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Nebraska kid joining the party. Riley beats out Frost for a local kid. Good news.
Austin Allen is N!! GBR, Welcome to the family!!
Austin Allen
Tight end
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Aurora
Aurora, NE
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Ht: 6'8"
Wt: 225 lbs
Class: 2017
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Nebraska
Austin Allen@austin15allen 17m17 minutes ago
Excited to announce that I'll continue my education and football career at the University of Nebraska
You can't teach size nor the kind of athleticism Allen has for his size. He will be a good one. Another strong pickup.
There was never any competition as I said many times since he got the offer...was always going to be N..
You must be kidding...TE the kid can flat out high point the ball and has great leaping ability for his size...Very tough matchup in the end zone...They don't make big basketball players DE...they become TE...Could be one of the most underated recruits next year....Awesome get...
I wonder if he can gain a good 90 lbs and be a OT? I can dream.
Either way, happy to have him!
Read my mind. Posted in other thread. He's only what 17? Already 6'8 225. Give him 2 or 3 years could be a 300 LB OT. Just saying he has the frame to play a few positions. Has the frame to grow. He has options.
Defiantly a miss match for future opponents.
Maybe Miles could use his service as well down the road.Winking
Welcome to the Big Red Nation.
Maybe Miles could use his service as well down the road.Winking
Welcome to the Big Red Nation.
Could be our Gronk. Great get and congrats to Austin!
No stars? No thank you!
I kid. I kid. Welcome to the Big Red family young man.
I kid. I kid. Welcome to the Big Red family young man.
As a TE he could be an incredible asset. With his size and athleticism he could be a great third down target and inside the 10 he could develop into an almost guaranteed TD.
Nice pick up! Seems to be pretty athletic for a 6'8 kid. After he received his offer, I think Sharpe and Benning were saying he may not be done growing, if my memory is correct.
Throw in Jurgens from Beatrice and those are two pretty strong looking TEs that will play together.
Bottom line is this staff is engaging with top end talent early. That is key for me
Really good to see this and I think we need more NE kids
From 2010 to 2014 we signed 13 NE kids to schollies 2.6/yr - 69% of these ended either starting or playing a bunch
From 1990 to 1994 we 31 NE kids or an average of 6.2/yr this was in the lead up to our best run in program history
It started with Callahan and then got worse with Pelini the thought that in state kids were not deserving of scholarships - Ne is way under evaluated when it comes to football talent. I hope Riley signs a bunch of kids this year and stops the out flow of talent from Nebraska to other programs
Other than Ott and the kid that went to Stanford what was the other big out flow of talent? Also remember that the present limit of 85 scholarships did not come in to place until 1992, so before that you have 95 scholarships you could give out.
I would like to see more Nebraska kids on the team as well, but I do think the HS talent in the state has been underwhelming in the last 10 or so year. Especially at the skill positions.
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In the last few years - Fant-Bubak-Lenners- Bazata-Holtorf - Fischer-Lacouture - Phillips - Ott
It seems that when the recruiting sites geared up their ranking systems that all of the sudden NE became devoid of talent - where previously there were many players deserving of scholarships and this was validated by on the field play - all of the sudden now there were only a couple a year. Now yes we had and still have the walkon players but it is nowhere near what it was as many kids are now getting offers from D2 schools - I just wonder if Pelini and Callahan missed out on a important recruiting source
Phillips and Ott are obviously 2 big losses when you look at how they could have contributed to the DL depth over the last few seasons.
Others that come to mind are:
Noah Keller played well for Ohio and tried out for a couple NFL teams.
Nathan Bazata.
Christian Lacouture (more of a lost battle than a kid that was overlooked).
Trevor Robinson (another lost battle - Note: I don't consider Harrison Phillips a 'lost battle' because his recruitment was a disaster)
Daryle Hawkins - had a good senior year at WR for Oregon
I don't think we should really count that one. He wasn't a Nebraska kid to begin with. He only became one after he moved here when he originally committed to Nebraska in the first place.