Best WR at NU..
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Knew this was coming.....
Guy Ingles and Frosty Anderson.
#27. A blurr.
#20 was better.
Kenny Bell talked loudest.
Guy Ingles and Frosty Anderson.
#27. A blurr.
#20 was better.
Kenny Bell talked loudest.
Well it’s definitely Irving Fryer for best so far.
Then I’m going to say Zavier Betts, he has the potential to be the best WR we have had in the most recent years. That’s assuming Betts breaks out this season coming up and plays up to his potential. We have never pulled in a WR of his caliber and skill set probably ever.
Then I’m going to say Zavier Betts, he has the potential to be the best WR we have had in the most recent years. That’s assuming Betts breaks out this season coming up and plays up to his potential. We have never pulled in a WR of his caliber and skill set probably ever.
Freeman White. Most of you have no clue who he was.
6'5" receiver who was an All American. Drafted and played for the Giants.
Has a career long TD reception 95 back in 1965. Same year another for 56 yards. This was in an era when the offense was pretty much on the ground. Great blocker. At one time held career receptions and yards.
6'5" receiver who was an All American. Drafted and played for the Giants.
Has a career long TD reception 95 back in 1965. Same year another for 56 yards. This was in an era when the offense was pretty much on the ground. Great blocker. At one time held career receptions and yards.
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Has that stopped him from going after a ball? If not, who gives a crap. He is a WR, they don’t get hit a ton.
going over the middle. sure. Has Zavier not gone after a ball? Not sure he is the same type of receiver that JD is/was.
It is Fryar and then Rodgers and then there's a pretty big gap. Fryar was the #1 pick in the NFL draft. People are listing receivers that never even went pro. C'mon, man.
Irving Fryar was the most talented receiver we have ever had. Had he played 4 years for say USC, he would have easily won the Heisman Trophy. He was a rare dude for Nebraska Football.
Johnny Rodgers, on the other hand, was the best and most impactful player in Nebraska history. His talent was off the charts. He was a 1971 version of Tyreek Hill (I know he wasn't as fast as Hill, but relative to 1971, he was the same). One thing that doesn't get mentioned much is that in the game of the Century, Jeff Kinney's big day rushing was made possible because OU had to spy Rodgers, taking away one defender from the run defense. Rodgers essentially had double coverage the entire game.
Kinney was also helped by the blocking of FB Maury Damkroger.
Next time you watch that game keep an eye on Damkroger. Awesome blocking exhibition.
He’s afraid of getting hit? It sure doesn’t look like he’s scared to get hit....
And this play right here is considered a forward pass but it’s not much different then a hand off....enough said
All I remember of Fryar was that he was really good but his blatant drop in the National title game had me concerned big time, I thought he betted on the game against Nebraska for his blatant decisions to not catch the dam ball. Of course at the time I was just a little kid.
That's silly. Nebraska wasn't going to cover the spread even if he had caught that ball. Another thing, there were many other games that year where people outside of Nebraska didn't pay much attention, where we were like 38 point favorites. It would have been a lot easier and less conspicuous for Fryar to fumble, run the wrong route, and/or miss a key block or two in one of those games so we only win by 31.
The last place you would have shaved points is in the NC game with everyone watching. Fryar dropping the ball on purpose is a myth. Frankly, Dave Burke letting that pick 6 go through his hands was far more suspicious than the dropped pass by Fryar.
If you watch the video, it was a nice pass easy to catch right in his bread basket and he dropped it. I couldn't believe it, so yeah he was great but when we needed him the most he didn't show up. Same with Rozier, was he healthy and could have played?
I started watching in 1992.
Since then, the "best" WR is probably Bobby Newcombe. He was a great threat as a freshman WR, started at QB in 1998, got hurt early, regained QB job but then moved back to WR after a few games in 1999.
In 1997, he was a weapon that Defenses simply couldn't account for. Defenses would be focused and frost, green, and makovicka, and Bobby would have a good matchup. Had some real specular grabs and runs too. Big catches early vs Tennessee in the orange bowl (and a punt return for a TD).
In 1999 and 2000 he didn't put up huge numbers, but when we needed a big play he was usually our guy. We were losing to Kansas in a dumb game and Bobby had two TDs late. He had a huge catch against Colorado with a few seconds left setting up the game winning FG. Him and crouch didn't have a great relationship, and crouch wasn't a great passer to begin with. He would have been incredible in recent offenses.
Since then? I think it is take your pick of Swift, Purify, Westercamp, Bell, Enunwa, Morgan Jr., ect.
Special shot out to Abdul Muhammed, Reggie Baul, Clester Johnson, ect. Those guys would have probably had great numbers in a different offense.
Since then, the "best" WR is probably Bobby Newcombe. He was a great threat as a freshman WR, started at QB in 1998, got hurt early, regained QB job but then moved back to WR after a few games in 1999.
In 1997, he was a weapon that Defenses simply couldn't account for. Defenses would be focused and frost, green, and makovicka, and Bobby would have a good matchup. Had some real specular grabs and runs too. Big catches early vs Tennessee in the orange bowl (and a punt return for a TD).
In 1999 and 2000 he didn't put up huge numbers, but when we needed a big play he was usually our guy. We were losing to Kansas in a dumb game and Bobby had two TDs late. He had a huge catch against Colorado with a few seconds left setting up the game winning FG. Him and crouch didn't have a great relationship, and crouch wasn't a great passer to begin with. He would have been incredible in recent offenses.
Since then? I think it is take your pick of Swift, Purify, Westercamp, Bell, Enunwa, Morgan Jr., ect.
Special shot out to Abdul Muhammed, Reggie Baul, Clester Johnson, ect. Those guys would have probably had great numbers in a different offense.
Miami's pro style offense was light years ahead of our D. They were like statues trying to cover. We got into a shoot out, went for the win and lost. T.O got his payback 10 years later.
I wasn't born when The Jet played. Still is the best at NU.
I am not disputing that Jet and Fryar are 1 and 2. Just adding my 2 cents on the last 29ish years.
The WR that showed when you needed him the most, IMO , where the Jet and Muhammed and Baul. Clutch receivers, brave, fearless in the title games.
Injured an ankle in the 2nd quarter. If he could have gone he would have. He had the heart of a lion.
Just when you thought this post couldn't get any more frightening, it did.
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Wont make the best but i really liked franz hardy..dude was always open and cant forget about westy
Hate to say it but it did feel like he was paid to drop the ball. Wide open in the endzone ball right on the numbers
I guess I would say that if I had to have three WR's that were clutch when it was needed, Johnny Rogers, Todd Brown, and Abdul Muhammad would fit the bill. But overall, Nebraska has had better receivers than a lot of people give them credit for, at least until the early 2000's.
And throw in for good measure a few tight ends like Junior Miller, Mitch Krenk, Tom Banderas, and Johnny Mitchell.
And throw in for good measure a few tight ends like Junior Miller, Mitch Krenk, Tom Banderas, and Johnny Mitchell.
There's no doubt in my mind he dropped that ball on purpose.
Not necessarily. The way our D was playing they would have had time to drive right down the field and beat us.
Didn’t NU score the final TD a few plays after that drop?
Jeff Smith scored on a pitch from Gill. Then he was the target of the game winning pass.
Had Smith caught that pass where is he in the pantheon of greatest Huskers ever?
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First of all, that's a dumb conspiracy theory. Second of all, no it would not have. We scored on that drive anyway.
100% was Kade Warner....Surprised he opted for transfer rather than declaring for the draft
Johnny Rodgers and Irving Fryar. But for the next couple guys I would go with Tim Smith, Todd Brown and Nate Swift. All three were great athletes and go to WRs during their eras. Honorable mention to Bobby Newcombe-- during his freshman season at NU, pre-injury, to my eye he was so electric. A big play waiting to happen.
The game was 10.5 spread with huskers as favorites. Even the remote case he was paid to allow Miami cover he could have caught that and been ok. It was a drop, outstanding athlete, ok hands
He was a TE but the best I have seen was Johnnie Mitchell. He played as a true freshman (very rare back then) and went pro after his sophomore year. Drafted in the first round. When 1991 Miami stoned us in the Orange Bowl 22-0, he had our biggest play and 1/3 of our total yards.
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