Recruiting: Last in rankings; Last in star-average in the BIG

[DrinkItIn]

I just hope it's the type of recruiting class that will keep giving us moral victories. Man, it's been fun competing on the football field again.

 

[Pipe Line]

Transfer portal made me care a lot less about Recruiting

 

[Black Dean]

That would appear to be true. But there are a lot of smart coaches all over the country that also understand the numbers distribution and the dynamics at play...and are taking full classes.

Frost ask Dean for scholarship distribution numbers advice so we are in good hands

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

I just hope it's the type of recruiting class that will keep giving us moral victories. Man, it's been fun competing on the football field again.

all this. play extremely hard for 58ish minutes, lose in cock-punch fashion, walk out of the stadium with their heads held high.

 

[Pipe Line]

all this. play extremely hard for 58ish minutes, lose in cock-punch fashion, walk out of the stadium with their heads held high.

#nattyformula

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

That would appear to be true. But there are a lot of smart coaches all over the country that also understand the numbers distribution and the dynamics at play...and are taking full classes.

I think most teams rolled their guys forward. I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of a single other team that paused everyone from the COVID year. Staff also seems to be aggressively recruiting for the 2023 and 2024 classes. I would guess that a combination of limited evals+less than optimal recruiting time w/ the 2022 class and the limited space means where we're at.

 

[Kaladin]

I think most teams rolled their guys forward. I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of a single other team that paused everyone from the COVID year. Staff also seems to be aggressively recruiting for the 2023 and 2024 classes. I would guess that a combination of limited evals+less than optimal recruiting time w/ the 2022 class and the limited space means where we're at.

I think we had over 100+ visitors for our 2 night games

 

[Red Finger]

There’s no excuse. But by golly people will try.

 

[God is a Husker]

This thread

 

[Red Finger]

That would appear to be true. But there are a lot of smart coaches all over the country that also understand the numbers distribution and the dynamics at play...and are taking full classes.

It also doesn’t take a expert to figure out they’ve consistently missed on their top targets.

If you look at offers, basically if Nebraska is going up against any school that has any relevance they’ve lost that battle this cycle.

2.89 rivals average star ranking so far…

It isn’t like it’s early in the process either. Not hard to figure out if you’re being honest with yourself.

 

[Driveway Jordan]

I think most teams rolled their guys forward. I'm sure there are others,

I think that' bit of a generalization. Illinois, who's really fuckin' bad but also beat us, has 22 super seniors. I would say keeping guys around vs. "rolling them forward" as you would say, indicates there's not a lot of upper-classman talent in the program, because they obviously aren't coveted by the NFL.

 

[Driveway Jordan]

but with that and this staff’s history of development, watch out.

Especially on the OL.

 

[Cornicator]

Nebraska is holding room for players from the Portal and some JUCO spots. There are hundreds of JUCO players who basically missed 18 months of evaluation. That's not to say they've missed out on some dudes they wanted because they absolutely did.

But Nebraska feels confident on at least 14 to 15 starters returning for next season. When the schedule component is added, the Huskers are thinking about the immediate, and not overly concerned about 3 to 4 years from now.

Nebraska is going to go after some big portal fish, especially along the offensive line, pass rushers, and will be big players for any high level skill players who are looking to transfer.

And let's not forget that Nebraska will go into the 2022 season with 72 scholarship players who have 3 or more years remaining of eligibility.

 

[vailhusker]

Nebraska is holding room for players from the Portal and some JUCO spots. There are hundreds of JUCO players who basically missed 18 months of evaluation. That's not to say they've missed out on some dudes they wanted because they absolutely did.

But Nebraska feels confident on at least 14 to 15 starters returning for next season. When the schedule component is added, the Huskers are thinking about the immediate, and not overly concerned about 3 to 4 years from now.

Nebraska is going to go after some big portal fish, especially along the offensive line, pass rushers, and will be big players for any high level skill players who are looking to transfer.

And let's not forget that Nebraska will go into the 2022 season with 72 scholarship players who have 3 or more years remaining of eligibility.

Right now there are 35 scholarship players that are still considered Freshman, 14 Redshirt Freshman, and 11 Sophomores. I agree with the OP though if you can only take a small class you better make everyone count.

HuskerOnline - 2022 HuskerOnline Scholarship Distribution Chart

Here's a breakdown of Nebraska's most up-to-date scholarship distribution chart.

nebraska.n.rivals.com

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

I think that' bit of a generalization. Illinois, who's really fuckin' bad but also beat us, has 22 super seniors. I would say keeping guys around vs. "rolling them forward" as you would say, indicates there's not a lot of upper-classman talent in the program, because they obviously aren't coveted by the NFL.

Difference between super seniors and Fr-Sr. I don't think many programs did a universal pause from what I've seen.

 

[Red Finger]

Nebraska is holding room for players from the Portal and some JUCO spots. There are hundreds of JUCO players who basically missed 18 months of evaluation. That's not to say they've missed out on some dudes they wanted because they absolutely did.

But Nebraska feels confident on at least 14 to 15 starters returning for next season. When the schedule component is added, the Huskers are thinking about the immediate, and not overly concerned about 3 to 4 years from now.

Nebraska is going to go after some big portal fish, especially along the offensive line, pass rushers, and will be big players for any high level skill players who are looking to transfer.

And let's not forget that Nebraska will go into the 2022 season with 72 scholarship players who have 3 or more years remaining of eligibility.

What will be telling is these bye weeks coming up. Coaches will be on the road.

 

[Daddy]

That would appear to be true. But there are a lot of smart coaches all over the country that also understand the numbers distribution and the dynamics at play...and are taking full classes.

I mean, do you think that's entirely lost on Frost and his staff? You guys are acting like they're just mailing it in and are completely indifferent about their futures or the future of the program. Something's gotta give somewhere. I don't think they've even come out and said how many total players can be on scholarship going into '22, just the total number of new players you can add based on kids transferring out.

 

[ChocaEgg]

I completely understand the low quantity, it's the low quality that is unforgivable.

 

[HuskerGarrett]

Cockeye just recruits shitty 2 star guys and they're ranked 2 in the nation so whatever

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

And let's not forget that Nebraska will go into the 2022 season with 72 scholarship players who have 3 or more years remaining of eligibility.

This right here.... This team needs to get older.