TE/DE Matt Nelson [Iowa Commit]

[Thanks_Tom RR]

Player: Matt Nelson

Hometown: Cedar Rapids, IA

School: Xavier

Position: Tight End/Defensive End

Height: 6'8"

Weight: 245lbs

40 time: 4.9 sec

Offers: Iowa, Iowa St., Nebraska, Northern Colorado, Rice, San Diego St., South Dakota St., Stanford, Yale

247: :star :star :star

Rivals: :star :star :star

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[Mavric]

245 lbs. is not a lot of weight on a 6-8 frame but I'll still take a 6-8 TE.

Not sure how he'd work at DE.

 

[Creighton Duke]

6'8"?

http://www.hark.com/clips/xpnddzymjv-some-men-are-longer-than-others

 

[Thanks_Tom RR]

Nelson is also being recruited for Division I Basketball. Rivals. But, he has already said he wants to play college football.

 

[Count 'Bility]

Good Grief. 6'8? My land, just throw it up to him.

 

[Thanks_Tom RR]

Top 3: Iowa, Norte Dame, Stanford

 

[Mavric]

Top 3: Iowa, Norte Dame, Stanford

Must be fairly smart ... except for the Iowa part.

 

[jsneb83]

Top 3: Iowa, Norte Dame, Stanford

Must be fairly smart ... except for the Iowa part.

Needs the in-state school as a back-up plan.

 

[StPaulHusker]

Committed to Iowa according to Scout

 

[Mavric]

So, not so smart then??? :sarcasm

 

[jsneb83]

So, not so smart then??? :sarcasm

Guess not :lol:

 

[BartonHusker]

Nelson is more college ready now but he reminds me of the kid K-State just got to walk-on from SW Kansas (Meade) in Randy Friesen. The Friesen kid was 6'8", 230-pound DE that just swallowed one whole side of the field. Normally kids that tall end up TE's or OT's but occasionally you will see a man mountain DE succeed. Normally you worry about leverage with kids that tall.