Mrjfb wrote:
Come off it guys, Nebraska isn't any smaller than when it seemed we had at least one all-american home state lineman every year. We aren't Texas but we should be producing more than this. There were three high profile players in Lincoln and that was it for the state. Nothing in Omaha, nothing in the rest of the state.
Mrjfb, you raise a great discussion point.
We still do. This year his last name is
Long. He is an offensive lineman. He is labeled a preseason All American for this next year.
But he came to the team as a "Walk On"
You have to believe that if he had had the same development advantages that the kids in Texas have, he would have been a four star prospect with coaches lining up at the door to get him.
But instead he walked on at Nebraska. His own personal willingness to work hard and the development provided by the coaches and staff of the Cornhuskers turned him into an All American.
I am sure there are others that graduate every year from Nebraska high schools that have the God given talent and ability to become great football players. But the 85 scholarship limit impacts how many "projects" that the coaches can accept every year.
The Red Zone