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Thanks for the insight guys. Somewhere I missed that he was a walk-on for Nebraska. Good for the kid to find another home and get his school paid for. I guess we lose some (to Nebraska's walk-on program) and we win some (like Isaiah and some others that we've gotten in from Nebraska the past few years).
Also - thanks to WestSideRabbit for his very detailed coverage of all of our recruits!!
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Originally posted by GopherHole View PostSpot on NebraskaJack. Isaiah is a player that I'm excited about. This young man's ceiling keeps moving upwards. In high school he was expected to be a key part of a very good Class A program in Nebraska. He was not the star, but knew his role and exceeded it. To give perspective, Isaiah was a special teams and depth player until his senior year. Coach Cool at Kearney High plays underclassmen and even relies on sophomores to be key players if they have the talent. Isaiah was not one of these type of players. Noah Urbanek and Mikko Maessner (who signed with Princeton), were the type of players who excelled in key roles as sophomores for Kearney High.
When Isaiah seized his starting position in high school, he kept making plays. Many still took notice of Mikko in the defensive backfield because of some of the plays he made with his exceptional speed, but Isaiah was still the one that was filling up the stat sheet. I overlooked him and didn't share information with Dan and Stig about Isaiah. I was focused on getting the word out on other players who the staff recruited. When Kearney High narrowly missed beating Omaha North for the championship, Isaiah made lots of plays on defense.
Isaiah is a talent who's ceiling keeps moving upwards. He far exceeded what people expected of him with the Huskers in only two years as a walk-on. He will outwork his peers as evident by his 705 lb. squat that I posted yesterday. He comes from a good family and was known for his strong character.
He built up some confidence with his performance with the Huskers this year. Playing primarily special teams, he had 13 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 forced fumble, and 1 blocked kick. He's going to look awfully good in blue this next year!
One other note on the Husker walk program. With Frost aboard we will lose the opportunity with about 20 to 25 kids per year who chose to give Husker football their best shot. But now that Frost and co are in their third year I think the dream will start to die with some of the initial walk on recruits. I hope as a staff we are paying attention to the transfer portal so we can continue to get these types of players. I don't believe Isaiah Stalbird will be the last of the walkons that chooses a different path going forward.
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Originally posted by NebraskaJack View PostThanks for the additional detail.
One other note on the Husker walk program. With Frost aboard we will lose the opportunity with about 20 to 25 kids per year who chose to give Husker football their best shot. But now that Frost and co are in their third year I think the dream will start to die with some of the initial walk on recruits. I hope as a staff we are paying attention to the transfer portal so we can continue to get these types of players. I don't believe Isaiah Stalbird will be the last of the walkons that chooses a different path going forward.
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Originally posted by JACKGUYII View PostI'm not sure there are 20-25 Nebraska kids walking on at UNL and if there are I doubt we have interest in all of them. I agree if we recruit the right way and lose some of those kids to PWO at Nebraska or other FBS some of those kids will come back to us. I believe Frost will turn it around, but the Nebraska brand is not what it used to be. With 3 scheduled future games at UNL that has to be enticing too.
2018 they had 15, but Frost didn't start recruiting until December
2019 they took 25
2020 they are at 20 as of now.
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Originally posted by JACKGUYII View PostI'm not sure there are 20-25 Nebraska kids walking on at UNL and if there are I doubt we have interest in all of them. I agree if we recruit the right way and lose some of those kids to PWO at Nebraska or other FBS some of those kids will come back to us. I believe Frost will turn it around, but the Nebraska brand is not what it used to be. With 3 scheduled future games at UNL that has to be enticing too.
I don't think we'd trade any of our recruits for players on this list of walk-ons.
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Originally posted by GopherHole View PostAccording to Hail Varsity, Nebraska's walk-on class currently numbers 18. Of the 18, I'm only seeing two that we offered: Matthais Algarin out of Perez, MN and Grant Tagge, LB from Omaha Westside.
I don't think we'd trade any of our recruits for players on this list of walk-ons.Jackrabbits: Long ears, strong hind legs, gritty, relentless, fearless.
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Originally posted by WestSideRabbit View Post
Here is a long shot...
WR- Luke Grimm had his scholarship pulled/reduced by Kansas and didn’t sign yesterday. The Jacks were on him hard this spring. He’d be a great addition to the class at wide receiver.
https://twitter.com/lukegrimm25/stat...808168449?s=20
I hope we add a TE but I'm not sure what is out there. I think a PWO if nothing else.Jackrabbits: Long ears, strong hind legs, gritty, relentless, fearless.
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Originally posted by WestSideRabbit View PostI hope we add a TE but I'm not sure what is out there. I think a PWO if nothing else.
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