Vincent Giatone is coming home.
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220 lbs. and has run a 10.5 100M. Rhule wants to see if he can work with that at ILB or even Rover.
An article on TOS said he was working at #1 OLB and Kick Returner this Spring at Montana.
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“As a senior at North Platte, Genatone made 136 tackles on defense and on offense rushed for 911 yards and 13 touchdowns. On the wrestling mat, Genatone won the state title at 220 pounds as a senior and 195 pounds as a junior. He also ran sprints on the track, showing off 10.5-second speed in the 100 meters.”
Athlete.
“As a senior at North Platte, Genatone made 136 tackles on defense and on offense rushed for 911 yards and 13 touchdowns. On the wrestling mat, Genatone won the state title at 220 pounds as a senior and 195 pounds as a junior. He also ran sprints on the track, showing off 10.5-second speed in the 100 meters.”
Athlete.
Well, he played for several years in the NFL. He is not that dumb.
Top 3rd I would think worst case. Most likely pretty well as I doubt those defenses would stop the run near as well as the BIG ten teams did, and we ran it pretty well against them.
Looks like he hardly played on defense at Montana even after a redshirt year. But obviously his athleticism is intriguing and he has three years to develop.
Nate didn't come here to play school. He came here to drink beer, chase tail...and intercept Josh Allen.
Why was Frost not interested in him? At North Platte he was a two-time player of the year by the O W-H and a two-time wrestling champ. He ran fast times and is athletic. The national talking heads are saying one of the major reasons for Nebraska's decline in football is because the state does not produce enough good football players. Letting players like Genatone trot off to schools like Montana does not help the cause. A player like this during the Osborne era would have become a Husker, albeit a walk-on, earned a scholarship and become a starter by his junior year.
Am I off base with my thinking that one of the problems with the coaching staffs over the last 20 years is because they put more value on a kid from Florida than they do on local talent? The Huskers need players from all over the country, but I hope they stop overlooking local kids.
I think every coach the Huskers have had since Solich have said they need to win the recruiting war in a circle 500 miles around Lincoln. Not sure they have.
Am I off base with my thinking that one of the problems with the coaching staffs over the last 20 years is because they put more value on a kid from Florida than they do on local talent? The Huskers need players from all over the country, but I hope they stop overlooking local kids.
I think every coach the Huskers have had since Solich have said they need to win the recruiting war in a circle 500 miles around Lincoln. Not sure they have.
I am amazed Nate made it in the NFL. I can remember how he would get juked out of his jockstrap by some opponents.
His measurable are off the charts, but there has to be some reason why he didn't get a single FBS offer out of high school, and was only a special teams player at Montana? Is he just not that good of a football player? Because many of his testing numbers would put him at the top of the NFL Combine.
Did Frost ask him to walk on? Wouldn’t that be the interest you are looking for? No one else tried very hard to get him and he didn’t produce at Montana. Maybe his numbers are not accurate but his production numbers are.
This guy is a project like many of Rhule's recruits over the years. They don't all pan out, but with his measurable and pedigree, you've got to give him a shot.
Great athlete but apparently not a very good football player at the moment. Walk on ? No reason to frown upon that. Hope he develops.
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I imagine Rhule looks at a kid that moves that fast at that size and is a championship wrestler to boot and figures he can do something with him.
No shame in not starting in your redshirt freshman year on a Montana football team that played in the FCS National Championship Game.
Depth Chart at LB was heavy with 4th and 5th year players at Montana.
Yup my thoughts exactly. Cost you nothing to bring him in so why not. Special teams if nothing else.
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