Snubbed by hometown Hurricanes, David thrives at NU

[n.e.husker]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110813/BIGRED/708139828#snubbed-by-hometown-hurricanes-david-thrives-at-nu

So David was left to up and leave the only place he had ever known — the area around Northwestern High that was poor, run down and dangerous, but home nonetheless.
Where was he supposed to go? What was he supposed to do?

All that he was sure about was that he wasn't going to add to the broken dreams around him. So he reported to small-town Kansas, tried to break Brandon Kinnie in half during his first practice at Fort Scott Community College (more on that later) and generally has spent the past three football seasons punishing people for underestimating him.

"Maybe that's why he's so good, because he's always been trying to show people that he was," former Fort Scott head coach Jeff Sims said.

David heads into his senior season at Nebraska as a Butkus Award candidate. The 6-foot-1, 225-pounder set the Husker single-season record with 152 tackles a year ago, and the bad news for opponents is that he will be more polished and schooled in the system this year.

 

[Husker Richard]

David has been a beast for us. I remember watching his Fort Scott film and I came away very impressed. It's scary (for opposing offenses) to think what he's going to do now that he's got a year in the system under his belt.

Side note, it sucks that Sims left Fort Scott. Seems like he developed a real good relationship with our staff and really tried to get his best guys to come here. Wonder if that little pipeline will continue now that he's gone...