[Husker] Recruiting Defensive Comparisons

[Tommy Thompson]

I went back and pulled the 4 and 5 star defensive recruits for the Huskers and LSU for the past 4 years.  The rankings are from Rivals.

             Huskers          Tigers
2007     6 4-star          7 4-stars
2006     1 5-star         1 5-star
             1 4-star             4 4-stars
2005     1 5-star             4 4-stars
              6 4-stars 
2004     1 4-star             1 5-star
                                       8 4-stars
  
I know that won't format very well for the list, but the bottom line is that over the past 4 years, the Huskers have recruited 14 4-star and 2 5-star defensive players.   LSU on the other hand, recruited 23 4-star and 2 5-star defensive players.

This doesn't take into account players that were listed as Athletes (rather than a position).   Some of these players were JCs, so possibly still aren't on the roster.  Also, some players may have dropped out/transferred.

Bottom line is that, according to Rivals, LSU has had much better success recruiting top tier defensive players than has Nebraska.


Tommy Thompson
"GO BIG RED"