Three Recruits on Campus
While the majority of the 2013 class has still yet to sign letters of intent, Nebraska fans can begin to "count their chickens" with three players that have arrived on campus. They are Canadian offensive tackle David Knevel, New Jersey safety D.J. Singleton, and Ohio linebacker Courtney Love. All three players were rated as four-star prospects by at least one of the major recruiting sites.
Their early arrival will allow them to participate in winter conditioning and spring ball. You'd still anticipate a redshirt for Knevel to add weight and strength and also gain mastery of the tackle position. With four seniors departing from the two-deep at safety, Singleton may be called on as a true freshman. Depending upon what Sean Fisher decides, Nebraska may need to replace five linebackers from the two-deep. Love will find a fair amount of competition though. Both Singleton and Love would seem like candidates to contribute on special teams as well.
All three of these recruits were sought after by top programs. In that sense, it's good to get the hay in the barn where they're concerned. Three down, 22 to go (with 16 committed). With just over a month remaining before signing day, much of the work still lies ahead. Stay tuned.
1/8/2013
Wow!!! Whoopee!!! Maybe this class will vault all the way to the mid thirties! Did anyone else notice the last insult of the season when looking at the final rankings??? The thought of Vanderbilt, Northern Illinois, SWAN JOSE STATE, and Utah State ranked ahead of Nebraska is demoralizing as hell…I need a bud…talk to you all next season. Til then, here’s hoping for the best to all of you…(even you, OUseven times)
1/8/2013
AP poll: Michigan (8-5) at 24, NU (10-4) at 25, and NU beat Michigan. Northwestern (10-3) at 17. Go figure.
1/9/2013
Scout ranks us #12
247 with their ranking has us at #15
247 Composite which includes, scout, rivals, espn, 247 median has us #22
Rivals #28 ( They also dont include Singleton)
So two of the major sites have us in the top 15 , Rivals has a farther down the line ..
So from 12 -28 ...Scout scoring goes more by average star plus commit total, where as rivals weighs more into commit totals than they do stars..
And when T Newby joins the list we will move up even more .. Heres to hoping he’ll join hes a heck of a back.. With him and Taylor from Texas thats one hell of a RB tandum!!
1/9/2013
Captain Bly
THose final ratings were brutal and bad.. Vandy got beat by Georgia by something like 40 pts , and got beat by Northwestern,, And their biggest win was probably Missouri.. maybe nc state but they sucked too..
1/9/2013
Can’t believe those teams are ranked ahead of us. That’s a load. I can sorta see Michigan because of their bowl performance, but we did beat them. But the others? Pretty bad I’d say. Winning cures all. We’re not getting any credit for having GA on the run and keeping it close until the 4th quarter.
We’ve got a pretty recruiting class going don’t we? Ranked as high as 12th! That’s awesome! What’s with Rivals? If we get Newby, that would be great, but I’m really looking for more standout D line guys. So far, we have 2, 4 star DE’s, but are weak on DT’s…unless the 2 and the 3 star guys we just signed turn out, but it’s not looking good for that, and I think we need more O linemen and damn good ones…if we can’t get high end talent, maybe we can keep them fresh with bodies in the rotation. But I don’t care who we have, what we need is a new O line coach. Our biggest problems are the Defense overall, and the lines. Twauto22, what was Singleton ranked? We also have a great group of linebackers coming in. Things on the D might be looking up. I BOlieve. If we get a few things straightened out, like not shooting ourselves in the foot, we may just win a bowl game or 2 once in a while. I know Taylors working towards next year already. Should be a great year, his last. Lets hope they get the problems solved so we can return to respectability again.
1/9/2013
Collins is now a four star dt in scout ratings after they evaluated senior seasons..singleton was a four star coveted by a lot of big programs