*** 2017 Recruiting ***

As you all seem to feel I am completely wrong in believing we are going to have a great recruiting class and even a good season this fall (my reasons are plenty and therefore criticize most everything I offer, I will only say that I am actually slightly disappointed by the class thus far as I really thought we'd have several more commits by now. I am still very bullish and would say that we will snatch away a couple high rated guys from schools they are committed.

 
I think a lot agree with you at some level.

I also had thought recruiting might have a larger quantity of commits by now. My guess is since we are in with a lot of high level recruits that have some other strong offers from top programs that they are taking their time to see how our season plays out. In the end, I believe that we will take away more (4:1) top recruits from other programs then what will leave NU for another program

 
84HuskerLaw said:
As you all seem to feel I am completely wrong in believing we are going to have a great recruiting class and even a good season this fall (my reasons are plenty and therefore criticize most everything I offer, I will only say that I am actually slightly disappointed by the class thus far as I really thought we'd have several more commits by now. I am still very bullish and would say that we will snatch away a couple high rated guys from schools they are committed.
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GBRFAN said:
I think a lot agree with you at some level.

I also had thought recruiting might have a larger quantity of commits by now. My guess is since we are in with a lot of high level recruits that have some other strong offers from top programs that they are taking their time to see how our season plays out. In the end, I believe that we will take away more (4:1) top recruits from other programs then what will leave NU for another program
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The current size of our class is one thing I am not bearish on. Having 7 (possibly to be 8 by Saturday) at this point in time is pretty good for us historically. Usually we start slow because it's hard to convince guys to pay their way to come out here for unofficials. Keep in mind these guys haven't even started their senior season yet.

 
1995 Redux said:
Mavric said:
1995 Redux said:
With our 7 commits right now, what are our top 3 areas of need?
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Same as they've been for awhile now: DE, DT, OT
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Assuming we land Deonte Thomas soon (fingers crossed) will we push harder for JUCO Isaiah Johnson or would we rather a HS recruit?
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My guess is they'll look to take one JUCO DT. Though it could also work out the same as LB did last year - we thought we needed a JUCO at the beginning of the season but after seeing how some of the guys we already had developed, we decided we didn't need one after all.

 
RECRUIT SHOPPING LIST:

CB-D.Holmes

FB-B.Miles

DE-R.Johnson

WR-T.Lindsey

DT-D.Thomas

RB-K.Hill

OG-B.Bando

OT-M.Sichterman

 
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NU intends to recruit up to five more d-linemen for its class of 2017, Mark Banker said this week.


Deontre Thomas, of Mustang, Oklahoma, committed Saturday. The Huskers likely will try to land two more interior tackles and perhaps three ends, said Banker, the team's defensive coordinator.

Finding long and lean pass-rushers at end is obviously a priority.

"You've got young guys like DaiShon Neal and Alex Davis -- you're looking for someone of that length," Banker said.

Neal, a redshirt freshman, is 6-foot-7, 270 pounds, while Davis, also a redshirt freshman, is 6-5, 255. They're pushing for playing time behind projected starters Freedom Akinmoladun (6-4, 255, sophomore) and Ross Dzuris (6-3, 255, senior).

"We might even take at least one guy who's lighter -- someone who we could tell, 'OK, it's third down, sic 'em,'" Banker said. "We did that at Oregon State with a couple guys. All they did their junior years was come in on third down. That was it."
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LJS

 
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