RECRUITING

The 2004 class

Click on player's name for biographical information. The "R" and "I" numbers in the right-hand column indicate the player's ranking at his position by Rivals.com and TheInsiders.com as of Feb. 5, 2004. Rankings of schools are here.
 

NAME	COVERAGE	POS.	HT.	WT.	CITY	SCHOOL	R  |  I	LTR
Jordan Adams	1, 2	QB	6-3	195	Santee, Calif.	Grossmont College	JC | JC
Adam Blankenship	1	DE	6-3	230	Tulsa, Okla.	Union	25 | NR	1
Lance Brandenburgh	1, 2, 3	LB	6-1	220	Overland Park, Kan.	St. Thomas Aquinas	24 | 72	4
Andy Christensen	1, 2, 3, 4	OL	6-3	275	Bennington, Neb.	Bennington	22 | 45	3
Beau Davis	1	QB	6-4	185	Venice, Calif.	Venice	NR | NR	1
Joe Ganz	1	QB	6-3	190	Palos Heights, Ill.	Stagg	NR | NR	3
Cortney Grixby	1, 2, 3	CB	5-9	160	Omaha, Neb.	Central	5 | 4	4
Mike Huff	1	OL	6-6	305	Ralston, Neb.	Ralston	NR | 144	4
Brandon Jackson	1, 2	RB	6-0	220	Horn Lake, Miss.	Horn Lake	17 | 89	3
Michael Keenan	1, 2, 3, 4	LB	6-2	200	Kansas City, Mo.	Oak Park	16 | 49
Lydon Murtha	1, 2, 3, 4, 5	OL	6-8	305	Hutchinson, Minn.	Hutchinson	4 | 11	4
Danny Muy		OL	6-4	270	Tallanassee, Fla.	Lincoln	9 | 73
Terrence Nunn	1, 2	WR	6-0	185	Houston, Texas	Cypress Falls	67 | NR	4
Santino Panico	1	Athl.	6-0	200	Libertyville, Ill.	Libertyville	NR | NR	1
Clayton Sievers	1	TE/LB	6-4	230	Elkhorn, Neb.	Elkhorn	29 | 11	4
Ty Steinkuhler	1, 3, 5	DE	6-3	235	Lincoln, Neb.	Southwest	28 | 65	4
Nathan Swift	1, 2, 3, 4	WR	6-3	185	Hutchinson, Minn.	Hutchinson	50 | 77	4
Cornealius Fuamatu-Thomas		OL	6-6	300	Honolulu, Hawaii	(City College of S.F.)	JC | JC	1

 

Went elsewhere

This list includes any player known to have been committed to Nebraska at one time, as well as other notable players pursued by NU. The "R" and "I" numbers in the right-hand column indicate the player's ranking at his position by Rivals.com and TheInsiders.com as of Feb. 5, 2004.

NAME	COVERAGE	POS.	HT.	WT.	CITY	SCHOOL	R  |  I
Jeff Byers (Southern Cal)	1	OL	6-4	270	Loveland, Colo.	Loveland	1 | 1
Jeremy Coley (Purdue)	1	DE	6-5	240	Toledo, Ohio	Mesabi Range College	JC | JC
Zach Copple (Harvard)	1, 2	DT	6-4	275	Lincoln, Neb.	Southeast	52 | 112
Allan Evridge (Kansas St.)	1, 2, 3, 4	QB	6-1	200	Papillion, Nebr.	Papillion-La Vista	21 | 66
Freddie Franklin (La. Tech)		RB	6-0	185	New Orleans, La.	Carver	NR | ---
Brett Gallimore (Michigan)		OT	6-5	290	Riverside, Mo.	Park Hill South	10 | 14
Gabe Hatchett (Toledo)	1	WR	6-3	194	Minden, Nev.	(Sacramento City College)	JC | JC
Rocky Hinds (Southern Cal)	1, 2, 3	QB	6-5	225	Playa del Ray, Calif.	St. Bernard	8 | 18
Rory Johnson (Mississippi St.)	1	OLB	6-2	215	Vicksburg, Miss.	Vicksburg	10 | 23
Maurice McClellan (Connecticut)	1, 2, 3, 4, 5	Ath.	6-2	217	Pawcatuck, Conn	Stonington	NR | 104
D.T. McDowell (Troy State)	1, 2, 3, 4	QB	6-1	194	Tucker, Ga.	Tucker	12 | 30
Seth Olsen (Iowa)	1, 2	OL	6-5	300	Omaha, Neb.	Millard North	35 | 65
Byron Smith (Arizona)	1, 2, 3, 4	DT	6-2	295	Bryan, Texas	Kilgore JC	JC | JC

CLASS SCORECARD

45 letters earned by 15 of 18 recruits
All-America: 0
All-conference: 1 (Jackson)
Notable walk-ons: Todd Peterson, WR; Dan Titchener, P; Tyler Wortman, LB

 

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