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All-Decommit Team

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Crazyhole

All-American
Jun 4, 2004
27,841
9,769
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One of the Tallahassee 5 was committed for like 2 days and then decommited IIRC, (not Muy).
 
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Heisman
Feb 2, 2005
192,505
20,867
113
If we can count the supposed silent commits like Lamar Jackson, Stringfellow and Jason Pierre-Paul, the list would be more impressive. Most the high profile guys I can think of came when Riley and Callahan got canned.

Trevor Robinson
Dan Hoch
Blaine Gabbert
Jonas Gray
Bookie
Chase Williams
Josh Moore

Bo had a few like:

Dion Jones
Eddie Brown
Charles Jackson
 
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cubsker_rivals142943

All-Conference
May 29, 2003
18,603
3,797
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Bo had a LB from Louisiana who eventually flipped to LSU who is still a really good NFL player. Can't think of his name.
 
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Crazyhole

All-American
Jun 4, 2004
27,841
9,769
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We probably can count Emmitt Smith here because the coaches expected him to be a husker.
 
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phoenix4nu

All-Conference
May 10, 2009
9,774
2,088
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Jamire Calvin should get some kind of special recognition on the team. I remember Riley saying that he committed and decommitted three times. He finally signed with Washington State at the last minute.
 
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Heisman
Feb 2, 2005
192,505
20,867
113
litespeedhuskerfan said:
Carl Crawford fo shizzle.

Not 100% sure he fits here, but he was comitted.
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I was going to post this. While not technically a de commit, Crawford playing QB at Nebraska could have changed things for Frank, big time. Same with Bubba Starling at QB and Monte Harrison at WR, for Bo.
 
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huskerssalts

All-Conference
Oct 6, 2014
7,213
2,216
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phoenix4nu said:
Jamire Calvin should get some kind of special recognition on the team. I remember Riley saying that he committed and decommitted three times. He finally signed with Washington State at the last minute.
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this man definitely earns the most commitments and de commitments from one play in a single recruiting class. Wow, that was just stupid how bad it got.
 
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saluno22

All-Conference
Mar 1, 2006
8,043
2,379
0
Was Noel Devine ever actually committed to Nebraska? Or did he just string out his announcement and pick West Virginia when the time came?
 
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CatColumbia

All-Conference
Apr 19, 2014
5,934
3,139
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saluno22 said:
Was Noel Devine ever actually committed to Nebraska? Or did he just string out his announcement and pick West Virginia when the time came?
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He never committed to us. Very similar to Darius Walker who committed to Notre Dame. We raved about their highlight film but they never committed.
 
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huskerssalts

All-Conference
Oct 6, 2014
7,213
2,216
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The Blaine Gabbert one is still a kick in the nuts. Our first ever 5 star QB commit and we lost him once we fired Callahan. Part of me wanted to keep Callahan one more year so we signed Gabbert.

 
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Heisman
Feb 2, 2005
192,505
20,867
113
huskerssalts said:
Bryce Givens was another Top 100 player we lost that year when Callahan was canned.

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That 2008 class could have been something, especially on offense. Hoch and Robinson were both NFL OL and Steinkuhler would have been a very good OL. Gabbert played in the NFL. Jonas Gray was a very good RB at ND. There was also a fast WR that had a good career at Cincinnati.
 
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huskerssalts

All-Conference
Oct 6, 2014
7,213
2,216
0
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That 2008 class could have been something, especially on offense. Hoch and Robinson were both NFL OL and Steinkuhler would have been a very good OL. Gabbert played in the NFL. Jonas Gray was a very good RB at ND. There was also a fast WR that had a good career at Cincinnati.
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No doubt, at the time when Callahan was fired we had a Top 3 to Top 5 class going on. Hell, we had 4 or 5 Top 100 players and multiple 5 star commitments.
 
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Redscarlet

Heisman
Jun 17, 2001
32,801
10,731
113
huskerssalts said:
The Blaine Gabbert one is still a kick in the nuts. Our first ever 5 star QB commit and we lost him once we fired Callahan. Part of me wanted to keep Callahan one more year so we signed Gabbert.

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Nah, he couldn’t beat us with worse QB’s on our team...Laughing
 
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litespeedhuskerfan_rivals19671

All-American
Aug 27, 2006
27,799
5,561
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I don't think it is a stretch to say we may have contended for a natty had Blaine honored his commitment, with that nasty D we would have supported him with. Blaine's decommit hurt bad.
 
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Dean Pope

All-Conference
Oct 11, 2001
13,288
1,055
0
Back in the good old days, players would sign a conference letter of intent the week before national signing day. So sometimes a player would sign with us and a week later sign a national letter of intent somewhere else. The national letter of intent was the one that ultimately counted, but once a player signed a conference letter of intent they usually stayed with that school. Back then, I'm talking 70's-mid 80's, recruiting was mostly regional.

One player that comes to mind from that era is Kenneth Davis, a RB who signed with us but then choose TCU the following week. Davis went on to become an All-American and played for some really good Bills teams for about six years.
 
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Redscarlet

Heisman
Jun 17, 2001
32,801
10,731
113
litespeedhuskerfan said:
I don't think it is a stretch to say we may have contended for a natty had Blaine honored his commitment, with that nasty D we would have supported him with. Blaine's decommit hurt bad.
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yea we might have done something in 2009 with him, like win the Big 12 CCG but wasn’t his little brother on our team about that time too..
 
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Heisman
Feb 2, 2005
192,505
20,867
113
scarletred said:
yea we might have done something in 2009 with him, like win the Big 12 CCG but wasn’t his little brother on our team about that time too..
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He pulled the same decommit and go to Mizzou his older brother did.
 
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