Your 2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers

Nebfanatic said:
The injuries are concerning but if he was behind schedule I'd think we would have taken another RB in this class. I still think he will end up being a factor 
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Well, NU did take 2 RB’s, one who is very similar to Thompkins.  The RB recruits from this class could easily end up being better than the 2019 guys. The jobs of the coaches is to continually bring in (better) talent and let them compete for the job. 

 
The recruiting so far, assuming they new class gets on campus and stays on the team, ought to have built a decent, not great yet, core to turn things upward.   Going forward, and even yet this winter, we still have, in my view, a long way to go along the offensive and defensive lines, to get a Big Ten challenger level squad.  Offensive lines are built, not bought, in many ways and can't just be recruited.   Bring in the most capable big guys and then you build their bodies up and get the nasty to come out on every play.   No place on a football team is repetitions more important than the O line.  Years of practice are almost essential.  Each of the past two seasons, we've seen moderate and steady progress on the line of scrimmage.  Hopefully, now with a good number of returning players, that will continue.  If they can change about 10 snaps a game from bad to good, we'll win quite a few of the close ones.  That is not impossible.

However, the biggest difficulty going forward the next two years is that our schedule is getting more difficult.  The Big Ten as a whole is definately getting stronger.   The conference needs to reconsider its 9 game schedule and cut it to 8, like the SEC, so there are about 7 less in conference losses spread across the group and maybe 5 more wins out of conference.   This will help the conference comparatively have the wins and losses record and put more in the top twenty five, etc.   This leads to higher rankings and the perception of an even stronger league.   

 
ColoradoHusk said:
Well, NU did take 2 RB’s, one who is very similar to Thompkins.  The RB recruits from this class could easily end up being better than the 2019 guys. The jobs of the coaches is to continually bring in (better) talent and let them compete for the job. 
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I know we took 2 I think we would have taken 3 if we were worried about Thompkins. If Maurice and Thompkins were to be gone or non factors that is a slim room. As last year showcased, 2 or 3 quality RBs is not nearly enough. We need to be 5 or 6 deep in that room

 
If we take the last of 2019 depth charts and simply add the new guys.  Someone else can finish this.  It's giving me a head ache flipping between websites to locate details.

























OFFENSE


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Pos


No.


Player


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




WR


13


Chase, Darien RS SO


XX


Manning, Omar JR


XX


Betts, Zavier FR


XX


Fleming, Marcus FR


XX


Brown, Alante FR




WR


1


Robinson, Wan'Dale SO


81


Warner, Kade RS JR


87


Hickman, Chris SO / 5


XX


Houston, Demariyon RS FR


61


Balenger, Mitchell RS SO




WR


10


Spielman, JD RS SR


4


McQuitty, Jaevon RS JR


8


Woodyard, Jaron RS SR/TR


39


Thurman, Andrew RS FR


 


 




LT


76


Jaimes, Brenden SR


73


Bando, Broc RS JR


72


Anderson, Matthew RS FR


XX


Corcoran, Turner FR /


XX


Piper, Ethan RS FR




LG


75


Hixson, Trent RS JR


50


Raridon, John RS SR


78


Fritzsche, Jimmy RS FR


77


Lynn, Michael RS FR


 


 




OC


51


Jurgens, Cameron RS SO


68


Farniok, Will RS SO


58


JOSH WEGENER SR/TR


52


Forbes, AJ RS SO


 


 




RG


56


Wilson, Boe RS SR


70


Sichterman, Matt RS JR


XX


Corcoran, Turner FR /


XX


Piper, Ethan RS FR


 


 




RT


71


Farniok, Matt RS SR


54


Benhart, Bryce SO


XX


Corcoran, Turner FR /


XX


Piper, Ethan RS FR


 


 




TE


86


Stoll, Jack RS SR


11


Allen, Austin RS JR


82


Rafdal, Kurt RS JR


XX


Vokolek JR/TR


 


 




QB


2


Martinez, Adrian JR


16


Vedral, Noah JR/TR


7


McCaffrey, Luke SO


XX


Smothers FR


 


 




RB


26


Mills, Dedrick SR/TR


37


Johnson, Rahmir SO


38


Belt, Brody RS SO


XX


Morrison / Bradley JR


 


 




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




DEFENSE


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Pos


No.


Player


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




DE


97


Thomas, Deontre JR


XX / 99


Banks, Brant RS FR


 


 


 


 


 


 




NT


93


Daniels, Damion RS JR


XX / 99


Robinson, Ty RS FR


 


 


 


 


 


 




DE


95


Stille, Ben RS SR


XX / 92


Wildeman, Tate


 


 


 


 


 


 




ILB


31


Miller, Collin RS SR


3


Honas, Will SR/TR


XX / 83


Shurtleff, Sam RS FR


 


 


 


 




ILB


53


Johnson, Joseph RS SO


28


Reimer, Luke SO


89


Graham, Jamin RS FR


 


 


 


 




OLB


2


Tannor, Caleb JR


44


Nelson, Garrett SO


 


 


 


 


 


 




OLB


13


Domann, JoJo RS SR


/ 45


Alston, David


 


 


 


 


 


 




NB


13


Domann, JoJo RS SR


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




SS


19


Dismuke, Marquel RS SR


49


Stalbird, Isaiah RS SO


30


Sullivan, Eli RS SR


 


 


 


 




FS


5


Taylor-Britt, Cam JR


8


Williams, Deontai SR TR


 


 


 


 


 


 




CB


23


Bootle, Dicaprio RS SR


17


Clark, Braxton RS SO


 


 


 


 


 


 




CB


12


Newsome, Quinton SO


25


Butler, Tony RS SR


33


Wright, Javin RS FR


 


 


 


 




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




SPECIAL TEAMS


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Pos


No.


Player


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




PT


99


Przystup, Will RS/FR/TR


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




PK


32


Pickering, Barret JR


35


Waldoch, Matt JR


 


 


 


 


 


 




LS


38


Jackson, Damian RS JR


94


Mueller, Cade RS SO


 


 


 


 


 


 




H


16


Vedral, Noah JR/TR


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




PR


10


Spielman, JD RS SR


5


Taylor-Britt, Cam JR


1


Robinson, Wan'Dale SO


 


 


 


 




KR


1


Robinson, Wan'Dale SO


14


Johnson, Rahmir SO


38


Belt, Brody RS SO


 


 


 


 




KO


35


Waldoch, Matt JR


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 





 
Excited to see what Vokolek brings to the table. We haven’t had a TE with his size and skillset around here for a while.

 
I'm not trying to take anything away from Joe Burrow.  But when you can just throw it up and let your receivers go get it, it makes things a ton easier.  Same thing watching Notre Dame just lob it up to Claypool over and over again earlier today.

Hopefully Manning and Betts can fill that role for us for the next few years and make our offense look a lot different.

 
I found this today and thought it was interesting. Going into fall camp in 2017 his third year Riley only had 77 scholarships filled and 14 offensive lineman on scholarship. As well as only 7 scholarship wide receivers. We essentially had a self imposed 8 scholarship penalty. 

Things will change before fall camp, but Frost currently has 88 scholarships (planning for attrition) as well as 18 scholarship lineman and 11 scholarship wide receivers. 

It's amazing how badly Riley mismanaged the roster and it's taking time for Frost to rebuild it. 

 
WyoHusker56 said:
I found this today and thought it was interesting. Going into fall camp in 2017 his third year Riley only had 77 scholarships filled and 14 offensive lineman on scholarship. As well as only 7 scholarship wide receivers. We essentially had a self imposed 8 scholarship penalty. 

Things will change before fall camp, but Frost currently has 88 scholarships (planning for attrition) as well as 18 scholarship lineman and 11 scholarship wide receivers. 

It's amazing how badly Riley mismanaged the roster and it's taking time for Frost to rebuild it. 
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Next year will tell us what we need to know about Frost.  We are not quite there, as our talent he recruited is mostly freshman and sophmores, but if we go 5-7 i will lose most my faith in him.  7-5 or better i will feel pretty good about Frost.

 
WyoHusker56 said:
I found this today and thought it was interesting. Going into fall camp in 2017 his third year Riley only had 77 scholarships filled and 14 offensive lineman on scholarship. As well as only 7 scholarship wide receivers. We essentially had a self imposed 8 scholarship penalty. 

Things will change before fall camp, but Frost currently has 88 scholarships (planning for attrition) as well as 18 scholarship lineman and 11 scholarship wide receivers. 

It's amazing how badly Riley mismanaged the roster and it's taking time for Frost to rebuild it. 
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It's crazy how bad Riley was at everything.  

 
* Of the 164 on the roster, 131 have joined the program in the two years since Scott Frost took over as head coach. 

* A whopping 77 enter the 2020 season either as freshmen or redshirt freshmen. That number includes 40 scholarship freshmen and 37 walk-ons. 

* It's taken a couple of unique situations, but of 123 players who were on the roster for 2019 — so everybody except for the new additions in December — there are only eight who have not used a redshirt. They are: senior Brenden Jaimes, juniors Adrian Martinez, Caleb Tannor and Cam Taylor-Britt and sophomores Wan'Dale Robinson, Garrett Nelson, Quinton Newsome and Luke Reimer. 
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LJS

 
Yes.  I don’t want to read anymore about coaches complaints of “lack of depth”.   Only thing I am waiting for is that first new 7-deep chart. 
 

If the staff can’t find about 44 of 164 that can play decent football next fall then it’s time to unload another 100 or so and get cruitin !

lol. Or form a division II program.  

 
Mavric said:
LJS
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It really is amazing how this staff has flipped and reloaded the roster, all while allowing the vast majority of kids to redshirt and develop.

I know it has not been a fun two seasons to watch the team on the field due to results.  But, I firmly believe the staff is setting us up for success in the future.

From day one, Frost has talked about building a base on the team the right way.  This is what he's talking about.

 
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