‘23 in-state recruiting

[DuckSker]

This could be a great haul for us. With Sam Sledge getting an offer yesterday he became the 5th in-stater to get an offer from DONU this cycle.

There are 7 in state guys now with P5 offers. Knutson and Ngoyi are the only ones NU hasn’t offered (yet)

Crazy to think we could damn near fill the whole HS class with Nebraska kids (if we continue the transfer portal trend)



(Parents are big N fans, crystal ball from Schaeffer yesterday)



(Husker legacy, sounds like leaning N)



(Committed, would likely have more offers if he didn’t shut it down so early)



(Committed, also likely more offers if didn’t commit already. LSE has been a good feeder for us)



( Husker legacy, Offered yesterday at junior day,)

https://247sports.com/Player/Brock-Knutson-46127545/

(Attended junior day yesterday but no offer, that frame looks almost too good to pass on.. 6’7 270)

Beni Ngoyi, Iowa State Cyclones, Wide Receiver

Beni Ngoyi is a 6-4, 180-pound Wide Receiver from Lincoln, NE.

247sports.com

(Great frame, decent offers so far)

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

Who the fuck are the Knutson's?

 

[Tsakoi]

Malachi and Maverick are must gets.

I like taking two local OL. Shouldn't need more than that and having less recruiting duties should free up time for Raiola to focus on fixing OL issues instead of making endless calls. Gunner is already on board and I suspect Sam will join him soon.

Benjamin the TE has been talked about at all the camps he attended. Good prospect. Another Austin Allen would be welcome. Frost'll probably turn him into a center. (FML)

Beni's recruitment seems slower than the others. Not sure why, maybe waiting to see what Malachi does, maybe other targets on Mickey's list. Will they have him workout like other young local guys. When are those starting BTW?

 

[ChocaEgg]

Hope we offer Ngoyi. Brahmer is criminally underrated and should be a 4*.

 

[Goskers07]

It's really a good group for in state this year. Not quite as top heavy as last year, but deeper and they don't all hate Nebraska. I'm not huge on making sure you get in state guys first, but securing this group will give the staff a lot of breathing room in the rest of recruiting.

 

[Kaladin]

It's really a good group for in state this year. Not quite as top heavy as last year, but deeper and they don't all hate Nebraska. I'm not huge on making sure you get in state guys first, but securing this group will give the staff a lot of breathing room in the rest of recruiting.

The instate group plus all of the 4* from LA and FLA we will be taking should make this a pretty nice class

 

[Baron Winnebago]

I hope this year's use of the transfer portal is a bit of an outlier. I don't mind using it to patch holes and to upgrade spots if there is an obvious upgrade available, but it will always be the case that the best way to add top end talent is to recruit it out of high school.

 

[DuckSker]

Hope we offer Ngoyi. Brahmer is criminally underrated and should be a 4*.

If he can put on the weight, look out.

Also he plays basketball, track, and legion baseball in the summer. If he focused on only football like a lot of the big school guys, he’d be even further ahead than he is now. And hes a coaches kid (damn good one at that)

 

[DuckSker]

Malachi and Maverick are must gets.

I like taking two local OL. Shouldn't need more than that and having less recruiting duties should free up time for Raiola to focus on fixing OL issues instead of making endless calls. Gunner is already on board and I suspect Sam will join him soon.

Benjamin the TE has been talked about at all the camps he attended. Good prospect. Another Austin Allen would be welcome. Frost'll probably turn him into a center. (FML)

Beni's recruitment seems slower than the others. Not sure why, maybe waiting to see what Malachi does, maybe other targets on Mickey's list. Will they have him workout like other young local guys. When are those starting BTW?

I’m guessing Mickey has some higher guys on his list, but i wouldn’t complain about Ngoyi.

You can’t teach 6’5

 

[God is a Husker]

0 kids from OPS


Swimtown is 50% of Nebraska’s population and is such a fucking worthless drain.


Wish we could abort an entire city.

 

[Jim14510]

Sledge is a beast. Like that kid.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

I’m guessing Mickey has some higher guys on his list, but i wouldn’t complain about Ngoyi.

You can’t teach 6’5

Ngoyi and Coleman seem like takes just to see what they grow into.

 

[Dr.DrakeRamoray]

I honestly think there is 3 in state prospects who should be 4 stars

 

[Tsakoi]

I hope this year's use of the transfer portal is a bit of an outlier. I don't mind using it to patch holes and to upgrade spots if there is an obvious upgrade available, but it will always be the case that the best way to add top end talent is to recruit it out of high school.

I understand what you are saying here about the TP, but I think this is going to be the norm until the PLAYERS realize that the portal can be a back hole for so many.

Coaches absolutely should expoit the portal for player upgrades and depth concerns. It is certainly a way for a roster to stay "old". (i.e. juniors and seniors) Single year roster building is now suddenly a more important skill than long term program development. CFB just became the NBA in a way.

On the other hand, literally half of the players that go in the portal aren't coming back out. So they are screwing themselves out of a paid for education in some cases. (and all the other benefits of being a member of a team) I know that a certain percentage are probably washouts (grades, legal trouble, no-chancers) no matter what but there still has to be a sizable portion that go in and have now put themselves in complete limbo compared to previously just being upset about finding themselves buried on the depth chart.

After a few cycles it will become clear and once word gets around it is my guess that the portal will cool off considerably compared to what we see now. Top players from lower schools might always try to move up, like Toure for example, but I believe the number of guys jumping in overall is gonna be much less. Which in turn will be a smaller pool of guys for coaches to sift through. This will refocus them on HS recruiting and program building again. My prediction is 3-4 years of hot portal then a slowdown.

Another factor is that the rules will obviously be changed. Some coaches already calling for it. The constant recruiting of your own roster as a form of defense combined with the near continual influx of "new" guys will reach a burnout point. Especially when a number of the new dudes end up being duds. Which we have also experienced despite some success stories.

 

[jw3]

0 kids from OPS


Swimtown is 50% of Nebraska’s population and is such a fucking worthless drain.


Wish we could abort an entire city.

+1

and in the one time per decade they produce more talent than WN they all hate NU. so worthless, thankfully this year is back to strong WN flavor.

 

[Lionsfan93]

0 kids from OPS


Swimtown is 50% of Nebraska’s population and is such a fucking worthless drain.


Wish we could abort an entire city.

I mean...Sledge is from Pickle Smoochers Prep...

 

[Tsakoi]

I understand what you are saying here about the TP, but I think this is going to be the norm until the PLAYERS realize that the portal can be a back hole for so many.

Coaches absolutely should expoit the portal for player upgrades and depth concerns. It is certainly a way for a roster to stay "old". (i.e. juniors and seniors) Single year roster building is now suddenly a more important skill than long term program development. CFB just became the NBA in a way.

On the other hand, literally half of the players that go in the portal aren't coming back out. So they are screwing themselves out of a paid for education in some cases. (and all the other benefits of being a member of a team) I know that a certain percentage are probably washouts (grades, legal trouble, no-chancers) no matter what but there still has to be a sizable portion that go in and have now put themselves in complete limbo compared to previously just being upset about finding themselves buried on the depth chart.

After a few cycles it will become clear and once word gets around it is my guess that the portal will cool off considerably compared to what we see now. Top players from lower schools might always try to move up, like Toure for example, but I believe the number of guys jumping in overall is gonna be much less. Which in turn will be a smaller pool of guys for coaches to sift through. This will refocus them on HS recruiting and program building again. My prediction is 3-4 years of hot portal then a slowdown.

Another factor is that the rules will obviously be changed. Some coaches already calling for it. The constant recruiting of your own roster as a form of defense combined with the near continual influx of "new" guys will reach a burnout point. Especially when a number of the new dudes end up being duds. Which we have also experienced despite some success stories.

Evidence.....

 

[God is a Husker]

I mean...Sledge is from Pickle Smoochers Prep...

I just checked, according to the website Pickle Smoochers Prep is still not part of the Omaha Public School system.



SMH, not even Crayton can save Swimtown

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

Evidence.....

48% of players in the portal still looking for that greener grass. good luck out there, kids.

 

[Tsakoi]

Evidence.....

More......welp this is stark.....a move to the portal is almost always a move down (granted it might be appropriate/intentional for many)......or based on the previous info....a move out of CFB. (the world needs ditch diggers, too, eh Judge Smails?)