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[YUENGLING]

As a long time Husker fan it's difficult to remember the last great QB recruit Huskers had who really worked out as a leader of the team. Taylor was really recruited as a defensive back who was promised a chance to compete for the job. Cody Green had all kinds of fanfare as did Curtis Dukes and a few others. However in recent years it's been Joe Ganz ( buried in the depth chart)and Taylor Martinez who have been real leaders of this program. I really don't remember how much hype there was for Tommy Fraizer. Scott Frost was a transfer and again I don't remember Eric Crouch getting that much publicity coming into the program. I remember him battling and winning the job but not much as a recruit.
It has to be difficult for some of these young QB's to live up to the internet hype and there seem to be very few that do.

 

[Red Reign]

Taylor was actually recruited as a QB which is why he came to Nebraska....most other schools wanted him to play DB....

Eric Crouch was highly recruited.....

Armstrong and Stanton have the leadership and athleticism to be good...time will tell.....

 

[Greatest Fan of All]

Tommie Frazier and Scott Frost were also top HS QB recruits. And, Bobbie Newcombe, another top HS recruit, could have won the starting job (and initially did) over Crouch had it not been for injury.

 

[Husker Mort]

Kellogg looked sharp in the passing game at the red/white contest.
Armstrong looked like he could be special as well.

 

[ChitownHusker]

I remember the OWH headline "Tommie's a Husker!" when he signed with us. He was very highly recruited.

 

[ColoREDo]

I remember the OWH headline "Tommie's a Husker!" when he signed with us. He was very highly recruited.

Yep. I remember seeing his picture and his declaration for Nebraska on the front page of the USA Today as a tease for the sports section.