Verduzco
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All I got out of that was "Mariota and Milton" videos are what inspired him to come to Nebraska? Really? You have 3 years under your belt coaching at Nebraska you have nothing? That is extremely sad that you can't show these kids anything positive from your current job.""I want to get under a genius like Coach Verdu"
When Southside (San Antonio) quarterback Richard Torres committed to Nebraska, it seemed like a decision that had long been in the works. Torres had been atop Nebraska’s board at the quarterback position for a while and the interest was certainly mutual, but it was his official visit to Nebraska last weekend that elevated the Huskers above the rest of the field.
Torres still did his due diligence. He camped at SMU last Sunday coming off his Nebraska official visit. He dropped by TCU early last week and officially visited Kansas State this past weekend.
On Monday morning, hours before he announced his commitment, he had some lingering questions for Nebraska head coach Scott Frost. The answers he heard cemented the deal.
"I want to get under a genius like Coach Verdu and Coach Frost and the offense they run,” Torres told Husker247. “We watched some film of Marcus [Mariota] at Oregon and McKenzie [Milton] during their time at UCF and I liked what I saw”
Torres spoke on his relationship with Verduzco in particular. They’d communicated a lot over the last couple months but only met in person for the first time last weekend on his official visit. Funny enough, they were able to catch up later that weekend as both Torres and Verduzco attended SMU’s Dallas Showcase mega camp last Sunday night. Torres praised Verduzco’s honesty.
Milton and Mariota ended up playing a major role in Torres’ commitment as well. Torres was able to have conversations with both over the last week and get their perspectives on playing for Scott Frost and his offense.
“We had some good conversations,” Torres said. “I just had some questions, and they got answered and I liked the answers.”
There was one other individual involved in Torres’ recruitment to Nebraska – one that’s going to be a major motivation for his time as a Cornhusker.
“Me and Adrian [Martinez], we talked a lot when I was on my visit and I really want to do it for him too,” Torres said. “He kind of went through the tough times at Nebraska. He went through it all and he ate it and he learned from it. I hope he just has a really good season this year because he deserves it.”
Torres was hosted by Martinez on his official visit and asked him a lot of questions about Martinez’s own recruiting process, why he chose Nebraska and his time so far. The answers he got from Martinez helped him and his family feel comfortable committing to Frost and Verduzco.
Torres is now “100% committed” and doesn’t have any other visits planned except back to Nebraska during the season for at least one game.
He’s already felt the love from Nebraska fans over the last couple months and he looks forward to putting on a show in Memorial Stadium for the Husker faithful
“What they can expect from me is for magic to happen,'' Torres said. “I like to make plays where plays were not supposed to be made, and that’s what you can expect from me.”
Now with his decision in the rearview, Torres will put on his recruiter hat and looks to help add more players to Nebraska’s class. The first name he mentioned he’s going to work on is three-star East Paulding (Dallas, Georgia) running back Justin Williams, who officially visited Nebraska the same weekend as Torres.
“We took the visit together, we talked it over and he said he liked it there,” Torres said. “Hopefully I can get in contact with him very soon and see where his head’s at”
Torres also mentioned fellow Texan, Southlake Carroll wide receiver Landon Samson, as someone he’s going to reach out to as well.
The QB is on track to enroll early at Nebraska but now has most of his focus on his senior season at Southside. He admitted with all his focus on his recruitment to this point, he hasn’t had time to set many goals for himself but he has some in mind for his team.
“Exceed...” Torres said. “I just want to get over that second-round hump that we’ve never got past, getting to the third round would be very special ... winning a district title and maybe even going undefeated during the season are some of my goals for the team.”
Looking forward to his arrival next spring, the quarterback position could be wide open by the time Torres enrolls.
He understands he’s going to have to work for everything, but with only three scholarship quarterbacks on the roster, and Martinez potentially departing after this season, he sees an opportunity at Nebraska.
Pretty depressing that we have zero film to highlight from current players after 3 seasons when pitching QB recruits and how you want the offense to look.
I am just glad that he is still showing highlights from Oregon and UCF to show recruits what he wants from the QB. I think that style of offense can be successful in the Big Ten.
Regarding all the fashion comments, after you get to a certain age many men care more about what is comfortable for them and less about what other people (especially younger ones) think. 
Mario pictured at the recent Friday Night camp. Too much of that home Italian cooking during the pandemic???
This new Harry Potter movie looks terrible...Harry really let himself go
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