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Spring Practice Thread #1 (3/16/18) Post Practice Video With Coach Frost Added


Pickering is a 6-foot, 180-pound kicker out of Birmingham, Alabama who was rated among the top five at his position in the 2018 class by one service. Pickering helped Hoover to back-to-back Class 7A state championships in 2016 and 2017 and earned all-state honors as a junior in 2016.

As for Frahm, he is a 6-foot-5, 200-pound kicker probably most known for his trick kicks (found on his Twitter page.)

“There’s always going to be those guys who are like walk-ons,” Dewitt said. “It’s really one of the few spots left in football where the walk-on kid really gets a true, honest chance to come in and be the starter right off the bat.”

Nebraska has had quite a bit of success with walk-on kickers who go on to earn scholarships later in their careers, most notably another Omaha Burke alumnus, Alex Henery.

Both players should get plenty of reps in practice, but ultimately, the winner is going to have to get it done when the games truly begin.

“It’s such a different skill set; you never know how kids are going to handle it when they come in as 17- and 18-year-old kids in front of 90,000 people for the first time,” Dewitt said. “That’s just a different animal. It’s not like you’re playing at Palm Beach Dwyer and all of a sudden there’s 50 people in the stands; it’s a different animal. We just have to see how those guys handle it. We’ll try to put them in some pressure situations early on in spring ball; maybe put team conditioning on the line for those guys to make a kick or not make a kick. Those guys sometimes will handle the pressure or not.”
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Jovan Dewitt is telling it how it is in this article...



Austin went on to give a small example of what he's looking for by explaining a competition that he recently had with Nebraska head strength and conditioning coach Zach Duval at lunch.

"Me and Zack Duval, we were sitting at the table the other day at lunch, and you know those napkin holders that they have out there?" Austin explained. "We told Jovan Dewitt, ‘Hey, give us the hut.’ Boom! Who can grab the napkin quickest? You've got to be a competitive SOB. You have to, that's the way the world is, it's a competitive world. Compete, what are you doing?"

Size and strength will only get you so far as a player if you're not competitive according to Austin.

"I will tell you they have to be this tall and this big, but guys come in many different shapes and sizes," Austin said. "Certainly, I can't recruit a midget to play offensive line. No disrespect to midgets or anything.

"I could give you a whole bunch of dimensions and all of that. But intangibly, they've got to be tough, they've got to be a competitor, and they've got to be ready to freaking fight. That's it. If you have that, you got a little bit of size with you, size to you, then you're going to be a good offensive lineman. No doubt. But if you don't, if you're just, 'Hmm,' and you're a passive guy- I don't know how good of an offensive lineman you can be. You’ve got to have grit."
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More from Dewitt about "Fake tough guys"...

"Some of these kids nowadays they're fake tough guys," Austin said. "They are fake tough guys, that’s what they are. They knock the crap out all of these high school kids, then they get to college, or they have to come to college and actually have to do a little work, and they are like, 'I didn’t sign up for this one. I’m a five-star, I didn't sign up for this.'

"Sometimes it’s actually harder trying to decide if this kid a real dude or is he a freaking sheep in wolf's clothing. You get what I’m saying? Sometimes that’s the hardest thing to assess."
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From the versatility article above concerning receivers and backs...
That immediately brings multi-talented players like J.D. Spielman and Tyjon Lindsey into the conversation, as both saw roles and runners and receivers last season.

Spielman was second on the team with 55 catches for 830 yards and also ranked fifth on the team in rushing with 73 yards on 10 carries. Lindsey caught 12 passes for 76 yards and carried the ball seven times.

At running back, Mikale Wilbon was NU’s second-leading rusher with 88 carries for 379 yards and hauled in 21 receptions, the fifth-highest total on the team. Jaylin Bradley posted 24 rushes and four catches in his limited role as a true freshman.

As for potential newcomers fitting that bill, four-star athlete Miles Jones could end up being exactly what the staff wants. The 5-foot-9, 170-pound native of Miramar, Fla., was a do-it-all player for powerhouse American Heritage High School, leading the team in all-purpose yards (1,830) while ranking second in rushing yards (695) and receiving yards (401).

“I like what we have,” Walters said of the Huskers’ skill position talent. “I think we have some depth at the receiver position. Guys that have played, guys that have made plays. Stanley (Morgan) and JD and Tyjon; I’m looking forward to seeing what (Jaevon) McQuitty can do. We know we are going to bring in some guys.
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From the versatility article above concerning tightends...
Beckton said the nature of the tight end position in general had shifted to more of a big wide receiver, as of the 80 or so 2019 prospects he’s evaluated so far at the position, nearly all play mainly on the perimeter.

The good news is that Nebraska currently has some tight ends Beckton thinks can easily transition to that style, noting that Jack Stoll, Austin Allen, and Cameron Jurgens all played on the outside a lot in high school.

Beckton also noted that incoming freshmen Justin McGriff (6-6, 220) and Katerian Legrone(6-3, 230), who were both recruited as athletes who many assumed would be tight ends at NU, would start their college careers as receivers with the option of moving them inside if necessary.
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Athlon lists Jalin Barnett as one of the five...
Barnett came into Lincoln with quite a bit of fanfare. Ranked as a 4-star prospect and a top-200 recruit, according to the 247Sports Composite Index, Cornhusker fans saw a potential key cog in their team’s offensive lines for years to come.

Three years later, Barnett doesn’t have much time left to make a statement for a number of reasons. New head coach Scott Frost’s enthusiasm has permeated the program and resulted in a rejuvenated strength and conditioning effort that saw the team lose an average of 2.8 percent body fat across the board according to a now-deleted tweet by Tommy Jensen, the Huskers' assistant director of sports nutrition.

Ideally, Barnett helped make a significant dent in that final number, but he’s still going to have plenty of competition in his quest to get more playing time. He’s not a natural offensive tackle by any means and Jerald Foster has an edge at guard due to experience. He’ll have to fight the likes of Tanner Farmer, Boe Wilson, Cole Conrad, Broc Bando and others to find a spot.

If he can’t, he may very well get lost in the shuffle by the time a sold-out Memorial Stadium leaves following the Red-White Spring Game on April 21.
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Joe Burrow is also on the list.
 
David3464 said:
Why would Burrow be on the list? Was he a 4 or 5 star recruit? I thought OSU always had better QB recruits than him.
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Here is what the article says...
“Should I stay or should I go?” That might be what Burrow (above, right) is asking himself by the time spring practice wraps up in Columbus. Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer has a familiar problem at quarterback — three very talented prospects and not enough snaps to go around. Not only that, but Burrow has the option to head elsewhere and immediately play as a graduate transfer.

He would have to beat out likely favorite Dwayne Haskins and the much-heralded Tate Martell for the starting spot, which is a tall task in and of itself. Even if Burrow is able to stiff-arm the true freshman Martell, staring at a backup spot when he could potentially be starting elsewhere doesn’t seem to be an effective use of his time.

Meyer has used his siren song to keep fantastic athletes at the position from leaving before, but there is talk that programs are ready to pounce should Burrow announce his intentions to transfer. Should that be the case, being a likely starting quarterback for two years at another program versus a backup in Columbus seems like an easy decision.
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He wouldn’t have fit MRs offense, and knowing Riley, he would have picked Tanner Lee to start over him anyways (MR chose guys who played in games over other guys, despite talent being same or better by other non-starting QB). So Burrow would probably have transferred from Nebraska anyways. Then Frost would have come in and Burrows would be already gone.
 
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