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• OG Spencer Long, Sr., Nebraska (Zero stars in class of 2009): Long and his brother, Jake, had no scholarship offers when they finished their careers at Elkhorn (Neb.) High, so they joined the heralded walk-on program at Nebraska. Spencer arrived as undersized defensive end and worked his way onto the starting offensive line. In 2012, he was named a second-team All-America by The Associated Press. "We don't recruit too many 245-pound, scholarship offensive linemen, but now Spencer is a 305-pound, scholarship offensive lineman," Nebraska offensive line coach Barney Cotton told the Lincoln Journal-Star last year. "Nobody has a crystal ball [showing] what an 18 year old turns into when he's 21. We're fortunate we're going to have Spencer for three years up front."

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NU used to do that all the time. Take athletic kids that may be a little under weight at the time, but with a good frame and turn them into something they didn't play in HS. Heard an interview with McBride once he was talking about recruiting. Said they were looking at a kid from St Paul that played TE. About 6'3" 230lbs not super fast but had a quick first step and athletic. They didn't know what to do with, McBride said "Hell I'll make a DT out of him. That kid was Loren Kaiser someone who had a pretty decent career at NU. Sometimes you got to look at what they can become and not what they are at the moment.

 
NUinID said:
NU used to do that all the time. Take athletic kids that may be a little under weight at the time, but with a good frame and turn them into something they didn't play in HS. Heard an interview with McBride once he was talking about recruiting. Said they were looking at a kid from St Paul that played TE. About 6'3" 230lbs not super fast but had a quick first step and athletic. They didn't know what to do with, McBride said "Hell I'll make a DT out of him. That kid was Loren Kaiser someone who had a pretty decent career at NU. Sometimes you got to look at what they can become and not what they are at the moment.
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My high school played St paul in all sports at the time. I remember him very well. He played point guard for their state championship basketball team. Point guard to DT in a year. Imagine that.

 
nebraskafaninwi said:
• OG Spencer Long, Sr., Nebraska (Zero stars in class of 2009): Long and his brother, Jake, had no scholarship offers when they finished their careers at Elkhorn (Neb.) High, so they joined the heralded walk-on program at Nebraska. Spencer arrived as undersized defensive end and worked his way onto the starting offensive line. In 2012, he was named a second-team All-America by The Associated Press. "We don't recruit too many 245-pound, scholarship offensive linemen, but now Spencer is a 305-pound, scholarship offensive lineman," Nebraska offensive line coach Barney Cotton told the Lincoln Journal-Star last year. "Nobody has a crystal ball [showing] what an 18 year old turns into when he's 21. We're fortunate we're going to have Spencer for three years up front."

Read More: http://sportsillustr.../#ixzz2KyOnaI9b
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Great story, and I am glad we are going back to recruiting midwest kids for the Oline and making our walk-on program special again.

 
accountability said:
NUinID said:
NU used to do that all the time. Take athletic kids that may be a little under weight at the time, but with a good frame and turn them into something they didn't play in HS. Heard an interview with McBride once he was talking about recruiting. Said they were looking at a kid from St Paul that played TE. About 6'3" 230lbs not super fast but had a quick first step and athletic. They didn't know what to do with, McBride said "Hell I'll make a DT out of him. That kid was Loren Kaiser someone who had a pretty decent career at NU. Sometimes you got to look at what they can become and not what they are at the moment.
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My high school played St paul in all sports at the time. I remember him very well. He played point guard for their state championship basketball team. Point guard to DT in a year. Imagine that.
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We have always had a good walkon program that these kids have the chance to come up through.

However, the 85 scholarship limit has put some what of a damper on this if the kid needs a scholarship. If that's the case, then it is pretty difficult to have a number of scholarships tied up into kids that we think will work into this type of player 2-4 years down the road.

Unfortunately, we need to be giving scholarships to the kids that have proven themselves in HS. The rest will have to go the walkon route.

 
Guys....c'mon.....are strength and conditioning sucks......I know everyone's heard this and have had this questioned....it's so obvious....

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This story epitomizes the worth of in-state talent and the needing to be more recruited! Like Jay Foreman and I agreed upon not long ago during a conversation... I'd rather have a 3 star in state player over a 4 star out of state player in the same position. You can't replace heart and in state kids have that heart and desire to play for the Huskers that MOST out of state players do not possess! I'm not saying out of state players have no heart either, i'm just saying when you grow up a Husker fan and play football in state, there is just intangible that comes with that! Having said that, I also believe it is vital to go out of state, especially for the skill positions, and get the best players available.

But you need to take care of recruiting home kids first and I think Bo knows this and we are seeing a heavier recruitment of in state talent. Not to mention, the number of in state talent across the state has been on the rise lately, but I do think many players over the past many years have been underrated. There have been all kinds of in state talent that's gone elsewhere because they weren't recruited by the Huskers and be starters on other teams and outright stars for other teams. I think Sayles is an example of one for this year!

 
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This story epitomizes the worth of in-state talent and the needing to be more recruited! Like Jay Foreman and I agreed upon not long ago during a conversation... I'd rather have a 3 star in state player over a 4 star out of state player in the same position. You can't replace heart and in state kids have that heart and desire to play for the Huskers that MOST out of state players do not possess! I'm not saying out of state players have no heart either, i'm just saying when you grow up a Husker fan and play football in state, there is just intangible that comes with that! Having said that, I also believe it is vital to go out of state, especially for the skill positions, and get the best players available.

But you need to take care of recruiting home kids first and I think Bo knows this and we are seeing a heavier recruitment of in state talent. Not to mention, the number of in state talent across the state has been on the rise lately, but I do think many players over the past many years have been underrated. There have been all kinds of in state talent that's gone elsewhere because they weren't recruited by the Huskers and be starters on other teams and outright stars for other teams. I think Sayles is an example of one for this year!
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Also the kid from Howells going to Iowa...........that one could come back to bite us.........

 
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Comish said:
huskerhandy35 said:
This story epitomizes the worth of in-state talent and the needing to be more recruited! Like Jay Foreman and I agreed upon not long ago during a conversation... I'd rather have a 3 star in state player over a 4 star out of state player in the same position. You can't replace heart and in state kids have that heart and desire to play for the Huskers that MOST out of state players do not possess! I'm not saying out of state players have no heart either, i'm just saying when you grow up a Husker fan and play football in state, there is just intangible that comes with that! Having said that, I also believe it is vital to go out of state, especially for the skill positions, and get the best players available.

But you need to take care of recruiting home kids first and I think Bo knows this and we are seeing a heavier recruitment of in state talent. Not to mention, the number of in state talent across the state has been on the rise lately, but I do think many players over the past many years have been underrated. There have been all kinds of in state talent that's gone elsewhere because they weren't recruited by the Huskers and be starters on other teams and outright stars for other teams. I think Sayles is an example of one for this year!
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Also the kid from Howells going to Iowa...........that one could come back to bite us.........
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Unless he's a running back . . . .

 
Comish said:
huskerhandy35 said:
This story epitomizes the worth of in-state talent and the needing to be more recruited! Like Jay Foreman and I agreed upon not long ago during a conversation... I'd rather have a 3 star in state player over a 4 star out of state player in the same position. You can't replace heart and in state kids have that heart and desire to play for the Huskers that MOST out of state players do not possess! I'm not saying out of state players have no heart either, i'm just saying when you grow up a Husker fan and play football in state, there is just intangible that comes with that! Having said that, I also believe it is vital to go out of state, especially for the skill positions, and get the best players available.

But you need to take care of recruiting home kids first and I think Bo knows this and we are seeing a heavier recruitment of in state talent. Not to mention, the number of in state talent across the state has been on the rise lately, but I do think many players over the past many years have been underrated. There have been all kinds of in state talent that's gone elsewhere because they weren't recruited by the Huskers and be starters on other teams and outright stars for other teams. I think Sayles is an example of one for this year!
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Also the kid from Howells going to Iowa...........that one could come back to bite us.........
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Bingo x1000 on everything both of you guys said. Also, Drew Ott from Giltner ended up have his redshirt burned and got some significant playing time for the Hawkeyes last year. I honestly was never impressed with him that much, but if he's good to enough to play at Iowa as a true freshmen, then he was at least good enough to warrant a scholarship from us. Jake Schany is another guy who should've definitely gotten an offer. Inexcusable in my book that D1 caliber instate kids don't take first priority.

 
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husker07 said:
Comish said:
huskerhandy35 said:
This story epitomizes the worth of in-state talent and the needing to be more recruited! Like Jay Foreman and I agreed upon not long ago during a conversation... I'd rather have a 3 star in state player over a 4 star out of state player in the same position. You can't replace heart and in state kids have that heart and desire to play for the Huskers that MOST out of state players do not possess! I'm not saying out of state players have no heart either, i'm just saying when you grow up a Husker fan and play football in state, there is just intangible that comes with that! Having said that, I also believe it is vital to go out of state, especially for the skill positions, and get the best players available.

But you need to take care of recruiting home kids first and I think Bo knows this and we are seeing a heavier recruitment of in state talent. Not to mention, the number of in state talent across the state has been on the rise lately, but I do think many players over the past many years have been underrated. There have been all kinds of in state talent that's gone elsewhere because they weren't recruited by the Huskers and be starters on other teams and outright stars for other teams. I think Sayles is an example of one for this year!
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Also the kid from Howells going to Iowa...........that one could come back to bite us.........
Click to expand...
Bingo x1000 on everything both of you guys said. Also, Drew Ott from Giltner ended up have his redshirt burned and got some significant playing time for the Hawkeyes last year. I honestly was never impressed with him that much, but if he's good to enough to play at Iowa as a true freshmen, then he was at least good enough to warrant a scholarship from us. Jake Schany is another guy who should've definitely gotten an offer. Inexcusable in my book that D1 caliber instate kids don't take first priority.
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I dont know Iowa is pretty bad. But seriously the staff shouldn't give out in-state offers unless they could be a major contributor down the road I didn't see that in Ott or Schany. I see that in Foster, Bando, Rose, & other in-state kids.

 
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