UPDATE 08-14-2026 (Football) The Roster

OxfordComma · Aug 5, 2026

Macho Man said:
I’m not sure you’re aware of this, but the HS football being played in Texas, Cal, Florida, etc is LIGHT YEARS better than Nebraska If you’re arguing against this then you’re not worth arguing with And yes, a big part of our problem the last 20 years is GIVING AWAY too many scholarships to NE kids when their were 1,000 kids in other states with more potential.

Yes, the recruiting hotbed states both play high school at a higher level and have a lot more players and therefore more elite players. But that fact could be used to argue that players from lesser places have more room to develop with proper coaching that they didn’t receive in small town high school.

There are many examples of good/great players that didn’t start football until late. Texas HS players are known for being more fully developed/coached and don’t have much more easy upside to gather by first exposure to good coaching.

IMO, we should take a sample of the handful the top P4 prospects that the state produces. We should not reach, but there are still a few spots for the under-developed young guy with a great frame and measurables.

dinglefritz · Aug 5, 2026

Macho Man said:
Lavonte David, Burkhead, Wandale if he stayed, Emmitt Johnson, etc. How many NE kids have been program changers in the last 15 years? And they’re the majority of the roster lol. Are you seriously arguing that there isn’t a difference between HS football in Nebraska vs. CA/FL/TX?

Emmitt was a small school Minnesota kid without an offer to Minnesota.

Macho Man · Aug 5, 2026

OxfordComma said:
Yes, the recruiting hotbed states both play high school at a higher level and have a lot more players and therefore more elite players. But that fact could be used to argue that players from lesser places have more room to develop with proper coaching that they didn’t receive in small town high school.

There are many examples of good/great players that didn’t start football until late. Texas HS players are known for being more fully developed/coached and don’t have much more easy upside to gather by first exposure to good coaching.

IMO, we should take a sample of the handful the top P4 prospects that the state produces. We should not reach, but there are still a few spots for the under-developed young guy with a great frame and measurables.

With scholarship limits and us no longer running the option with a once in a century head coach, a “handful” of Nebraska HS kids is too many but yeah let’s try to beat OSU, Mich, Alabama, Texas, etc with kids from Broken Bow

dinglefritz · Aug 5, 2026

Macho Man said:
With scholarship limits and us no longer running the option with a once in a century head coach, a “handful” of Nebraska HS kids is too many but yeah let’s try to beat OSU, Mich, Alabama, Texas, etc with kids from Broken Bow

Fortunately for us the scholarship limits are pretty much fiction right now so that kid from Broken Bow is available to run scout team for us.

Macho Man · Aug 5, 2026

dinglefritz said:
Emmitt was a small school Minnesota kid without an offer to Minnesota.

Minneapolis, with TWICE as many people as all of Nebraska in the metro area, is a small town?

Again, playing modern offensive football (aka not running the option with a genius HC) we will NEVER compete with OSU, USC, Texas, etc with a bunch of kids from Nebraska. Hurts to hear but the reality, the last 22 years, is in plain sight for anyone to see.

Macho Man · Aug 5, 2026

dinglefritz said:
Fortunately for us the scholarship limits are pretty much fiction right now so that kid from Broken Bow is available to run scout team for us.

And that won’t help you beat the big boys

Good story though

dinglefritz · Aug 5, 2026

Macho Man said:
Minneapolis, with TWICE as many people as all of Nebraska in the metro area, is a small town? Again, playing modern offensive football (aka not running the option with a genius HC) we will NEVER compete with OSU, USC, Texas, etc with a bunch of kids from Nebraska. Hurts to hear but the reality, the last 22 years, is in plain sight for anyone to see.

I didn’t say small town. I said small school. His high school has roughly 600 kids total enrollment.

dinglefritz · Aug 5, 2026

Macho Man said:
And that won’t help you beat the big boys Good story though

Why are you choosing to commit suicide on this hill? Having a few average white boys on the roster has been far from our biggest problem.

Macho Man · Aug 5, 2026

dinglefritz said:
Why are you choosing to commit suicide on this hill? Having a few average white boys on the roster has been far from our biggest problem.

Ok, hiring moron coaches and ADs has been our biggest problem. Having average to below average talent has been our 2nd biggest problem lol.

RikeMiley · Aug 5, 2026

Macho Man said:
Minneapolis, with TWICE as many people as all of Nebraska in the metro area, is a small town? Again, playing modern offensive football (aka not running the option with a genius HC) we will NEVER compete with OSU, USC, Texas, etc with a bunch of kids from Nebraska. Hurts to hear but the reality, the last 22 years, is in plain sight for anyone to see.

Emmett was a low 3* with these offers. The kind of player you wouldn't want recruited.

OxfordComma · Aug 5, 2026

Macho Man said:
With scholarship limits and us no longer running the option with a once in a century head coach, a “handful” of Nebraska HS kids is too many but yeah let’s try to beat OSU, Mich, Alabama, Texas, etc with kids from Broken Bow

I am talking about Nebraska high school kids that are legit P4 players, corroborated by offers from multiple P4 teams. Alabama and Notre Dame occasionally make a hard push on a Nebraska kid. Should we not offer because he’s from Nebraska?

Anon1779050105 · Aug 5, 2026

well things change, back in the fifties ,sixties,and seventies nebraska kids lived different,most of us lived around farm land and did heavy chores.coach recommended we bail hay in summer to strength our body. but then we started using computers at home and kids now spend most of their time online. you've heard this before but being comfortable actually makes you soft.its not the kids fault that they have a better life ,but i think maybe a hard life is better,my 2 cents !

Macho Man · Aug 5, 2026

OxfordComma said:
I am talking about Nebraska high school kids that are legit P4 players, corroborated by offers from multiple P4 teams. Alabama and Notre Dame occasionally make a hard push on a Nebraska kid. Should we not offer because he’s from Nebraska?

“Occasionally” big boy schools come into NE and recruit and, yes we should recruit those kids. Look at our past recruiting and see the # of NE kids we gave scholarships to who didn’t have any big time offers. Like 90% of those were wasted scholarships, like a certain RB from Wahoo that will never play a meaningful down and the LB from Elkhorn North we recruited last year that a former Husker, a current Huskers father and myself saw play in person 3 times and couldn’t believe we offered him as he didn’t stand out in any of the games, IN CLASS B.

Hawkmanic23 · Aug 5, 2026

steinek11 said:
Probably a good move. I wouldn’t tie my rope to the Ferentz wagon for too long. After a few years, it’s time to break out on your own.

Fortunately LaVar Wood’s son (Mason) didn’t follow his dad to Michigan State as Mason looks to be a very promising young tight end for Iowa.

Hawkmanic23 · Aug 5, 2026

dinglefritz said:
I was thinking it was more of a rat jumping off a sinking ship. Ferentz’s days are numbered at IA.

When Seth Wallace (Iowa’s linebacker coach and assistant d-coordinator) was also named Assistant Head Coach a couple years ago…a position that LaVar Woods was hoping to get…the writing was on the wall that Woods would likely be looking elsewhere to gain more experience/responsibilities.

Cruel Halo · Friday at 3:52 PM

Some minor changes noted on the roster found on Huskers.com:

D-Line and Edge positions have been consolidated to Defensive Lineman

Cornerback and Safety positions have been consolidated to Defensive Backs

Jeremiah Jones (R-FR) Wide Receiver moved to Defensive Line

Connor Schutt (SO) Wide Receiver removed from the roster

Vincent Genatone (SR) Linebacker moved to Running Back

Tikey Hayes (R-FR) added as Running Back from the transfer portal (Penn St)

but.i.digress · Tuesday at 8:52 PM

Kent McCloughan is the last Nebraska footballer I can remember that came from Broken Bow. Did you know there's a Broken Arrow in Oklahoma, but I don't know if they produced a Kent McCloughan. But I digress.

orclover11 · 2026-08-19T16:27:26-0500

dinglefritz said:
Emmitt was a small school Minnesota kid without an offer to Minnesota.

And Emmitt was a 5th round pick who had very little effect on our win/loss record despite being good at making people miss. He was average catching the ball, below average in pass protection, and terrible in short-yardage and goal-line. His measurables still matter, he won't be a full-time back in the NFL because of it.

If NU is going to dedicate itself to small town kids its need to design a specific offense and defense for it. Something extremely run-heavy...3 TE, some sort of novel spread/triple option and a huge qb...control the clock and pay some stud dlineman all our NIL to come here. It might work to have a bunch of slow Dakota lineman and a power run game and spend all the money on defense. But it aint Rhule to do it.

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