WR possibilities
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Lots of opportunities to play early - also more options to recruit WRs that might not be stereotypical - smaller faster that can make plays in space. I don’t think this offense calls for big body WRs that you can throw jump balls to.
Lots of opportunities for athletes to excel - might need a JUCO or 2 in this class.
Lots of opportunities for athletes to excel - might need a JUCO or 2 in this class.
Woodyard - Nebraska has a great chance to land him. Great speed and would come ready to play. Would be here in Jan.
Tommy Bush - they want him but he seems to be leaning elsewhere.
Fleeks - just visited.
Watt - will be visiting
McGriff - just visited
It is possible we get 2 or 3 out of that group. I would lean toward 3 out of that group.
In a list if the WRs that had been offered by this staff, most seemed to be in the 6"3" range. I don't know where this itty bitty committee stuff comes from.
One question I have is in recruiting, what do the numbers look like for WRs playing in a spread and going to the league. I can see kids hearing that the pro set would better prepare them. I don't have data to show one way or the other. I do know when our RBs were getting some big yards in the option it skewed their numbers and NFL scouts would question the transfer to the league. Billy Simms did OK.
Good points. I just think sometimes in college there is too much emphasis on NFL measurables - particularly at WR and offensive tackle. You don’t need NFL measurables to win in college.
That is what will be used against spread teams though. Why go there, no pro teams run the spread.
Very few teams run a pro style offense. I think as a small receiver you are a better prospect putting up big numbers in a spread than lesser numbers in a pro style.
5 star WR from Louisiana who was KU commit just decommited tonight. Are we trying to get in on him?
I personally feel people make to much of the pro style offense stuff for wide receivers, a lot of NFL teams run spread concepts since the rules favor passing the ball. If a receiver is good, it won't matter what style of offense he played in.
Missing the point. I tend to think we recruited in the Cally and Riley years by using the WCO/Pro set lure. There is a reality somewhere about the spread game and how it inflates stats. Chip tried it and it failed so a pure spread does have its limitations on the pros.
CJ Smith’s brother is a RS Jr at UCF that would be eligible for a grad transfer. I don’t know if Frost would do it, but that would be an impact grad transfer.
If he is a grad transfer then bring him to Nebraska. He is a proven stud.
Here is the list of planned visitors. Looking the WR's I don't see anyone under 6'1" with most in the 6'3" range and some taller.
https://nebraska.rivals.com/visits/football/2018
https://nebraska.rivals.com/visits/football/2018
I wonder if Kurt Warner's son will get any playing time? Preferred walk-on WR who redshirted this year. Put up huge numbers in high school, yet didn't get any D-I offers.
They have a coach with connections to the LA high schools and the HS coaches were pissed about LSU passing on their guys so they encouraged them to this guy at KU.
Not missing the point, the point is there are a lot of spread game concepts in the NFL. The rules in the NFL have evolved in a way to where the running back is not featured as much and people use small slot receivers as an extension to the run game. Therefore the idea that players need to play in a WCO/Pro set offense to make it to the NFL is not accurate. Good players and good coaches can adapt a players skill set. Just like college in the NFL it is about coaching. The reason why some schemes are not as successful in the pros is because of the 53 man roster limitations. Teams can't afford to carry too many players at certain positions so they are limited on what they can do. For example a heavy dose of option does not work because teams can't carry enough qbs/rbs on the roster to make it work.
Chip went 20-12 his first two years in the NFL before he became the GM. He was a bad GM, but did alright as a coach. I don't think anyone would have won with that niners team he had.
???? I'm not sure he has the speed to get a ton of PT. The kid has great hands and quick feet but not great straight line speed it appears.