WR Willis Wright

Interesting story about how he ended up committing to FIU on the ESPN big 12 blog. To be honest I will give ESPN a lot of credit they knew what they were saying since we did make his top 3 and he almost did decide on Nebraska.

Link to story

 
redout22 said:
Interesting story about how he ended up committing to FIU on the ESPN big 12 blog. To be honest I will give ESPN a lot of credit they knew what they were saying since we did make his top 3 and he almost did decide on Nebraska.

Link to story
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I gotta admit it's more than a little painful knowing how close we were to landing this guy. Get him & we land two surprises in one day. And both surprises would've been the kind of game-changers our offense needs.

 
Over on HI a knowledgeable poster said Wright was creating phony drama and did not have a committable offer to Neb due to crappy grades.

 
It said he waited almost five minutes, face in hand deciding and that it was very, very difficult. I wonder if Owa's decision to sign with UCLA opened a spot for him and he found out last minute. Or maybe he would have been able to regardless of Owa, I don't know.

 
Sunbelt standards are as low as it gets, he might get into FIU. IMO though he'd be better-off getting his grades squared at JUCO then seeing if he can catch-on with a major program.

 
Danimal said:
Sunbelt standards are as low as it gets, he might get into FIU.
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it's my understanding that NU's academic requirements for athletes are no different than the NCAA mandated ones, meaning that if he can get in any D1 school, he should be able to get into NU.

 
dylan said:
Danimal said:
Sunbelt standards are as low as it gets, he might get into FIU.
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it's my understanding that NU's academic requirements for athletes are no different than the NCAA mandated ones, meaning that if he can get in any D1 school, he should be able to get into NU.
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Not true, if you met the Core classes, had a 2.275 GPA (bottom half of class) and a sum of a 76 the ACT which is equal to a 19 composite you would be NCAA eligible, but not meet NU's requirements. You may get a waiver, but that's the only way you could get in.

NU's requirements are

16 Core Courses

4 English

4 Math

3 Social Sciences

3 Natural Sciences

2 Foreign Languages

And

Be ranked in the upper one-half of their high school class, OR

have received an ACT composite score of 20 or higher*, OR

have received a SAT total score (Critical Reading and Math only) of 950 or higher*.

NCAA

16 core classes

4 English

3 Math

2 Natural\Physical Science

1 additional English\Math\Science

2 Social Science

4 additional from any of the above or foreign language or nondoctrinal religion\philosophy

 

Performance

Only core courses are used in the calculation of the grade-point average.

The ACT score used for NCAA purposes is a sum of the four sections on the ACT: English, mathematics, reading and science.

Sliding Scale

Core GPA SAT ACT

 

Verbal and Math ONLY

3.550 & above 400 37

3.525 410 38

3.500 420 39

3.475 430 40

3.450 440 41

3.425 450 41

3.400 460 42

3.375 470 42

3.350 480 43

3.325 490 44

3.300 500 44

3.275 510 45

3.250 520 46

3.225 530 46

3.200 540 47

3.175 550 47

3.150 560 48

3.125 570 49

3.100 580 49

3.075 590 50

3.050 600 50

3.025 610 51

3.000 620 52

2.975 630 52

2.950 640 53

2.925 650 53

2.900 660 54

2.875 670 55

2.850 680 56

2.825 690 56

2.800 700 57

2.775 710 58

2.750 720 59

2.725 730 59

2.700 730 60

2.675 740-750 61

2.650 760 62

2.625 770 63

2.600 780 64

2.575 790 65

2.550 800 66

2.525 810 67

2.500 820 68

2.475 830 69

2.450 840-850 70

2.425 860 70

2.400 860 71

2.375 870 72

2.350 880 73

2.325 890 74

2.300 900 75

2.275 910 76

2.250 920 77

2.225 930 78

2.200 940 79

2.175 950 80

2.150 960 80

2.125 960 81

2.100 970 82

2.075 980 83

2.050 990 84

2.025 1000 85

2.000 1010 86

 
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