Two-time NCAA Qualifier and 2023 Southern Conference Champion Caleb Smith will join the Nebraska wrestling program as a transfer with two remaining years of eligibility, Nebraska Head Coach Mark Manning announced Tuesday.

A native of High Point, N.C., Smith has a career record of 60-16 in three seasons competing for Appalachian State, qualifying for the NCAA Championships the past two years.

Smith finished atop the podium at the 2023 Southern Conference Championships and went 26-7 on the season, including a 14-0 dual record. He tallied five pins, one technical fall and four major decisions. He placed third at the 2022 conference tournament, finishing the season with a 24-8 record and a 9-2 dual record.

Smith prepped at Southwest Guilford where he was a three-time state champion at 126 pounds and finished with a career record of 186-21 and 73 pins. Additionally, he wrestled for the School of Hardknocks club team coached by Bobby Lloyd and Mike Dalton.


2022-23: SoCon champion and All-SoCon at 125 ... Finished with a 26-7 record after going 14-0 in duals, 8-0 in SoCon duals and 3-0 at the SoCon Championship at 125 pounds ... Won 6-3 against Presbyterian’s Dominic Chavez in the SoCon final ... Had seven wins against ranked or NCAA-qualified wrestlers, highlighted by a 12-2 major decision against Nebraska’s Liam Cronin (No. 3 NCAA seed) in Las Vegas and a 5-4 win at the Southern Scuffle against Northern Colorado’s Stevo Poulin (No. 6 NCAA seed) ... Also had wins against Maryland’s Braxton Brown, NC State’s Jarrett Trombley, Virginia Tech’s Eddie Ventresca, UNC’s Jack Wagner and Campbell’s Anthony Molton ... Went 0-2 at the NCAAs with close losses to a two-time All-American (2021, 2023) and the 2022 fourth-place finsher ... Had dual wins against ranked opponents from NC State, Virginia Tech, North Carolina and Campbell ... In App State’s 19-16 victory at North Carolina, with each team winning five matches, came up with six huge points with a pin in a ranked showdown against Wagner ... Opened App State’s 22-14 victory against Campbell by getting a tiebreaking takedown with 25 seconds left to win 4-1 in a ranked matchup at 125 ... Won 3-2 against Trombley in NC State dual by earning a tiebreaking takedown with 39 seconds left ... Quarterfinalist at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational before finishing 2-2.

Congrats to Jalen Hurts and his new $255 million contract ($179 million guaranteed). Well deserved and well earned.

Just wondering what people's thoughts are here.

Do you think Jalen would be in this position if he never transferred from Bama and finished his career sitting behind Tua? If not, why would you want that future for him or anyone else when going somewhere else might be key to his development and reaching his ultimate goal professionally?

really interesting stuff today from The Athletic where they analyze the past 11 draft classes by school and star ranking out of high school

some tidbits:

of our 67 4-star signees, only 3 (!) went on to be drafted. worst in the country by a million miles at a mere 4.5%. next is tennessee at 9.5%.

texas and ou blow at developing their 5-stars into draftees. of their combined 29 blue chippers, only 7 went on to be drafted.

ohiost, LSU, bama and florida are most adept at turning their 3-stars into NFL draft guys, each hovering at around 20% success rate

Boston College of all programs produces the most draft picks relative their recruiting rankings, and the ACC as a whole does the best at turning their players into pros

Out of 67 4 star players, Nebraska has only produced 3 draft picks.

Best 5 stars

Stanford, Clemson, and Texas A&M

Worst 5 stars

Texas, OU, and Auburn

Best 4 stars

Baylor, Miami, and LSU

Worst 4 stars

Nebraska, Tennessee, and Michigan State

Best 3 stars

Ohio State, LSU, and Alabama

Worst 3 stars

Iowa State, Colorado, and Duke

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good stuff here from the Pat McAfee Show meatheads. first time I'd heard an actual agent (much less Drew Rosenhaus) talking about making NIL deals, so guessing first time for all you goons, as well.

enjoy

(interview starts at 2:33:10 if the vid doesn't begin there)
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New B10 commish

According to Rivals' Russ Wood, Javian McCollum will visit Nebraska. I've been able to confirm that the visit will happen April 15-17.


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McCollum spent the past two years at Siena. This past season, the 6-foot-2, 155-pound guard averaged 15.9 points, 3.9 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game while shooting 35 percent from 3 (52-of-146) and 89 percent from the free-throw line (105-of-118).

In November at the same ESPN Events Invitational that Nebraska played in over Thanksgiving, McCollum had solid outings against the P5 teams he played. Against Florida State, he scored 18 points with eight assists. Against Ole Miss, he recorded 24 points with another eight assists.

Talked to Ben Scott for the first time today. Hit the link.

highest paid player in NFL history

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Saw that Loyd did jumping at Kansas Relays but nothing else. Nothing yet for Coleman, They're running out of meets. Was really looking forward to seeing some times on these two this spring.

Amy Williams added her second piece through the transfer portal Tuesday afternoon with the commitment from Montana State point guard Darian White. The 5-foot-6 Idaho native has played 119 career games and will likely surpass the 2,000 point mark in her career.

White had her best season in her junior season for Montana State as she poured in a team-high 15.6 points per game while leading the team in assists (143), steals (84) and free throws made (152). She was named MVP of the Big Sky Conference Tournament after averaging 18.3 PPG, 5.0 APG, 2.7 RPG and 2.0 SPG. She was a First Team All-Big Sky Conference performer and was named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season.

In her senior season she averaged 14.3 PPG and was again named to the First Team All-Big Sky for her contributions.

She was the first MSU player in history to record 1,225 points, 425 rebounds, 325 assists and 225 steals in her career. She spent four seasons at Montana State and will spend her last season with the Huskers. This is a huge pickup for Nebraska who replaces the experience, leadership and scoring prowess of Sam Haiby. This also allows star guard Jaz Shelley to move back as a shooting guard which is her natural position. With Allison Weidner coming back from injury, White's addition makes next seasons' roster that more scary.

White joins Australian star Jessica Petrie as the two offseason additions for Nebraska.

Considering no donation required.

Two tickets, east stadium, section 3, row 45 (20 yard line), $1330 each.

If it wasn’t such a pain in the ass to get from Santa Barbara to Lincoln, I’d consider taking in three or four games & donating what I couldn’t make it to.







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Nebraska is 52nd nationally, 11th in the Big Ten. I find it interesting that 8 of our 12 opponents are higher ranked in FPI yet ESPN has us winning 6 games. Seems like they don’t trust their own FPI if that’s what they take from it.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi

had a pretty nice spring game 14 / 24, 127, and a 57 yard TD Pass. The repeat of that game is on right now BIG channel.

One other fail by the Frost in my opinion not to keep him find a way to keep him. He should’ve probably started that season and let Martinez work his way into the mix. We could have used that depth. as it was mostly 1 man show and nobody good to replace him when hurt or playing badly.

He apparently is good enough for second string QB in the spring game. Granted one of their top QBs is out hurt but still

With the portal being what it is, is JUCO recruiting a thing of the past?

Rhule and Kirby Smart have a close bond as far as coaches go and I would not be suprised if yet another Georgia player ends up playing for the Big Red ... just speculation on my part but we clearly have made some inroads into that program at least in terms of visibility and as a nice potential new home in a major conference with serious NIL $$ available

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Brown hadn't been with the team all spring. He has 22 career catches and no touchdowns. The former four-star recruit will have two years left to play.

This show is simply brilliant ... I always thought the Nathan For You folks were more in on it than they led on, but after watching the Rehearsal I really don't think that's the case.

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I often check the internet scene on the construction of the new sports facility but find it difficult to discern what is being accomplished. Is it now completely enclosed? Anyone know how much is being completed on the interior? Is the construction
on schedule? Thanks for any info.

Nebraska hosted four-star Texas linebacker Tyanthony Smith on Saturday. The defender's most recent visits were to Oklahoma, Miami, Texas, and USC. He came into the weekend with his main focus getting a chance to meet with Nebraska's coaching staff and he got the chance to do that.

"It was nice getting to talk with coach Rhule. He is a serious guy and he takes the game seriously," Smith said.

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Smith, who averaged 11 tackles a game last season, said that getting check out Nebraska's practice was the best part of the visit.

"They’re very aggressive and the energy there is great," Smith said.

The Texas native didn't specifically talk to Rhule or defensive coordinator Tony White about how they view him in the defense but he did say he likes Nebraska's scheme. Right now the only official visit he has set up is to USC on June 16. He is still weighing his options when it comes to which other visits he will take.

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