Davon Townley is an interesting late target. Nebraska has been recruiting him for a while and offered back in May, but he has looked harder at a handful of other teams for the majority of his recruitment. Nebraska was always in the peripheral, though.
On the one hand, he has all the raw tools you're looking for from your pass rushing OLB. He's tall, long, naturally athletic. And if I'm Frost, I have to continue to take guys like Townley every year because that spot is so important and I still don't have a proven commodity there.
But his first love is basketball. I'm naturally scared off by kids who don't "love" football. Either when projecting HS kids to college, or college kids to the pros. You'd be surprised how many kids on both levels don't love the game. They're naturally good at it so they stand out. But when they go to the next level and size, strength and speed gets on a more level playing field and they're playing against other kids who were the best players in their city or state, that's where work ethic, drive, and passion for the game make the difference.
Normally it'd be a no brainer to take Townley. He's a legit four-star talent at a position of need. But assuming you get Dickerson (I do), that leaves you with one spot. Do you use it on Townley, who could be a beast in a couple years (or the next David Alston) and shut the door on adding another guy from the portal who could potentially be a plug and play guy?
Could all be moot. I think he's a Penn State lean and ends up there if the Nittany Lions go all in with him. But Nebraska is in the running, for sure.
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