If they only took one I believe it would be Stultenberg. He has a much better frame to add weight to. Not saying Phillips is a slouch or anything but I think Stultenberg could potentially be a stud later in his career.
Now they're saying Stoltenberg will get looked at for both OL and DE at camp, which could help his odds of an offer. In terms of OL recruiting we seem to be going more in this direction, guys that don't look like college linemen now but have the athleticism and frame where they can really be something once we put the right kind of size on.
If Nebraska doesn't offer, we will see Phillips at Stanford. Great pick up for him. Congrats, Phillips.
My impression is that the staff want him, but that they're trying to figure out how they can add him. He seemingly got beat out at the position he's used to, so we're trying to see how we can fit him into the puzzle. He might've had the bad luck to just graduate at the wrong year.
I had been hoping for a greyshirt offer to play center, think he'd be good there given some time to put size on, but I doubt Phillips would go for that now.
Everyone, but Nebraska, seems to be evaluating Phillips at strong-side DE (that is also the offer from Stanford). This is Nebraska's tell. I think the talent is there for Phillips, but they picked up Mixon and Natter last year for DE, and are looking at Newell for this year. Heck, even Stoltenberg puts most of his time on the field in Gretna at this position, though Nebraska was also working him out on the offensive line. I would like Phillips, but we will have to see how it turns out with Newell, which hopefully we pick up.
Because other than K-State, no other major schools have offered. So they are waiting to see what the competition level to get him will be.
