>>> THE HUSKERS FLIPPED TOO BIDS ON NATIONAL SIGNING DAY TO FINALIZE THEIR 2022 RECRUITING CLASS.

WHILE THE CLASS FINISHED ON A STRONG NOTE, ALL EYES ARE ON THE TRANSFER PORTAL ADDITIONS TO SEE SOME IMMEDIATE IMPACTS ON THE FIELD.

WILL LOOK AT EACH OF THE NEBRASKA NEW CORNHUSKERS TONIGHT ON BIG RED WRAP UP.

>> HELLO EVERYONE I AM MIKE'L SEVERE AND WELCOME TO 'BIG RED WRAP-UP', ANOTHER OFF-SEASON AND WE BELIEVE NEBRASKA WINS ANOTHER OFF-SEASON JOINED BY JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

IT FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE WON THE OFF-SEASON.

>> THEY WENT EVERY YEAR.

THEY WIN WHEN IT MATTERS.

>> THAT IS THE PROBLEM WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.

>> YOU HAVE MEDIA MEMBERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU HAVE TO TO TALK ABOUT IT.

IT GENERATES BUZZ AND EXCITEMENT.

IT WAS AN EXCITING RUN THEY HAD AND THE KIND OF UNPREDICTABLE.

THAT HAS MADE IT KIND OF EXCITING.

>> IF YOU GO BACK FOUR MONTHS AGO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CLASS, DID YOU HAVE ANY EXPECTATION IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AS GOOD AS IT HAS BEEN.

>> I KNEW THEY WOULD TAKE TRANSFERS.

I THOUGHT THEY WOULD TAKE 13-15 HIGH SCHOOLS AND TRANSFERS.

THEY TOOK 18 TRADITIONAL RECRUITS AND TENNANT TRANSFERS.

EVERYTHING KICKED UP A NOTCH AND A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE RULES AND THE WAY THE ROSTER TURNED ON THEIR IN.

IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME THEY WOULD'VE GOT 28 PLAYERS AND ATTEND TRANSFERS, I WOULD'VE SAID WOW.

I DID NOT EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN.

THERE ARE A FEW SPOTS WHERE THEY ARE SHORT BUT I THINK THEY DID A GOOD JOB CREATING BOTH ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM.

>> BIGGER FOR YOU, THE PLAYERS THEY BROUGHT IN OR THE COACHING CHANGES.

>> I THINK IT IS THE COACHING CHANGES.

WITH RECRUITING, COMING INTO GEAR FIVE IT IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS LIKE A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT.

I LOOK AT, YOU WILL GET GUYS WHO ARE IMMEDIATE, IMPACT PLAYERS.

THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO HIGH SCHOOLS THAT MAY PROVIDE IMMEDIATE IMPACT BY LOOKING AT THE GUYS.

THOSE GUYS WILL PROVIDE THE BOTH IMPACT.

AND YES, THERE ARE THE CASEY THOMPSONS AND YOU CAN GO DOWN THE LIST OF THE GUYS.

BUT I THINK THE COACHING CHANGES TO ME, I WOULD INVEST HEAVILY IN BECAUSE OF, JUST HOW THEY HAVE FUNCTION.

WE CAN -- WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AD NAUSEA HIM ON THE SHOWS, THE OFFENSE HAS TO PRODUCE TO THE LEVEL WE EXPECT.

WE HAVE A NEW OPEN SUBLIME CULTURE RUNNING BACK CULTURE WIDE RECEIVER COACH OF SPECIAL-TEAMS COACH.

YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF NEEDS THAT OBVIOUSLY HAVE NOT BEEN MET IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

I WOULD THINK THAT THE COACHING CHANGES WILL OUTWEIGH BUT AGAIN IS IT THE COACHES OR THE JOE'S,.

>> THE COACHES BROUGHT IN THE PLAYERS.

>> VERY TRUE.

>> WE WILL HAVE A LOT MORE TO COVER IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEW PLAYERS WE HAVE THE PHONE LINES OPEN RIGHT NOW THE GUYS FROM FIKE CAP OBEYED ARE HERE TO TAKE YOUR CALLS AND ENJOYING VALENTINA PIZZA.

OUR INTERN ALEX'S EAR TO MAKE SURE IT GOES SMOOTHLY.

YOU CAN ALSO REACH US BY E-MAIL OR TEXTING.

OUR EYES ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS EVENING.

CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AND WE WILL GET YOUR COMMENTS READ AND ANSWERED AND GET TO AS MANY AS WE CAN.

HERE IS THE SIDELINES SURVEY.

ARE YOU FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE STATE OF THE PROGRAM AS THE OFF-SEASON CONTINUES WITH POSITIVE MOMENTUM.

YES YOU ARE FEELING GOOD.

NO, YOU NEED TO SEE MORE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WIN COLUMN OR YOU WOULD LIKE MORE KOOL-AID RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AND YOU NEED TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WIN COLUMN, 56% RIGHT NOW.

GO VOTE RIGHT NOW.

SEAN, WASN'T THE QUARTERBACK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR YOU WHEN YOU LOOKED AT WHAT THEY NEEDED TO ADD?

>> LET'S FLASH BACK TO NOVEMBER.

MARTINEZ HURTS HER SHOULDER.

THE WEEK BEFORE THAT THEY FIRED BEFORE COACHES.

THAT WEEK YOU THOUGHT THEY WILL NEED A QUARTERBACK.

THE WEEK AFTER THE SEASON ENDED MARTINEZ WENT INTO THE PORTAL AND YOU WERE WONDERING, WHERE WILL THIS GO.

IT TOOK A GOOD WEEK PLUS TO GET MARK IN BUT ONCE THEY GOT WHIPPLE IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH CHUBBA PURDY, HE WAS ALL ABOUT CASEY THOMPSON FROM THE GET-GO.

FROST WAS REALLY TRYING TO PLAY COY AND MAKE SURE THIS WAS THE BEST GUY OUT THERE FOR NEBRASKA.

WE KNOW THEY WANTED MILES AT ONE POINT.

THAT WAS A GUIDE THEY SPOKE TO.

AND MAY BE ANOTHER ONE WHO WAS AT THE PIT NOW.

THOSE WERE NAMES THAT EMERGE FOR NEBRASKA BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW CASEY IS THE BEST FIT.

HE HAS TWO YEARS ELIGIBILITY.

CHUBBA PURDY AS FOUR.

WITHOUT MARK IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE ALL OF THIS HAPPENING.

WHO DO THEY GET IF THEY WOULD'VE KEPT THINGS THE SAME.

>> A BOLD STATEMENT BUT I THINK CASEY THOMPSON IS BETTER.

I WATCH BOTH OF THOSE GUYS PLAY.

I THINK THEY HAVE THE BEST GUY OUT THERE, MOBILE, LITTLE BIT, GREAT ARM, YOU CAN TELL HE IS SMART, I WOULD TAKE HIM IN A HEARTBEAT.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF POLITICS FROM CASEY THOMPSON PLANE.

THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM TO BE THE STARTER BUT HE WON THE JOB.

>> HE LOST THE JOB IN THE SEASON.

>> WITH ANY GOT IT BACK.

I HAVE SPOKEN TO CASEY A FEW TIMES NOW AND THE CONVERSATIONS HE HAD WITH TEXAS STAFF, THEY REALLY LEFT HIM IN THE DARK.

THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM THERE.

FOR HIM IT WAS PRETTY EASY TO MOVE ON.

HE SAID EVEN BEFORE THEY TOOK HIM THEY KNEW HE WAS GOING IN THE PORTAL.

>> J I'M SURE YOU LOVE COMPETITION, IT MAKES EVERYONE BETTER, YOU MENTIONED CHUBBA PURDY.

DO YOU FEEL THAT IT IS GOOD TO HAVE FIVE SCHOLARSHIP QUARTERBACKS COMPETING FOR THESE JOBS?

>> I DO.

I WOULD GET AS MANY OF THE BEST PLAYERS AS YOU CAN AND GET THEM IN ONE ROOM.

I BELIEVE COMPETITION FUELS EVERYTHING.

IF YOU CAN TRULY FIND A GUY WHO JUST PUTS HIS HEAD DOWN AND GOES ABOUT HIS BUSINESS, YOU CAN BE FRIENDS, YOU CAN BE GOOD TEAMMATES, BUT DEEP DOWN THEY ARE LIKE THAT SOB IS OUT BEATING ME.

>> WHEN -- DO YOU WANT GANZ.

I CAN REMEMBER BARRY COMING IN.

A FRESHMAN AND THEY PLAYED HIM HIS JUNIOR YEAR.

AND I THINK GOING INTO MY SENIOR YEAR, THEY RAN BARRY WITH THE ONES ONE-TIME DESCENT THEY WANT HIM BUT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.

SOMETIMES AS A SENIOR GOING INTO YOUR SPRING, YOU HAVE A LITTLE SENIOR FEVER.

BUT THAT, IT KISSED ME ALL.

I WANT TO FIND OUT WHO HAS -- IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM WHO HAS A PAIR.

THIS TEAM, HAS MORE FIGHT AS OF LATELY BUT THEY HAVE ENOUGH FIGHT TO GET IT DONE.

WE HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT GUYS WANT TO FIGHT WHEN IT MATTERS.

>> IS MUCH AS I LIKE CASEY THOMPSON, CHUBBA PURDY WAS A BETTER RUNNER HAS A BETTER WHAT DO YOU THINK HIM COMING OUT OF FLORIDA STATE?

>> OF FLORIDA STATE HE WAS A LOUISVILLE COMMIT.

HE WAS LIKE MIKE'S FIRST HAND-PICKED GUY.

HE WAS IS ADRIAN MARTINEZ WHEN YOU COMPARE FROST TO HIM.

HE HAD THE COLLARBONE INJURY AND I INTERVIEWED HIM THIS WEEK AND I DID NOT REALIZE THIS, HE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT SURGERIES ON HIS COLLARBONE.

HE WAS PRESSURED TO COME BACK EARLIER THAN HE SHOULD HAVE.

AND HE DID THE FIRST YEAR, AND THIS PAST YEAR HE ONLY PLAYED IN THE ONE GAME AND MADE THE DECISION TO PULL OUT AND REGISTER.

>> THAT WAS AND NFL PRO.

HE TURNED LEFT YET SINCE FEED ANGLE.

>> HE THROWS PRETTY GOOD.

I THINK HE SAID HE THREW IN THE MID- 80s AS A FASTBALL.

BUT HE GAVE IT -- I GAVE UP BASEBALL FOR FOOTBALL.

HAD A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH IOWA STATE MATT CAMPBELL.

HE SAID MATT CAMPBELL GAVE HIM A LOT OF ADVICE ABOUT THE PORTAL AND HOW TO GO ABOUT THINGS.

IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO TALK TO THEM AS WELL.

HE IS ON BOARD WITH THE PLAN AND THAT IS THE MOST AMAZING THING ABOUT THIS.

IN THIS WORLD WHERE EVERYONE WANTS TO PLATE THEY CAN GET THESE TWO GUYS ON BOARD.

>> THEY HAVE ALL USE THEIR TRANSFER.

WHAT ABOUT RICHARD TORRES WALKING INTO THIS.

HE IS REDSHIRTING AND THE FUTURE.

>> HE IS THE WILDCARD.

YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM.

THE GAME WE WENT TO WITH OUR STAFF HE TORE HIS ACL AT THAT GAME.

THIS IS THE ENTRY RIGHT THERE.

HE IS COMING OFF OF THAT INJURY AND HE WILL BE REALLY LIMITED THIS SPRING BUT A VERY CONFIDENT GUY.

THE BALL JUST JUMPS OUT OF HIS ARM.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS DEEP BALL THROWING HE CAN THROW IT AS FAR AS ANYONE ON THE ROSTER.

PEOPLE MAY QUESTION THE LEVEL, BUT YOU SEE SAN ANTONIO AT THE LEVEL OF BIG-CITY FOOTBALL.

YOU WONDER HOW THAT WILL TRANSITION.

KANSAS STATE REALLY WANTED HIM TO AND THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD IDENTIFYING QUARTERBACKS.

>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE NEW COACHES.

VICKI JOSEPH COMING IN.

DO THE YOUNGER PEOPLE KNOW HIM.

THE OLDER PARENTS KNOW HIM AS AS WELL BECAUSE HE PLAYED IN NEBRASKA.

>> IF YOU WANT TO BREAK THE HIRES, OUT OF THE NEEDS, I WOULD SAY GETTING DONOVAN AS AN OFFENSIVE LINE COACH I THINK THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITION IN FOOTBALL.

BUT MICKEY WITH HIS PEDIGREE, WHERE HE HAS BEEN IN HIS CREDIBILITY, AND JUST THE PEOPLE HE HAS COACHED, I THINK THAT IS YOUR 1A YOU HAVE MADE THIS OFF-SEASON.

HIS ABILITY GOING TO THE SOUTHEAST, LOUISIANA AND FROM BEING DOWN THERE AND OWNER OF THAT TERRITORY AND GETTING KIDS AND CLOSING THE DEALS LIKE THEY DID YESTERDAY, I THINK THAT IS BIG TIME.

AGAIN, COACHING SVC BRINGING THE CREDIBILITY APPEARED THAT IS THE BEST CONFERENCE IN FOOTBALL.

HAVING THAT PEDIGREE IS BIG TIME.

>> LAST ON THAT LIST IN ORDER OF GOING LEFT TO RIGHT, BILL BUSH, KIND OF IMPORTANT.

>> HE DID HIS JOB.

HE GOT A PROVEN PUNTER.

MAYBE THE BEST IN THE PORTAL YOU CAN GET.

AND THEN HE GETS TIMMY BLEEKRODE AS A KICKER AND A SNAPPER.

BUT THEN THEY GET TRADE BALLMER WHO IS A PROVEN SEC RETURNER.

>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ISSUES ON SPECIAL-TEAMS IT WAS MUCH ABOUT THE KICKING AND RETURN GAME AS THE COVERAGE.

IF YOU HAVE GOOD KICKERS AND RETURN PEOPLE, A LOT OF THOSE PROBLEMS GO AWAY.

>> WHAT ABOUT HUNTING, IT WOULDN'T BE ANY DIFFERENT?

>> KICKING IN THAT STADIUM IN MONTANA, CAN YOU IMAGINE THE WINDS.

HE LAUGHED WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE STRONG WINDS.

HE SAID YOU SHOULD SEE THE STRONG WINDS IDEA WITHIN MONTANA.

>> IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY STILL NEED SCOTT FROST MENTIONED BIG GUYS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL, I THINK DEFENSES WHAT THEY NEED.

>> THEY HAVE A FEW GUYS ON BOTH SIDES.

THEY HAVE THE HUNTER ANTHONY'S, BUT THE DEFENSIVE LINE, THEY HAVE ROOM WITH BEN LEAVING, AND THERE ARE SOME GUYS, THEY WILL HAVE TO REPLACE.

YOU STILL HAVE GUYS COMING UP, CASEY PERFORMED WELL.

BUT YEAH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE IF YOU COULD ADD A FEW MORE GUYS LATE AND SEAN YOU COULD PROBABLY SPEAK ON THAT MORE THAN I CAN.

BUT I WILL SAY THIS UNTIL I AM BLUE IN THE FACE.

YOU WENT UPFRONT.

THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS LACKING.

THEY ARE LACKING BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GOOD UPFRONT BUT THE DEFENSE HAS GOTTEN MUCH BETTER BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOTTEN MUCH BETTER UP FRONT.

I CAN ALSO SAY THAT SECONDARY HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD.

BILLS GO HAND-IN-HAND.

BUT I BELIEVE THE GUYS UP FRONT, IS WHAT THEY HAVE PRODUCED AN THAT IS WHY THE DEFENSE HAS MADE THE NECESSARY LEAPS AND WHY THEY GOT THE SALARY AS WELL.

>> AS FAR AS SKILL WAS JANIRAN BONNER WITH A NEEDED.

>> IT WAS KIND OF WHAT THEY NEEDED.

WHEN HE CAME UP FOR HIS SECRET VISIT, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED HOW HE STAYED QUIET BEFORE HE SIGNED, THAT HE WAS IN LINCOLN AND NOBODY REALLY KNEW.

WHEN THEY SAW HIM, WHEN THEY WATCH THE FILM THEY SAID YEAH, WE MAKE ROOM.

>> NEXT UP WE DIVE FURTHER INTO THE NEW HUSKERS AND TACKLE THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BALL.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK BACK AT THE 2021 FROM OUR FRIENDS AT HALE VARSITY.

WE WILL BE BACK SOON.

>> WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF CHANGES AND A LOT OF NEW FACES IN THE BUILDING.

IT IS KIND OF EXCITING WITH THE NEW CULTURES AND PLAYERS.

IT HAS A DIFFERENT FEEL.

IT SEEMS TO BE ENERGY INJECTED WE TRY TO MAKE THE TEAM BETTER WE WILL KEEP OUR EYES OPEN FOR THAT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME BIG GUYS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL IS BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN AT THOSE POSITIONS.

>> WE WANT NEBRASKA KIDS HERE AND MICKEY HAS A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS.

THOSE WILL BE THE PRIMARY RECRUITERS FOR AS THAT IS WHERE OUR INTERESTS WILL BE.

>> WELCOME BACK TO 'BIG RED WRAP-UP' IT IS TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW OFFENSIVE PLAYERS COMING INTO THE 2022 CLASS.

LET'S START WITH THE FIRST GET, AJAY ALLEN.

>> SOME HAVE HIM IN THE TOP OVERALL.

YOU CAN MAKE A CASE HE HAS THE HIGHEST RANKED GUY IN THE CLASS DEPENDING ON WHAT SERVICE YOU GO BY.

CAN I HIRE A GUIDE THAT CAN BRING SOMETHING WITH THEM.

I THINK HE ACHIEVE THIS.

>> THIS KID IS THE MOST NATURAL RUNNING BACK NEBRASKA HAS BROUGHT IN SINCE ROY.

HE IS OUT OF NEVILLE LOUISIANA.

THEY PLAYED WEST MONROE, THEY PLAYED TOUGH TEAMS.

HE HAS BEEN THROUGH THE RIGORS OF PLAYING FOOTBALL.

HE'S NOT COMING FROM SAN ANTONIO.

>> THAT TELLS YOU HOW GOOD LSU MUST BE.

>> IF THERE IS A SIX GUY IN THE STATE THEY HAVE TO TAKE HIM.

>> IMAGE JOHNSON NOT A BIG GUY, 183 POUNDS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RUNNING BACKS DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE BIG TEN WAX.

>> A LITTLE BIT.

HE'S A THIRD DOWN BACK.

HE HAS DIVISION AND YOU HAVE TO BREAK SOME TACOS.

I LIKE THE WAY YOU CAN PICK HIM UP AND PUT THEM DOWN.

>> SPEAKING OF BIG, ANTHONY IS A BIGOT KID AND HE COMES OUT OF COMMUNITY JUNIOR COLLEGE.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT A GUY WHO HAS ENDURED A LOT, FLORIDA STATE THEN GARDEN CITY HAD TO LEAVE THEIR AND WENT TO THE MEXICAN MILITARY INSTITUTE.

>> HE HAS BEEN THROUGH PART ONE AND PART TWO.

I THINK HE IS A FOURTH-YEAR GOD.

HE'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL PLAYER.

HE HAS AN EXTRA YEAR SO HE HAS TWO YEARS LEFT TO GO, BUT HE HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF LIFE, I THINK HE HAS ENDURED A LOT.

YOU GO BACK AND WATCH THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HE RAN THROUGH WESTERN.

HE IS TOUGH.

I HAVE HEARD SOME STORIES THAT ARE BETTER ABOUT HIS TOUGHNESS AND THIS IS A GUY, HE CAN HANDLE HIMSELF IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

>> SPEAKING OF THAT, THIS IS THE LAST GUY NEBRASKA FLIP SPIRIT THIS GUY IS A MAN.

HE COMES OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, HE IS 6'3" HE IS MORE LIKE 210 POUNDS.

>> THAT IS LIKE HIS CAMP VERIFIED WAIT A YEAR AGO.

AND THE PICTURES I SEES BIGGER THAN THAT.

HE IS WHAT THEY WANTED OUT OF MANNING WHEN YOU LOOK AT IS TAPE.

>> LOOK AT JANIRAN BONNER AND HOW IT CAME TOGETHER.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THIS IS A MAKE ROOM GUY.

THEY DID NOT NEED A FIFTH WIDE RECEIVER IN THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, E IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE SO WE HAVE TO MAKE ROOM.

>> HE IS A NINE ROUTE GOD.

TALK ABOUT TAKING THE TOP OFF OF THE DEFENSE, HE RUNS FOR TOUCHDOWNS.

THAT'S ALL I DO.

NO MORE SCREENS NO MORE CROSSING ROUTES.

YOU NEED THOSE KIND OF GUYS PICKED.

>> IT WILL -- IT WILL BE INTERESTING HOW IT TURNS OUT.

THERE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE MORE ROSTER MOVEMENT TO MAKE ROOM.

THEY ARE CARRYING SOME ACTUAL -- EXTRA BODIES AND I THINK THAT WILL HAVE TO SORT ITSELF OUT.

>> SPEAKING OF THAT ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE JOSEPH BROUGHT OVER WAS CRAWFORD.

HE DEFINITELY DOMINATES THE COMPETITION.

>> I ASKED THE STORY ABOUT THE NAME.

THAT IS HIS REAL NAME.

WHAT IS THE BACK STORY I SAID, HE SAID MY PARENTS WANTED ME TOO BE THE COLDEST AND EVERYTHING I DID.

>> CHUBBA PURDY, THAT IS NOT HIS REAL NAME BUT DECOLDEST CRAWFORD, YOU LOOK AT HIM, HE WAS COMMITTED TO LSU FROM THE BEGINNING.

THE TRANSITION LEFT A LOT OF KIDS IN THE AIR AS BRIAN KELLY DID EVERYTHING THERE.

LSU HAS BROUGHT IN A LOT OF GOD SO I THINK DECOLDEST CRAWFORD FELT MORE COMFORTABLE COMING TO NEBRASKA.

>> THESE KIDS COME IN AND THEY GET GOOD MEALS, THREE MEALS PER DAY.

HE WILL PUT ON WEIGHT.

>> YOU WILL HAVE NO CHOICE YOU WILL HAVE A GOOD BREAKFAST, A GOOD LUNCH, A SNACK, AND A GOOD DINNER.

>> AND THEN ANOTHER SNACK AFTER DINNER.

>> SOME OF THE GUYS COULD EAT 10,000 CALORIES AND CAN'T GAIN A POUND.

I HAD TO EAT, I THINK I WAS PUTTING DOWN 7500 CALORIES PER DAY TO PUT WEIGHT ON TUESDAY AT 280.

THOSE WERE THE AMOUNT OF CALORIES I HAD.

I WOULD LOSE 10 POUNDS DURING PRACTICE.

THAT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE SWITCHING -- SWEATING SO MUCH.

A LOT OF THOSE GUYS, YOU GET SOME GOOD FOOD, AND IT IS HEALTHY.

IT IS THE FOOD THAT WILL STICK TO YOUR BONES.

NOT MCDONALD'S.

NO OFFENSE TO MCDONALD'S.

>> THE OTHER PART YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE SPECIAL-TEAMS, TREY PALMER COMES IN FROM KENT, LOUISIANA.

HE CAME IN AS A RETURN OR THEN A WIDE RECEIVER.

THEY HAVE HIM ON THE FIELD.

>> TEN FOR THE 100, THOSE WOULD BE THE FASTEST MARKS I BELIEVE IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA.

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HISTORY AND SPEED, I TALKED TO SOMEONE THIS WEEKEND NEBRASKA AND THEY SAID RIGHT NOW TREY PALMER IS THE MOST ATHLETIC GUY ON THE ROSTER.

CONFIDENCE, HE IS AS CONFIDENT AS YOU WILL GET.

HE JOKED THAT THE BASEBALL TEAM WANTS ME TOO RUN BASES AND I WILL DO THAT.

HE JUST WANTS TO COMPETE.

I THINK HE HAS A LOT OF TRUST IN MICKEY JOSEPH.

HE IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE DEBOLT SAMUEL HE IS BUILT LIKE A RUNNING BACK HE HAS A SLOT RECEIVER I THINK HE CAN PLAY RIGHT AWAY.

>> IT IS HARD TO SAY.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

>> SPEAKING OF THAT, ISAIAH GARCIA COST SONATA, IN TERMS OF ANOTHER GUY WHO COULD WALK IN AND CONTRIBUTE.

>> HE IS A GUY, YOU LOOK AT HIS NUMBERS AT MEXICO STATE, HUGE NUMBERS.

HE HAD MINNESOTA, WAS THEY, ARIZONA, HE HAD SOME GREAT OPTIONS FOR A MEXICO STATE GUY.

HE GREW UP IN A MILITARY FAMILY, THERE IN THE HOTTEST PART OF THE COUNTRY.

HE TRAINED AND GREW UP PLAYING FOOTBALL, PROBABLY THE HOTTEST PLACE YOU CAN PLAY FOOTBALL, CALIFORNIA AND THE JOSHUA TREE AREA.

>> EITHER THAT OR WICHITA FALLS.

JUST ASK AARON TAYLOR HE WILL TELL YOU.

VICTOR JONES, A GUY WHO HAS GOTTEN LOST, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT HIM.

>> HE WAS THE FIRST ONE.

YOU THINK ABOUT IT, I THINK WE WILL KNOW RIGHT AWAY WITH THIS GUY IF HE IS A FIT OR NOT.

HE'S BEEN ON BOARD IF I THERE'S ONE-TIME HE'S RUN AROUND BUT HE IS THE GUY THAT STUCK AROUND.

>> I KNOW YOU LIKE GOING AGAINST THE TIDE AND THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT AS A THIRD OR SECOND TIGHT END.

>> HE LOOKS LIKE IT FOR SURE.

>> WHERE IS THE RULE OF THUMB FOR TIGHT AND BLOTCHY YOU HAVE TO COME OFF OF THE FIELD.

>> WE HAVE SEEN HIM DURING THIS IS AN.

HE HAD SOME NASTINESS TO HIM BUT HE IS A BIG FELLOW.

THE ABILITY TO CATCH.

THE ATHLETIC ABILITY FOR A GUIDE THAT IS 6'6" IS NICE.

THEY DON'T HAVE IT IN THEIR GENES UP FRONT.

HUNTER ANTHONY IS AN ENIGMA.

AS A FRESHMAN I WATCHED ON THE TAPE.

HE HAS AN INJURY, HE GETS PASSED UP ON THE DEPTH CHART.

IT SEEMS HE LOST AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF INJURY.

>> 'S WINDOW WAS SMALL AND HE'S COMING HERE FOR AN OPPORTUNITY.

IT WORKED OUT NEBRASKA NEEDED ANOTHER BODY.

HE WILL GET A FAIR SHAKE AT THE TACKLE POSITION.

WE WILL GET A REAL FEEL FOR WHERE HE'S AT.

>> NEXT LINE IS KEVIN WILLIAMS.

WHEN HE WAS COMING OUT WHERE WAS HE IN TERMS OF PROJECTION.

>> NORTHERN COLORADO WAS THE ONE.

I THINK THEY WANTED TO GET HIM AND BETTER CONDITION.

REMEMBER MALCOLM LEE?

>> THAT WAS KIND OF THE MATCHUP.

AND MALCOLM GOT THE UPPER HAND THAT NIGHT AND PLAYED A BIG FACTOR WITH THEM LEAVING.

THEY ALWAYS HAD GREAT POTENTIAL.

I KNOW HE HAD TWO YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY BUT THEY THOUGHT WE JUST NEED ANOTHER VETERAN BODY ON THE LINE AND WE WILL SEE WHERE IT GOES.

>> DON'T SEND MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

HE PLAYED OFFENSIVE LINE AND ANOTHER GUY THAT IS NASTY.

>> HE WAS THE CENTER.

>> THE CENTER POSITION WILL PLAY ITSELF OUT.

>> IF THEY GET A QUALITY PORTAL TACKLE, HE COULD BE.

WILL HE GET BETTER, ETHAN PIPER CAN PLAY CENTER.

>> I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS IT CAN STILL GO IN THE PORTAL.

I STILL THINK THE PORTAL COULD ADD A PIECE THAT MAY BE MOVE THINGS AROUND THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

>> WHAT'S MISSING FROM THIS CLASS?

>> ON THE OFFENSE OF LINE, I THINK THEY WANT TO GET A STARTING GUARD.

SOMEONE WHO COULD START AT GUARD, THEY WENT AFTER SHORTS AND TENNESSEE STATE AND HE WENT TO LSU.

THEY HAD OTHER OFFERS BUT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE MATT'S REPLACEMENT AT THE RIGHT GUARD POSITION.

THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD A CHANCE WITH SHORTS BUT IT DID NOT WORK OUT.

IF THEY COULD GET ANOTHER STARTING BODY, THAT COULD GO ALONG WAY CREATING THE SHUFFLE TO GET THE BEST FIVE PEOPLE ON THE FIELD.

>> OUT OF THE GUYS, WHO STANDS OUT THE MOST?

I AM PUTTING MY MONEY ON HIM.

>> MI COUNTING TRANSFERS TOO?

>> EVERYBODY.

I GUESS YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE QUARTERBACK SPIRIT.

>> I WOULD SAY CASEY THOMPSON.

>> CASEY THOMPSON IS THE EASIEST ONE TO TAKE THAT IS THE NO-BRAINER.

BUT IF YOU GAVE ME MORE TIME, HONESTLY I THINK A GUY LIKE HUNTER ANTHONY.

I THINK THE OFFENSE OF LINE GOALS.

IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

HE IS THE GOD.

I THINK IT IS SEXY TO TALK ABOUT VOTE WIDE RECEIVERS.

AND PALMER I THINK HE PROVIDES SOMETHING WITH THE RETURN UNIT.

I THINK IN THE SPECIAL-TEAMS CREATING THE HIDDEN YARDAGE AND GIVING GUYS THE ABILITY TO GET YOU 10-15 AFTER EIGHT PUNT.

AFTER A KICK RETURN.

NO OFFENSE TO OLIVER MARTIN, BUT THERE WAS NO THREAT TO RETURN THE KICK.

>> EVERYTHING BLEW UP ONCE TAYLOR (.

>> HONESTLY I WOULD SAY, TREY PALMER AND HUNTER SHOULD PROVIDE MORE DEPTH AND EXPERIENCE.

>> WHAT ABOUT YOU SEAN.

>> I KNOW AJAY ALLEN IS YOUR GOD, BUT THAT ONE INTRIGUES ME AND THE QUARTERBACK CASEY THOMPSON IS A NO-BRAINER AND TREY PALMER.

I THINK THOSE ARE IMPACT GUYS.

BUT THE LAST TWO PIECES AJAY ALLEN AND JANIRAN BONNER.

>> CASEY THOMPSON IS INTRIGUING BECAUSE THE LAST INTERMEDIATE THROWING QUARTERBACK.

>> WE ARE TALKING 15, BACK TO THE 2-YARD MARK.

ADRIAN MARTINEZ DID NOT GO THAT WELL.

THEY JUST COULD NOT THROW THAT ROUTE.

THIS KID IS AS GOOD THROWING THAT ROUTE AS ANYONE YOU WILL SEE.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PASSING CHART, HE CLEARLY OUTSHINED MARTINEZ ON THE MEDIUM THROW.

>> HE IS GOING TO BE BETTER AT THE 6-12-YARD THROW WHERE MARTINEZ WAS A GREAT, DEEP BALL THROW WORK, THOMPSON CAN RUN IT BUT I DON'T THINK HE WANTS TO RUN IT NECESSARILY.

>> WITH ALL OF THESE QUARTERBACKS, WE GET TO THE FALL, ARE THEY ALL STILL THERE.

>> WE'VE TALKED AND CASEY THOMPSON AND CHUBBA PURDY ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TEMPLE WAIVER TO SIT OUT.

>> AND THE LOCAL GUY WAS STILL A FRESHMAN.

I THINK WE WILL SEE WHAT RICHARD TORRES DOES.

I THINK SMOTHERS IS THE ONE YOU WANT TO WATCH CLOSELY IF HE IS OUT OF IT.

MAYBE CREATE A ROLE FOR SMOTHERS TO BE A WILDCAT GUY WITH HIS ATHLETIC ABILITY.

A CHANGE OF PACE.

THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE IT THIS LECTURE.

>> CASEY THOMPSON IS NOT A RUNNER HE CAN GET YOU A FIRST DOWN BUT YOU WON'T CALL RUNNING PLACE FOR THEM.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO RUN.

TANGENTS SMOTHERS BRING A SET OF SKILLS THAT CAN BE UTILIZED.

>> SO DOES CHUBBA PURDY.

YOU COULD ALSO RUN OFF TACO STUFF WITH HIM HE DID THAT AT FLORIDA STATE.

>> HE IS A GOOD ATHLETE.

IF YOU WANT TO USE HIM, THAT DOESN'T LEAVE SMOTHERS OUT BUT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM AFTER THE SPRING.

>> THIS IS THE DEEPEST THE QUARTERBACKS HAVE BEEN IN A WHILE WITH THIS MANY OPTIONS.

>> IT REMINDS ME OF 2005 WHEN THEY HAD SEVEN SCHOLARSHIP QUARTERBACK SPIRIT HE HAD A WRESTLER, HE HAD A JUNIOR-COLLEGE GUIDE.

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>> THEY WERE ALL STILL THERE.

>> COMING UP NEXT THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL WHEN WE GO TO BREAK WE WILL LOOK AT 2021.

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TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE DEFENSE.

LET'S START WITH BRODY AND -- BRODIE TAGALOA.

>> WHEN WE INTERVIEWED HIM, HE TOLD US HE WOULD BE BIG.

'S RECRUITMENT WAS INTERESTING.

THERE WAS A POCKET IN DECEMBER WHEN THE PORTAL WAS COOKING.

AND THEY TOOK TWO GUYS AND YOU LOOK AT HIM NOW, YOU LOOK AT HIM AND THE GUY FROM MISSISSIPPI.

WHEN YOU TIME TRACK THE CLASS, THAT WAS A RANDOM MOMENT.

THIS WAS A GUY, I DON'T THINK HE PLAYED HIS SENIOR SEASON.

THIS INTRODUCES ME HOW IT WORKED OUT, THE SOLE REASON HE CAME WAS BECAUSE HE HAD POTENTIAL.

>> HE COULD BEAT TO 90 EASILY.

>> I WONDER IF HE WILL LIKE LINCOLN AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING.

WE HAVE SEEN THE HAWAIIAN GUY, ALREADY MOVE OUT.

I THINK HE TRANSFERS WELL TO AN OUTSIDE LINEBACKER.

HIS SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR YEAR I THINK WILL BE HIS TIME TO SHINE.

>> HE WAS THE SAME SIZE AS JOJO.

>> JOJO 61.

HE COULD EASILY BE TO 45.

>> AND HE HAS A VERTICAL.

HE RUNS A LEGIT 46.

HE WAS THE PRIMARY RECEIVER FOR THE LAST TWO SEASONS.

A LOT OF GAMES WHERE HE SCORE TOUCHDOWNS.

HE COULD BE A HE PULLS THE BALL DOWN, I THINK OUTSIDE LINEBACKER IS WHERE I SEE HIM LONG-TERM.

>> THEY NEED THE ROVER, SOMEBODY HAS TO GROW INTO THAT SPOT.

>> THAT IS WHAT HE WAS, HE COULD PLAY IN THE SLOT AND IN TOUGH COVERAGE SITUATION.

YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN MOVE HIM AROUND, HE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE STUCK IN ONE AREA.

USING TO OUR ADVANTAGE.

>> >> I CALL HIM THE OYSTER.

HE IS A ROCKET.

AS AN ATHLETE, ALEXANDER.

THE PLACE FOR THE SAINTS.

HE CAN RUN, HE CAN HIT, IF HE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, HE CAN BE A CONTRIBUTOR.

>> SHE HAD A BIG OFFER.

HE HAD SOME ACCOMPLISHED PROGRAMS RECRUITING HIM OUT OF COLUMBUS NEBRASKA.

AND NEBRASKA, REALLY WORKED HARD TO CLOSE ON HIM.

THAT WAS THE RUN WHERE THEY'D LOST A LOT OF IN-STATE GUYS.

I CREDIT THE STAFF AND ERNEST IS A PHYSICAL SPECIMEN.

I FEEL LIKE HE IS UNDER THE RADAR.

HE COMMITTED SO EARLY AND YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT HIM.

>> THERE ARE 28 GUYS THEY BROUGHT IN.

>> WHAT ABOUT WHEN HE IS A JUNIOR AND WATCH HIM RUN AROUND.

HE WOULD FIT RIGHT IN.

>> AND MAY BE MORE ATHLETIC THAN SOME OF THEM.

>> HERE IS YOUR OTHER STARTING CORNERBACK.

YOU CAN TAKE A PENCIL OR PEN.

THAT KID IS A DOG.

>> THIS IS A MAKE ROOM GOD.

>> HE WANTS TO COME HERE, LET'S GO.

YOU KNOW WHAT, WE MAKE ROOM.

THIS WAS IN MY NOTES.

IMMEDIATE IMPACT GUYS, HE WAS ON HERE.

>> I MAKE ROOM FOR IT.

>> J WILL PLAY FOR YOU TODAY.

>> YOU LOOK AT HIM FROM HIS FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE YEAR.

EVERYONE THROUGH TO HIM THEN NO ONE THROW TRIM AFTER THAT.

THEY WATCH TAPE AND SAID WE HAVE TO STOP THROWING AT THAT GOD.

>> HOW QUICKLY IT HAPPENED.

SO, YOU GET THE SENSE HE HAD A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT HE WAS DOING.

WITH HIS TEAMMATES, ONE OF THE COACHES CAME AND MAYBE AN ANALYST.

THERE ARE SOME COMMISSIONS.

>> EVERYBODY WILL MOVE UP.

THERE WILL BE GUYS, LIKE IF LOGAN MOTHERS DOESN'T MAKE IT HERE.

THERE WILL BE SOME OF THAT.

BUT IT WILL HURT.

JADEN GOULD, HIGHEST RANKED GUY IN THE CLASS?

>> FOR SOCKEYE, HE WAS IN THE EARLY GROUP.

JAEDEN GOULD.

GREAT PROGRAM.

NATIONALLY RANKED.

HAD AN EXTREMELY GREAT YEAR MATURE KID.

HE IS HERE RIGHT NOW SO WE WILL GET A CHANCE TO SEE JAEDEN GOULD IN THE SPRING.

THIS WAS BIG.

THE CLASS WAS STUCK IN NEUTRAL.

I THOUGHT GETTING HIM, THEY DID A GREAT JOB TO GET THIS GUY.

PLAYS IN THE SLOT, WHEN HE IS BACK AT SAFETY, BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE DEFENSE HE IS A FOR SPIRIT I THINK THE KID IS A SAFETY.

>> I DO TOO.

>> IT IS AMAZING TO SEE THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SECONDARY POSITION EVERYONE IS GETTING TALLER AND LONGER.

NO OFFENSE,.

>> YOU SEE LONGER, YOU SEE THE ATHLETIC GUYS IT'S FUNNY HOW THAT POSITION IS EVOLVING.

>> MALCOLM SAID NEXT HE IS THE LOWEST GUY IN THE CLASS.

165 IS ABOUT) AND THAT KID, I WATCHED HIM REVERSE DUNK OVER AT THE LINE.

I NOBODY CAN DO.

UNLESS IT IS SPECIAL-TEAMS HE WILL NOT LINE UP AGAINST WIDE RECEIVERS.

>> NOW THEY GO BIGGER SLOT SPIRIT YOU WANT A GUY WHO CAN HANDLE A TIGHT IN AND A SPOT RECEIVER.

THIS WAS A TEN DAY PERIOD WHERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFF HIRED AND THEY WERE STRUGGLING TO GET PEOPLE.

AND HE WAS THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

HE PLAYED IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND FLEW TO NEBRASKA.

>> NOBODY COULD BRING HIM IN FOUR VISITS.

THEY STRATEGIZE TO BRING HIM IN.

THEY REALLY THOUGHT HE WAS A TWO AND HE HAS A SHOT AT THAT.

>> >> MANAGES ON HIS TAPE HE FINDS A WAY TO GET THROUGH CROWDS.

MAYBE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT SEE HIM.

TOMMY HILL, NOT A LOT OF TAPE OUT ON TIME HE'LL WHEN YOU WATCH HIM, WHAT YOU THINK OF HIM?

>> HAD A CONNECTION TO THE STAFF FROM FLORIDA.

HE WENT OUT TO ARIZONA STATE.

NOW WE ARE GETTING AN IDEA.

>> BLOWING THAT THING UP.

OBVIOUSLY THAT SHIP HAS SANK BUT TOMMY WILL COME IN AND COMPETE.

THAT WAS ONE I KNOW THEY LOCKED HIM UP EARLY.

>> I LOOK AT HIS SIDES, AND I LIKE IT BUT I COULD NOT FIND THE QUALITY TAPE TO WATCH ON HIM.

SO HE TRANSFERRED FROM ARIZONA STATE.

>> HE PLAYED A LOT OF SNAPS.

THE STUFF I WATCHED DID NOT JUMP OUT AT ME.

BUT WHAT DOES HE WANT, HE WANT LENGTH.

LONG ARMS, THAT IS WHAT HE HAS.

CERTAINLY STANDS OUT FOR THAT.

WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT HIM AT THE SAFETY SPOT.

HE HAD A WINGSPAN WHEN I WATCHED HIM WALK IN.

I THINK NEBRASKA GOT A STILL OUT OF CHICAGO RIGHT HERE.

>> ANOTHER GUY AND ANOTHER KICKED PUNT RETURN.

YOU WATCH HIM AS A KICK RETURN OR E IS DYNAMIC.

AS MANY OF THEM LINED UP TRYING TO WIN THE JOB.

>> YOU THINK ABOUT THE SUBURB OF CHICAGO, YOU DON'T SEE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, THE RUNNING BACK.

>> I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED BUT NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO PLAY FOR WHATEVER REASON.

CHICAGO REALLY IS NOTRE DAME CITY.

IF THERE IS A GOOD PLAYER THEY WILL GO GET HIM.

>> NORTHWESTERN AND NOTRE DAME.

>> YOU CAN GET IN ANYWHERE.

YOU CAN GET IN.

>> IT SO YOU KNOW.

THEY WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET YOU IN.

>> JAVIER, GARDEN CITY, KANSAS.

ANOTHER GUY THEY BROUGHT IN AS A TRANSFER.

>> FORMA ALABAMA COMMITTED.

HE WAS A QUALIFIER.

IT WASN'T LIKE HE HAD TO GO.

HE WENT -- I SAID YOU WENT TO USA ACADEMY PRESS.

SHE WAS LAUGHING.

IT KIND OF WENT SIDEWAYS.

HE WENT THERE THE PANDEMIC YEAR END THEY REALLY DIDN'T PLAY.

THEN HE SAT OUT A YEAR END HE WENT TO GARDEN CITY AND PLAYED ONE YEAR.

AND HE'S A FULL QUALIFIER.

ANOTHER GUY, FISHER AND THE STAFF AT A READ ON THEY SAID LET'S BRING THE MEN.

>> THIS REMINDS ME OF THE KATRINA YEAR WHERE SO MANY OF THE KIDS LEFT LOUISIANA TWO YEARS LATER YOU ARE LIKE THAT IS ONE OF THE KATRINA KIDS NOW YOU HAVE THE COVID-19 KIDS WHO HAD TO SIT OUT OR CHANGE SCHOOLS, THEY ARE ALL SHOWING UP NOW.

>> SO BASICALLY THE WENT TO AN ACADEMY THINKING HE WOULD PLAY FOOTBALL, IT WAS JUST LIKE AN ONLINE CLASS DEAL.

IT WASN'T LIKE THEY PLAYED GAMES.

HE HAS HAD A ROUGH PATH.

I THINK HE IS A GUY, IF NICK SABIN TOOK HIS COMMIT IT SHOWS THE GUY HAS POTENTIAL.

>> YOU CAN FIND A PLACE FOR A GUY LIKE THAT.

>> AND HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE REMINDS ME OF A GOD WHO COULD BE A ROVING RUNNING BACK.

>> THEY HAVE A BASKETBALL TEAM BACK THERE.

>> THEY COULD USE SOME PLAYERS.

>> EASIER NOW TOO.

DESHAWN WILL BE HERE IN THE SPRING.

YOU WILL GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE RECRUITS, JAEDEN GOULD, ALL OF THE GUYS HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN JOBS EARLY.

>> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT GAGE STENGER A GUY WHO CAN DO EVERYTHING.

>> HE CAN DO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.

WHERE DOES HE FIT?

>> I THINK OUTSIDE LINEBACKER.

ON HIS VISIT, HE SPENT TIME WITH JOJO.

THEY TALKED ABOUT COMING HERE THAT WAS THE GUY HE MODELED HIMSELF AFTER.

I SEE HIM IN THAT WORLD.

I KNOW HE WOULD LIKE TO PLAY QUARTERBACK.

A LOT OF GUYS WANT TO PLAY QUARTERBACK, BUT I THINK GAGE STENGER IS THE GUY.

HE CAN RUN AND JUMP, KANSAS STATE THOUGHT THEY HAD A REAL STEAL, YOU CAN ARGUE HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS,.

>> AND WIDE RECEIVER SAFETY.

>> TO ME LOOKING AT GAGE STENGER AND BUSH TAKING OVER THE SPECIAL-TEAMS, THIS WAS A GUY HE COULD GO TO AND SAY, I NEED YOU TO BE THE CAPTAIN ON SPECIAL-TEAMS.

>> YOU WILL BE ON KICKOFF, PUNT RETURN, LIKE A COMPETITOR.

>> PLAYING THAT ROLE IN COLLEGE IS NOT SEXY, RUNNING DOWN THE KICKOFF, THAT IS NOT A SEXY POSITION YOU DO IT BECAUSE IF YOU ARE YOUNG, THE TEAM NEEDS A GUY WHOM HE CAN LEAN ON AND SAY, I NEED YOU TO ADAPT TO THIS ROLE AND GET EVERYONE, TO ME SEEMS LIKE A GOD THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE GUYS BILL CAN REALLY APPROACH AND DEVELOP INTO A ROLE LIKE THAT.

>> >> HE WENT TO PREP ACADEMY.

>> HE SAID I'M NOT DOING THAT, WHO CALLS THE PLAYS ON OFFENSIVE LINE.

>> WILL CALL THE OFFENSIVE PLAYS, SCOTT,.

>> MARK IS A GUY THAT KNOWS MORE.

SOMEONE YOU CAN BRING IN THAT TRULY KNOWS THE GAME BETTER THAN THE HEAD COACH.

>> AND A GUIDE THAT SCOTT CAN BOUNCE THINGS OFF OF.

>> I THINK.

>> I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHO THEY WILL PUT ON TOP.

I KNOW THE BEARS SET OF TASK.

>> I CAN SEE HIM BEING THE TALK.

HE SAT BY HIM AT THE GAMES, AND HE WAS AS GOOD OF A COACH HE SAID BY EVER.

AS FAR AS HOW HE DIAGNOSED THINGS.

>> HE SAID WHAT DID THE TEAM DO TO DEVELOP THE DEFENSIVE LINE?

WHEN YOU SEE FROM THE DEFENSIVE LINE THIS YEAR?

>> I DON'T THINK IT IS ANYTHING CRAZY.

WE HAVE A GUY TAKING OVER, YOU HAVE SIMILARITY THERE.

IT IS JUST DEVELOPING AND WORKING GETTING STRONGER IN THE OFF-SEASON OR MORE APPROPRIATE.

THEN YOU WAKE UP AND YOU COME TO PRACTICE, IT IS FOOTWORK AND HAND PLACEMENT.

IT IS RINSE AND REPEAT.

THE DEFENSIVE LINE, I WILL GIVE MY FELLOW DEFENSIVE LINEMAN MAURICE TO REVEAL POSITION.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, FORMATION AND THE OFFENSE OF NEW LINE OUR LINED UP.

DEVELOPING THAT AN UNDERSTANDING THE PROTECTIONS AND MAY BE CHANGING SOME OF THE GAME TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS.

THEY HAVE THE FOUNDATION THAT HAS BEEN PAID UP FRONT.

>> THEY HAVE HIM HE IS A DAY ONE STARTED.

>> I WOULD SAY THOMPSON.

HE'S THE ONLY QUARTERBACK WITH EXTENSIVE PLAYING EXPERIENCE, HE HAS NEVER STARTED HE HAS PLAYED A LIMITED ROLE.

TODAY, IT IS HIS JOB AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT, BUT WHAT IF HE BEATS HIM OUT, IT WILL BE INTERESTING HOW HE EVALUATES THAT HE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A HAND IN HIM COMING HERE.

YOU GET THE SENSE THAT HE WILL HAVE AS MUCH OF US A AS THE HEAD COACH.

>> WRAPPING IT UP, 2023 CLASS, LOOKING PRETTY GOOD SO FAR?

>> I THINK LOCALLY IS WHERE YOU START.

I CAN SEE THEM HAVING SEVEN IN-STATE GUIDES.

THEN YOU HAVE KANSAS CITY, YOU HAVE IOWA, THERE'S A LOT OF TALENT.

I THINK YOU COULD GET 10-12 OF YOUR RECRUITS FROM NEBRASKA, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI AND IOWA.

>> THEN YOU HAVE THE TRANSFER GUYS AS WELL.

>> IT IS REALLY SET UP.

THE TWO QUARTERBACKS WON FROM WICHITA AND JOHNSON,.

>> OFF-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP.

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