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Adidas designed some new cleats for Nebraska’s football team.
New adizero 5-Star custom cleats. Thanks @adidasUS #teamadidas #huskers pic.twitter.com/kF5ZO1OXEw
— Nebraska Equipment (@NUequipment) June 18, 2013
A quiet spring for Nebraska’s recruiting made for a deluge of a summer, a rash of seven commits in eight days, culminating what I suspect was a wildly successful Big Red Weekend. We’ll get to that in a minute, but first a few thoughts on why fans who panicked or grew inpatient weren’t paying close enough attention, and how NU stayed true to its plan for 2014.
The two commits heading into June were never a particular concern, in part because:
>> The coaches only had to offer kicker Drew Brown – the younger brother of former Husker Kris Brown and a lifelong NU fans – to land him. NU’s built a relationship over four years with Drew Brown.
>> Several in-state prospects (including new …
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When Demornay Pierson-El arrived Saturday for the Big Red Weekend, he chose not to initially hang out with fellow prospects in Nebraska’s game room.
Instead, he walked into the conference room and had a one-on-one meeting with NU coach Bo Pelini.
“He told me I could ask him anything,” Pierson-El said.
That meeting helped lead Pierson-El, a 5-foot-9, 172-pound three-star prospect from Alexandria (Va.) West Potomac High School to become NU’s ninth commit — and the seventh in eight days.
He had long been on NU’s radar as a running back/wide receiver, running for 1,658 yards and 26 touchdowns last year for West Potomac and catching ten passes for 127 yards. Pierson-El said Saturday night Nebraska envisions him in the slot, much like current Husker Jamal …
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Nebraska’s Big Red Weekend continues to score commits for the Huskers, as Lincoln Southeast guard D.J. Foster — long a target of NU’s who also had offers to Georgia and Florida, among other schools — announced on Twitter that he’d pledged to NU for the 2014 class.
“I’m a Husker everyone!” Foster announced on Twitter. The 6-foot-3, 310-pounder is a high-three/low-four star prospect whose older brother, Trey, is a redshirt freshman walk-on tight end for Nebraska. Foster’s current teammate, Luke Gifford, is committed for the 2014 class, and former teammate Sam Cotton is also a redshirt freshman tight end for NU.
Foster is the eighth overall commit for the class, and the sixth for Nebraska in the last eight days. Combined with Highland (Ill.) offensive …
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Mick Stoltenberg came to Nebraska’s football camp Thursday, he earned the offer he was looking for after an extensive workout in front of several Husker coaches, and Saturday he unsurprisingly committed to NU for the 2014 class. Several recruiting sites confirmed the commit that was first reported by Husker Online.
The 6-foot-5, 250-pound Gretna star is likely to start his NU career on the offensive side of the ball at tight end or perhaps tackle. A high three-star according to Rivals — he’s still unrated by 247Sports and Scout, but that won’t last long — Stoltenberg receives offseason training from former Husker defensive lineman Steve Warren.
Stoltenberg is the seventh commit overall and the fifth in eight days. More to come after Stoltenberg finishes …
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Even before Big Red Weekend has started, Nebraska’s started accumulating commits for the 2014 class. First Friday, quarterback Zack Darlington made his commit official. Later Friday, Pflugerville (Texas) corner Trai Mosley — a 5-foot-10, 170-pounder who visited for NU’s camp Friday — announced on Twitter he was “officially” a Cornhusker.
“Checked out everything, campus life was great can’t wait to come on back, but NOW ‘I am Officially An Cornhusker’!!!!” read the tweet. Mosley’s Twitter profile picture is a shot of him standing next to the Tom Osborne/Brook Berringer statue outside Memorial Stadium.
Mosley told Huskers Illustrated he received the offer in camp after running a 4.43-second 40-yard dash and a one-on-one meeting with secondary coach Terry Joseph.
“We really liked it up there, we …
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Nebraska has a sweet tooth for state championship quarterbacks.
Senior Taylor Martinez and true freshman Johnny Stanton won high school titles in California. Tommy Armstrong won his in Texas. Friday, the Huskers added to the mix 2014 commit Zack Darlington – who last year delivered a title to Apopka in Florida’s largest class and rebuffed an offer from Ohio State and Urban Meyer to play in Lincoln.
The 6-foot-2, 207-pound three-star prospect – who also held offers from North Carolina State, Virginia Tech and West Virginia, among other schools – had long been a target of NU offensive coordinator Tim Beck. Zack and his head coaching father, Rick Darlington – a longtime Husker fan – attended NU’s Quarterback Academy June 7, took the full tour …
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From now until the start of fall camp, The World-Herald will be counting down the top 50 players you need to know heading into the 2013 football season.
So who is No. 50?
Vincent Valentine | 6-foot-3 | 325 pounds | Freshman | Defensive tackle
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After a redshirt year to acclimate to college life, NU’s biggest defensive tackle will vie for time on a line that needs him to deliver up to his considerable potential.
While reports out of spring camp were decent, Valentine is not considered a likely starter right now. To earn that, Valentine will have to be in the kind of condition that allows him to play three downs. More …
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The ballers. The bruisers. The big-play starters. From now until fall camp, The World-Herald will count down the Husker Watch List — NU’s top 50 players heading into the 2013 season. The top stars are here, as are a few surprises. The list is sorted by the players’ impact on the team, the importance of their position and their potential to improve — or in the case of new players, contribute. The list is long, but remember: Each year, a player or two off the radar make an unexpected leap into the lineup. At the end of the season, we’ll revisit the list and see where we were right — and which players surpassed our expectations. The list starts today with the honorable mentions:
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Nebraska’s Big Red Football School paid recruiting dividends Tuesday, as Highland (Ill.) offensive guard Tanner Farmer became NU’s fourth commit for the 2014 class. Rivals’ Illinois prep site, EdgyTim.com, first confirmed the commit.
A 6-foot-4, 300-pounder, Farmer is a three-star prospect according to Rivals and Scout, and currently unrated by 247Sports. Farmer’s a fast-riser, though, winning OL MVP at a Rivals camp in St. Louis — over, among other players, Lincoln Southeast’s D.J. Foster — which accelerated the recruiting process. Farmer quickly received offers from Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota and Illinois. He’s attended NU’s first three-day session this week.
Watching Farmer Tuesday, it’s fair to say he looks the part.
More to come later.…
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