[Husker] Recruiting trend?

[Nick Chevance]

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:
>> I think it's easier to botch good recruiting than it is to coach up
>> lesser recruits. The last several seasons at NU only prove this in my
>> opinion.
>
> If Suh was any recruiting expert's idea of a 'lesser recruit', that's proof that
> recruiting rankings are worthless.
> --
> Mike Nolan

Well, a quick Google search got me the Rivals page for his class, and
Suh was rated a 4 star and #6 defensive tackle in the nation.  The
rankings for defensive tackles were as follows:

1	DeMarcus Granger - Dallas (TX) Kimball	 going to Oklahoma (5 star)
2	Callahan Bright - Bryn Mawr (PA) Harriton  going to Florida State (5 star)
3	Jerrell Powe - Waynesboro (MS) Wayne County  going to Ole Miss (5 star)
4	Kade Weston - Red Bank (NJ)  going to Georgia
5	Roy Miller - Killeen (TX) Shoemaker  going to Texas
6	Ndamukong Suh - Portland (OR) Grant  going to Nebraska
7	Ekom Udofia - Scottsdale (AZ) Chaparral  going to Stanford
8	Terrance Taylor - Muskegon (MI)  going to Michigan
9	James McKinney - Louisville (KY) Central  going to Michigan
10	Louis Ellis - Jackson (MS) Lanier going to Mississippi State
(hope this list doesn't get all jumbled up, but it probably will)

See the article at http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?ra_key=879

I think his development into the player we see today definitely had to
do with a determination on the part of Suh to excel when the coaching
change came, and his first two years were under Cosgrove.  Whatever
they were doing for those two years, it may not have been highlighting
his skills and abilities.  It obviously took less than a year for Bo
and Carl to get considerable production out of him as a junior, and
then his senior season.... well, enough has been said.

My take: recruiting is all about potential, but a lot of things have
to happen after that.

Nick
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