Notebook: Jamrog doesn’t get into recruiting hype
If you want to discuss 40-yard dash times and rate football players by little gold stars, Jeff Jamrog isn’t much interested in the conversation.
Nebraska’s new assistant athletic director for football operations isn’t into recruiting hype.
Some walk-ons become stars. Some anticipated stars become third-stringers.
So when it comes to Nebraska’s current recruiting class, and really every recruiting class, Jamrog said people need to be patient in passing judgment.
“In the end, you got to wait a year or two down the road,” Jamrog said. “Everyone wants to put so much emphasis on where the (recruiting) rankings are, all these rankings nationally. I don’t know how people do that.
“The history of Nebraska football has been built around bringing young men into the program that are going to excel in the classroom and then the football field, and are picking Nebraska for the right reasons.”
Nebraska’s 2008 class has slipped in the national recruiting rankings. Once in the top 10, Rivals.com now ranks NU 29th. Scout.com ranks NU’s class 30th.
Those rankings mean little to Jamrog. He thinks many people make the mistake of just ranking players on a few numbers and three minutes of film, dismissing the intangibles.
“Too many of these recruiting rankings are measured on just height, weight and speed. They don’t know work ethic, attitude, maybe the kid missed some practices during the week,” Jamrog said. “You got to beat the bushes (recruiting). Too many people just go off lists.”
The stretch run
The HuskerVision board was already glowing at Memorial Stadium on Friday night. Good reason. Impressing recruits is on the agenda.
With signing day Feb. 6, the Huskers are hosting at least 12 recruits this weekend.
Expected on campus are wide receiver LaRon Byrd, athletes Kyler Reed, Courtney Osborne and Justin Rogers, offensive linemen Ricky Henry and Brian Thorson, lineman Baker Steinkuhler, safety Jordan Makovicka, wide receivers Steven Osborne, Antonio Bell and Kenny Stafford, and safety Mason Wald.
It should be quite the trip for Bell, who comes from Daytona Beach, Fla. He’s apparently never been on an airplane or seen snow.
And Stafford has some good genes. From Columbus, Ohio, he is the nephew of former NFL great Cris Carter.
Brown isn’t red
It appears Eddie Brown has decommitted from Nebraska just days after saying he wanted to be a Husker.
The 6-foot-2, 265-pound defensive tackle from Waller, Texas, committed to Nebraska on Monday, but also admitted he was disappointed his favorite team, Texas A&M, hadn’t offered a scholarship.
Well, A&M has offered since and because of it, Nebraska is apparently back down to 18 commitments for its 2008 class.
Nicks is big in Mobile
Former Husker offensive lineman Carl Nicks sure showed up big this week as he got ready for today’s Senior Bowl game in Mobile, Ala.
The left tackle weighed in at 343 pounds, the biggest player in the all-star game, which will be televised by the NFL Network at 3 p.m.
When asked in an ESPN live chat this week what impact former Husker head coach Bill Callahan had on his career, Nicks responded: “He had all the impact. If he didn’t give me the chance, I do not know if I would be here.”
Reach Brian Christopherson at 473-7439 or bchristopherson@journalstar.com.
Nebraska’s new assistant athletic director for football operations isn’t into recruiting hype.
Some walk-ons become stars. Some anticipated stars become third-stringers.
So when it comes to Nebraska’s current recruiting class, and really every recruiting class, Jamrog said people need to be patient in passing judgment.
“In the end, you got to wait a year or two down the road,” Jamrog said. “Everyone wants to put so much emphasis on where the (recruiting) rankings are, all these rankings nationally. I don’t know how people do that.
“The history of Nebraska football has been built around bringing young men into the program that are going to excel in the classroom and then the football field, and are picking Nebraska for the right reasons.”
Nebraska’s 2008 class has slipped in the national recruiting rankings. Once in the top 10, Rivals.com now ranks NU 29th. Scout.com ranks NU’s class 30th.
Those rankings mean little to Jamrog. He thinks many people make the mistake of just ranking players on a few numbers and three minutes of film, dismissing the intangibles.
“Too many of these recruiting rankings are measured on just height, weight and speed. They don’t know work ethic, attitude, maybe the kid missed some practices during the week,” Jamrog said. “You got to beat the bushes (recruiting). Too many people just go off lists.”
The stretch run
The HuskerVision board was already glowing at Memorial Stadium on Friday night. Good reason. Impressing recruits is on the agenda.
With signing day Feb. 6, the Huskers are hosting at least 12 recruits this weekend.
Expected on campus are wide receiver LaRon Byrd, athletes Kyler Reed, Courtney Osborne and Justin Rogers, offensive linemen Ricky Henry and Brian Thorson, lineman Baker Steinkuhler, safety Jordan Makovicka, wide receivers Steven Osborne, Antonio Bell and Kenny Stafford, and safety Mason Wald.
It should be quite the trip for Bell, who comes from Daytona Beach, Fla. He’s apparently never been on an airplane or seen snow.
And Stafford has some good genes. From Columbus, Ohio, he is the nephew of former NFL great Cris Carter.
Brown isn’t red
It appears Eddie Brown has decommitted from Nebraska just days after saying he wanted to be a Husker.
The 6-foot-2, 265-pound defensive tackle from Waller, Texas, committed to Nebraska on Monday, but also admitted he was disappointed his favorite team, Texas A&M, hadn’t offered a scholarship.
Well, A&M has offered since and because of it, Nebraska is apparently back down to 18 commitments for its 2008 class.
Nicks is big in Mobile
Former Husker offensive lineman Carl Nicks sure showed up big this week as he got ready for today’s Senior Bowl game in Mobile, Ala.
The left tackle weighed in at 343 pounds, the biggest player in the all-star game, which will be televised by the NFL Network at 3 p.m.
When asked in an ESPN live chat this week what impact former Husker head coach Bill Callahan had on his career, Nicks responded: “He had all the impact. If he didn’t give me the chance, I do not know if I would be here.”
Reach Brian Christopherson at 473-7439 or bchristopherson@journalstar.com.
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