RECRUITING

The 2008 class

The "R" and "S" numbers are the player's ranking at his position by Rivals.com and Scout.com on Feb. 7, 2008. Committed players are listed in reverse order of commitment date; click column headers to sort by category. Click on player's name for Huskers.com profile. Strikeout text indicates a decommitment. Team rankings: Rivals | Scout

NAME	COVERAGE	POS.	HT.	WT.	CITY	ST	SCHOOL	LTR	R	S
Marlowe, Tim	1	ATH	5-10	165	Youngstown	OH	Cardinal Mooney	4	NR	NR
Wald, Mason	1, 2, 3	S	5-11	195	Birmingham	AL	Vestavia Hills	1	NR	NR
Rogers, Justin	1	RB	5-11	180	Birmingham	AL	Vestavia Hills		42	98
Smith, P.J.	1, 2, 3	S	6-02	205	River Ridge	LA	John Curtis Christian	4	45	55
Cooper, Khiry	1, 2	WR	6-02	175	Shreveport	LA	Calvary Academy	3	NR	102
Ward, Lester	1, 2	RB	6-03	186	Brenham	TX	Brenham	1	NR	171
Dennard, Alfonzo	1, 2, 3	CB	5-10	185	Rochelle	GA	Wilcox County	4	25	80
Bell, Antonio	1, 2, 3	WR	6-02	177	Daytona Beach	FL	Mainland	3	NR	111
Osborne, Courtney	1, 2	ATH	6-02	170	Garland	TX	South Garland	4	NR	210
Osborne, Steven	1, 2	WR	6-04	182	Garland	TX	South Garland	2	NR	236
Whaley, Alonzo	1, 2	OLB	6-00	213	Madisonville	TX	Madisonville	3	61	50
Williams, Josh	1, 2, 3, 4, 5	DE	6-04	220	Denton	TX	Ryan	2	12	20
Grant, David	1, 2, 3	OT	6-06	278	Killeen	TX	Killeen		53	84
Spano, Kody	1, 2	QB	6-02	202	Stephenville	TX	Stephenville		09	48
Toailoa, Quentin	1, 2, 3	DT	6-05	275	Redlands	CA	East Valley H.S.		74	43
Cotton, Ben	1, 2	TE	6-06	217	Ames	IA	Ames	4	25	21
Kreikemeier, Micah	1, 2, 3, 4, 5	OLB	6-04	215	West Point	NE	W. Point Central Catholic	1	NR	NR
Thompson, Brandon	1	OT	6-06	280	The Woodlands	TX	The Woodlands	3	80	49
Reed, Kyler	1, 2	LB-TE	6-03	204	Overland Park	KS	St. Thomas Aquinas	4	68	18
Meredith, Cameron	1	DE	6-04	222	Santa Ana	CA	Mater Dei	4	13	49
Compton, Will	1, 2, 3	LB	6-02	214	Bonne Terre	MO	North County	4	34	13
Henry, Ricky	1, 2	OL	6-04	300	Omaha	NE	N.D. State Col. of Science	2	JC	JC
Hetzer, Tyson ^	1, 2	TE	6-07	265	Redding	CA	Citrus C.C.		JC	JC
Levorson, John	1, 2	WR-S	6-03	185	Crete	NE	Crete		87	119
Fisher, Sean	1, 2	LB	6-05	210	Omaha	NE	Millard North	3	41	17
Whitmore, David	1, 2, 3	CB	6-02	190	Port Arthur	TX	Memorial		21	45
Okafor, Collins	1, 2, 3	RB	6-01	205	Omaha	NE	Westside	1	27	48
Steinkuhler, Baker § #	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	OL	6-06	275	Lincoln	NE	Southwest	4	02	02

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Decommitments

NAME	COVERAGE	POS.	HT.	WT.	CITY	ST	SCHOOL	R	S
Brown, Eddie	1, 2, 3	DT	6-02	266	Waller	TX	Waller	60	30
Gabbert, Blaine §	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	QB	6-05	229	Ballwin	MO	Parkway West	01	07
Givens, Bryce §	1, 2	OT	6-06	265	Denver	CO	Mullen	12	12
Gray, Jonas §	1, 2, 3	RB	5-10	213	Pontiac	MI	Country Day	04	21
Harper, Eric	1, 2, 3, 4	LB	6-04½	220	Marrero	LA	Ehret	18	22
Hilburn, Adrian ^	1, 2	WR	6-02	195	Tyler	TX	C.C. of San Francisco	JC	JC
Hoch, Dan	1, 2, 3, 4, 5	OL	6-07	285	Harlan	IA	Harlan	18	17
Johnson, Keelan	1, 2	S	6-00	195	Mesa	AZ	Mesa	NR	97
Kuli, Simi ^	1, 2	DE	6-04	270	Hawthorne	CA	El Camino C.C.	JC	JC
Mohler, Shaun ^	1, 2, 3, 4	LB	6-03	225	Newport Beach	CA	Orange Coast C.C.	JC	JC
Parish, Darius	1, 2	DT	6-03	325	Wichita	KS	North	58	57
Reiff, Riley	1	DE	6-06	235	Parkston	SD	Parkston	25	70
Rippy, Doug	1, 2	LB	6-02	218	Columbus	OH	McKinley	59	16
Robinson, Trevor §	1, 1, 3	OL	6-05	300	Elkhorn	NE	Elkhorn	01	06
Woods, D.J.	1, 2, 3	WR	6-00	169	Strongsville	OH	Strongsville	57	66

 

§ Listed in Rivals 100  |  ^ Listed in Rivals JUCO Top 100  |  #Parade All-American and national lineman of the year
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Signing coverage

It's all about the team, not individuals, as the 2008 recruiting class is unveiled:

Pelini (1, 2, 3), Capsules (1, 2, 3), Walk-ons (1, 2, 3, 4), Rankings,
Players (Steinkuhler, Fisher, Marlowe, Dennard, Williams, Grant, Wald, Went, Holt),
Video (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), Commentary (Sipple, Douglass, York, Big Red Wrap-up)
Audio, Misc. (1, 2), Follow-up (1, 2, 3, 4)

 

CLASS SCORECARD

61 letters earned by 21 of 28 recruits
All-conference (2): Henry, Dennard
Notable walk-ons: Brett Maher, P/PK, All-Big Ten;
Justin Jackson, C, one-year starter;
   Graham Stoddard and Jase Dean, 4-year lettermen
 

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