JD Crisp commitment: What does it mean for Nebraska?
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Nebraska hosted DB/WR JD Crisp for their home opener last weekend. The Huskers offered Crisp as an athlete that could play either offense or defense at the next level. Crisp committed to Matt Rhule and the staff before he left campus on Sunday becoming the 25th member of the 2024 class.
Here are our thoughts on what JD Crisp’s commitment means to Nebraska and the 2024 recruiting class:
1. JD Crisp is a very new name for Nebraska fans. Crisp visited Nebraska for the home opener against Northern Illinois, received an offer from the Huskers, and committed while he was in Lincoln on Sunday to play both football and baseball for Nebraska.
2. Nebraska is recruiting Crisp to play both wide receiver and safety for Nebraska. Crisp joins at least two other players in the 2024 class that have more of an athlete tag because they could play multiple positions. Roger Gradney from Altair (Texas) Rice Consolidated figures into special teams as a returner, but could play defensive back, linebacker, wide receiver and possibly even running back. Keelan Smith from Liberty (Mo.) North could play wide receiver, tight end, and possibly even on defense.
3. Crisp is the eighth player from Texas in the 2024 class. Last year, Matt Rhule and his staff signed five players from Texas. Eight commits from Texas is the most players in a recruiting class for Nebraska since 2009 when the Huskers signed eight. A year before in 2008, Nebraska signed nine players from Texas.
4. Crisp is the first player to come from the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) division since 2017 when Nebraska signed Damion Daniels from Dallas (Texas) Bishop Dunne.
5. Matt Rhule loves athletes and speed when it comes to recruiting. Crisp is planning on playing football and baseball at Nebraska. There are several players in the 2023 class that will likely run track as well as play football. 2025 running back commitment Conor Booth pursued playing both sports before committing to Nebraska.
6. There is really an art to highpointing a football and Crisp does is amazingly well. There is a timing component to it as well as still finding ways to focus on the football through the hands and pull the ball in. So many of Crisp’s grabs have him jumping up to take the ball away from the defender which makes him such a valuable asset in the wide receiver room in short yardage and redzone situations.
7. And there is a lot to like about Crisp playing the safety position. First, he doesn’t bite on moves. He has a way of keeping the play in front of him and making the tackle. Second, playing centerfield you can see him reading the quarterback’s eyes and recognizing where he is going with the football. And while he is 6-foot-0 and about 190 pounds he can really come up and make a hit.
