. NU jumped 5 spots to #12 on Scout with 2,369 points.

ESPN hasn't updated the team rankings to reflect Mr. Jackson's commitment yet. If you go here it shows we're ranked 15th with 15 commits and 3 ESPNU 150 commits. However if you go here it includes Mr. Jackson's commitment and reflects 16 commits with 4 ESPNU 150 commits.

the funny thing is too, ESPY says our ranking pre-AG signing was also #15. Odd......

Yeah it's weird. FWIW, Stanford is ranked ahead of us at #14 yet they have only 1 ESPNU 150 commit with 22 total commitments. Nebraska is ranked behind them at #15 with only 16 commits but have 4 ESPNU 150 commits. I would think NU would get some extra boost in points for having 4 to their 1 ESPNU 150 commits, but since they have 6 more commits overall, that might be the difference in their team rankings at the moment. :dunno

 

[MinnwiscowaSker]

Before Mr. Jackson's commitment, Nebraska was ranked #12 on Rivals with 1,268 points. Scout had NU ranked #17 with 2,160 points.

After Mr. Jackson's commitment, Nebraska jumped 2 spots to #10 with 1,396 points on Rivals. NU jumped 5 spots to #12 on Scout with 2,369 points.

ESPN hasn't updated the team rankings to reflect Mr. Jackson's commitment yet. If you go here it shows we're ranked 15th with 15 commits and 3 ESPNU 150 commits. However if you go here it includes Mr. Jackson's commitment and reflects 16 commits with 4 ESPNU 150 commits.

the funny thing is too, ESPY says our ranking pre-AG signing was also #15. Odd......

Yeah it's weird. FWIW, Stanford is ranked ahead of us at #14 yet they have only 1 ESPNU 150 commit with 22 total commitments. Nebraska is ranked behind them at #15 with only 16 commits but have 4 ESPNU 150 commits. I would think NU would get some extra boost in points for having 4 to their 1 ESPNU 150 commits, but since they have 6 more commits overall, that might be the difference in their team rankings at the moment. :dunno

I'd vote for Duke to be tops then. They've got 24 commits. Typical ESPY spreading themselves thin just to say they are everything about sports: "We have everything covered. Maybe not as good as the next guy, but we're not specialists, just kinda dabblers." :espnsucks:

Interesting to see how all of these ESPNchicago, ESPNBoston, etc. sites all work out. Can they really compete with the beat writers who've been there for decades? off of my :boxosoap and :backtotopic

 

[suh_fan93]

Glad he's a Husker! Can't wait to see him uniform, GBR!