Another thing with Jackson goes back to what *** said in his original post, which I completely agree with...Nebraska doesn't have the sort of talent and depth available to push Jackson like Ohio State and Alabama do. Iron sharpens iron. Alabama and Ohio State basically have four or five star talent all over the field. Jackson talked all offseason about how he had an entitled attitude as a freshman and was humbled his first year in Lincoln. He goes to a school like Bama, tOSU, Clemson, Florida State, LSU, etc. that recruit beasts every year and he better show up with the right attitude or his a$$ isn't seeing the field as a frosh like he still did at Nebraska. They'd bury him on the depth chart, redshirt him and throw him on the scout team. And if that didn't work, in a couple years they'd simply recruit him out of the program. At those schools, you either keep up or transfer/get lost on 3rd string. Those schools have such an incredible culture of competition and a business-like approach - just like those USC teams did under Pete Carroll.
At Nebraska, they crowbar Jackson into the lineup, despite his pi$$-poor attitude, because they don't have a talent like him on the roster. Games against Ohio State and Tennessee showed Riley and Billy Devaney just how far Nebraska has to go in terms of matching the talent they need to compete with teams like OSU, Michigan and Penn State. Let alone teams like Wisconsin, Michigan State and Iowa whom Nebraska still can't overcome.
I think Donte Williams and Keith Williams are great assistants to have on staff. I firmly believe those two will have Nebraska on those teams' level after two more recruiting classes. DB's like Bookie, Chase Williams and Mario Goodrich and WR's like Joshua Moore and Cameron Brown (not to mention the guys they had lined up to fill those classes out) are just what the doctor ordered. Those kids would come in and compete for serious PT early on. There presence on the roster would do exactly like *** talked about. Stanley Morgan dropping the balls he has, he knows that a talent like Joshua Moore is waiting to come in and catch those balls and take his PT away. Competition is motivation. Lamar Jackson doesn't act like a primadonna if someone like Bookie is waiting to snatch his starting spot from under him.
Of course that was before Riley was on thin ice. Hopefully the next coach is smart enough to keep those two on staff. The two of them could probably keep all the DB and WR committed despite a coaching change.