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[David Webb]

Fuck yeah dude .. Is he good enough to start today ?

He was in the portal for almost a month. His other offers were Kentucky, App. St. and Buffalo. He has not played a down of college ball. With all that said, he’s probably neck and neck talent wise with most of the current o-line.

 

[MtnHusker]

He was in the portal for almost a month. His other offers were Kentucky, App. St. and Buffalo. He has not played a down of college ball. With all that said, he’s probably neck and neck talent wise with most of the current o-line.

And Kentucky brought in 4 Portal O Line so not even sure they were an option for him anymore. I like the pick up and just view him as a development piece with upside as he is just a RS Freshman. Plus he gives us more Ins for Utah. Love to get in on some of those Poly's from Utah.

 

[Carm]

Guy never played OL until he was a senior in high school and seems like an athletic guy. Worth a shot. Obviously looked to be a guy with upside to Rhule.

 

[HuskerDocCo]

add another wtf to the roster

 

[jarred_buck]

I like the pickup. I’m sure he needs to be developed, but there just aren’t that many humans out there with his size.

 

[Toe]

Low 3* on the recruiting sites. Is he a walk-on?

 

[HerbRedman]

And Kentucky brought in 4 Portal O Line so not even sure they were an option for him anymore. I like the pick up and just view him as a development piece with upside as he is just a RS Freshman. Plus he gives us more Ins for Utah. Love to get in on some of those Poly's from Utah.

Also the key is to look at the schools that offered him out of HS. Now they have another shot to get him but they're like "no thanks I'm good"...

Not shitting on the take at all. You absolutely take this kid if you're Matt Rhule and you have a bunch of D- level players on your OL.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Also the key is to look at the schools that offered him out of HS. Now they have another shot to get him but they're like "no thanks I'm good"...

Not shitting on the take at all. You absolutely take this kid if you're Matt Rhule and you have a bunch of D- level players on your OL.

I don't think the line is awful on talent. I know I'm kind of alone in that, but I think Rhule just likes taking developmental guys and his track record is pretty good on that front. Now idk about uncle Donny

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

When you morons finally understand that we aren’t ever going to get 4 and 5 stars at every position, then and only then can we stop overanalyzing everything. I really wish Rhule had talent evaluators as good as you all.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

When you morons finally understand that we aren’t ever going to get 4 and 5 stars at every position, then and only then can we stop overanalyzing everything. I really wish Rhule had talent evaluators as good as you all.

Are you crying? I haven't seen you cry like this since Big Willy Will sent Martinez to the bench for good

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

Are you crying? I haven't seen you cry like this since Big Willy Will sent Martinez to the bench for good

You are

 

[Baron Winnebago]

You are

I lold out loud

 

[HerbRedman]

When you morons finally understand that we aren’t ever going to get 4 and 5 stars at every position, then and only then can we stop overanalyzing everything. I really wish Rhule had talent evaluators as good as you all.

 

[Tsakoi]

Two thoughts:

1: Although I welcome any new talent on the OL, WTF are the scholarship numbers? How do we have room for this guy and the two Walk-ons we added to scholarship recently? Currently unofficial number is 91.

2: This makes me think that two of the incoming freshmen OL guys are actually going to be DL guys. We took 5 OL last cycle but I think Goldman and Mascoeciwiecizcheck end up on DL.

 

[NSECTA4]

Two thoughts:

1: Although I welcome any new talent on the OL, WTF are the scholarship numbers? How do we have room for this guy and the two Walk-ons we added to scholarship recently? Currently unofficial number is 91.

2: This makes me think that two of the incoming freshmen OL guys are actually going to be DL guys. We took 5 OL last cycle but I think Goldman and Mascoeciwiecizcheck end up on DL.

Listening to Gary Sharp this morning, he indicating that based on some other attrition of which he is aware, NU was unofficially at 84 prior to Knaak committing. FWIW

 

[Tsakoi]

Listening to Gary Sharp this morning, he indicating that based on some other attrition of which he is aware, NU was unofficially at 84 prior to Knaak committing. FWIW

Wow. That means lots of dudes we don't know about.

 

[MtnHusker]

Wow. That means lots of dudes we don't know about.

Keep in mind that Rhule has also mentioned in the past using NIL to pay for some of the 5th & 6th year players fall semester.

 

[Blakejc]

Hopefully this staff is awesome at talent eval, because this kid sure ain’t their first reach. And I know, first year had to put something together quickly, but Kai, Syncere, maciejzack, sua, Charles, Barnes, Ives, Lloyd, turner, Goldman. They took a lot of flyers last year. If some start to hit they may gain a little more trust.

By the end of Bo’s tenure we didn’t mind his petulant ass slapping together defensive recruiting last minute because his talent eval was better than everyone else. Bit him in the ass with offense. So I’ll believe it when I see it when it comes to Rhule and taking dudes like Knaak.

 

[Carm]

Wow. That means lots of dudes we don't know about.

A couple guys are retiring

There are a number of guys whose five year scholarship obligations is fulfilled who can get NIL to pay their way to walk on.

If there is one thing I’m sure of, it’s that the 85 is okay.



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[Carm]

Two thoughts:


2: This makes me think that two of the incoming freshmen OL guys are actually going to be DL guys. We took 5 OL last cycle but I think Goldman and Mascoeciwiecizcheck end up on DL.

we only have 15 schollie OL including those two

One reason Knaak wasn't in greater demand is that he has a very slender resume as a OL and four years of eligibility. Under the new rules re transfers and waivers, a lot of teams aren't willing to take the risk of having to keep a guy like this around for four years. For us, four years is one of the reasons he is attractive because the staff feels confident in their ability to project and develop.

They know they are taking a guy in a spot they could in which take a freshman, so I am sure they have thought this through.