2024-25 Nebraska Football Roster Attrition + Graduation

[Tonkasker]

I think a lot of portal stuff is based on traits rather than production, the productive guys are highly paid and hard to get(Caleb Downs, Judkins,etc). Butler/Umanmielen have premier size and athleticism for edge rusher, that alone will get them a team to pay them in p4

That's just football evaluation in general. It's way more egregious in HS because track times exist. It's just harder to be unproductive in HS if you have traits

 

[kctitans]

I think a lot of portal stuff is based on traits rather than production, the productive guys are highly paid and hard to get(Caleb Downs, Judkins,etc).

So essentially you’re saying it’s hard to get the downs

 

[nja13]

There's kind of an endless stream of people who were involved here for our glory days that talked about what an advantage it was, for a variety of reasons. First, you regularly got contributors out of that group (especially by their junior/senior seasons). Second, you got live, active, energetic bodies to run scout team, to give full effort against the top teams, and keep them sharp. Third, you had guys on that group 100% bought in & holding the cultural standard of the team high, setting the expectation for effort.

When it was managed properly, it allowed us to actually get more & higher quality practice reps for our starters.

We're not in a major population area, don't have uniquely high amounts of money, and IMO we're not going to outperform other teams by basing our program on a model that relies on us doing things the exact same way as they do, in bigger states & with top-tier money around. Our edge is the statewide passion & near-universal fanaticism that doesn't exist in many other places, and we need to lean into that.

Agree. It wasn’t just about having 50 extra guys and hoping one or two of them became contributors someday (though the hit rate was probably higher than that.)

Having such high numbers allowed us to have two groups of offense operating against scout teams at the same time. Simultaneously, on another field you had two groups of defense operating against scout teams. As a result, pretty much every non-redshirting scholarship player regularly got live reps in our own system. This was great for development. Even if no walk-on ever stepped on the game field, they were key in helping us develop our scholarship players into depth and future contributors. This was a big advantage over teams that didn’t carry the numbers to run four scrimmage groups at a time.

It was just a bonus that some of the walk-ons developed into starters, all-conference or all-Americans like Spencer Long, Brandon Reilly, Alex Henry, Sam Koch, Sam Foltz, Andy Janovich, Luke Reimer, John Bullock, etc., to name some of the more recent ones.

 

[nja13]

I don’t really understand why he’s getting paid.

Stats this season
UTEP - 1 tackle
Colorado - 2 tackle, 1 sack. 1 fumble reocvery
UNI - no stats
Illinois - 3 tackles
Purdoodoo - 2 tackles, 1tfl
Buttgers - 1 tackle
Indianus - no stats
Ohio State - 5 tackles, 1 sack, 3 tfl
UCLAbia - 2 tackles
USC - 3 tackles, 1 tfl
WiscyDicks - 2 tackles
Cockeye - 1 tackle

Is he going to parlay 1 game game vs a freshman backup from Ohio state into a payday.

He was doing nothing way more than being productive.

As I talked myself into in a previous post, I don’t think this is about him seeking a huge payday. Remember, just a couple of weeks ago he announced he was staying at Nebraksa for another year. I don’t think he does that if he’s unhappy with his NIL deal here. What changed is that his DC and DL coach left. Now he’s strongly considering following them to their new school. To quote another very brief portal resident, this one appears to be a real case of “relationships > 💰”

Who knows if his new school will even pay him more than NU did? I’d be surprised if LSU and ATM were that desperate for such a mild contributor.

 

[jickey moseph]

Is Johntay Cook actually on campus? Seeing different things being reported about him.

 

[Kaladin]

Is Johntay Cook actually on campus? Seeing different things being reported about him.

He’s here and he’s N

PS who is johntay cook

Is he related to our volleyball coach

 

[nja13]

PS who is johntay cook

Is he related to our volleyball coach

Is she as good looking as his other daughter?

 

[nja13]

Is Johntay Cook actually on campus? Seeing different things being reported about him.

I have no idea who this is or what his sources are.

 

[jickey moseph]

 

[Ripping Lips]

I have no idea who this is or what his sources are.

Did the Genetics/Nebrafaninwisco get a new X handle?

 

[Fargo Husker]

I have no idea who this is or what his sources are.

This guy, and many others, are misinterpreting info from Dean’s Weekly Rundown.

He stated that those four were confirmed portal TARGETS, but there’s nothing out there that any of them have locked in visits besides Jackson.

 

[Bootleg11]

If Princewill takes care of business off the field he’ll be a pro. That’s a loss for Nebraska. Not the end of the world, but a loss.

 

[Omar Little]

I have no idea who this is or what his sources are.

Im assuming Devin Neal was hurt this year?

 

[biscuitgaze01]

Tater Island post saying Nebraska worried about a Raiola portal entry per a TOS post.

 

[Kaladin]

Tater Island post saying Nebraska worried about a Raiola portal entry per a TOS post.

 

[Ripping Lips]

Tater Island post saying Nebraska worried about a Raiola portal entry per a TOS post.

Really doubt DR is leaving, especially with his lil bro still committed and Dana signed to help him breakout next year.

 

[Omar Little]

DR isnt going anywhere so lets not even entertain it

 

[herbsinator]

Would be weird if that’s the case since he was wining and dining commits yesterday.

 

[Dr.DrakeRamoray]

Tater Island post saying Nebraska worried about a Raiola portal entry per a TOS post.

What post on tos?

 

[vailhusker]

Free most updated list at the moment couple of walk-ons I haven't seen but other than that the same dudes we already know about -

https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/season/2025-football/transferportal/?institutionkey=24025