This one is tough to say with NIL. It depends on a few factors. Most TE's are later round picks, if he really likes it here and is getting as much money as he would on a smaller rookie deal. He could be one of those guys who stay an extra year. There are two or three kids each year who stay an extra year. That Penn State TE is one of them this year.
Nelson isn't a TE, he's a WR, and these kids are at a premium in the NFL draft.
Rhule has made a career out of finding those kind of athletes and turning them in to great players, but not all of the guys he took turned out. Malachai can be as good as he wants but it takes a HUGE amount of want to play P5 football no matter how talented you are.
For those of us who watched his HS career (I watched almost every game), him disappearing at the D1 level is not very surprising.
IF he grows up like many think he will, he'll be a hybrid TE in the NFL. IF he doesn't fill out his frame he's probably not a special WR in the NFL.
Or maybe what Rhule is saying is accurate and he was going to miss half of the season with his shoulder, so they decided to wait until Game 9 to begin his RS season. People seem to forget that he did a lot more than most true freshmen last season, thinking that he should have been NFL Randy Moss right out of the gate.
Why, because he wasn't NFL Gronk on day one?
I'm over Banks, not quite completely out on Neyor yet.
Jesus, Nelson is 19 years old, Pitts is 24 and in the NFL now. Nelson is listed at 6' 5" - 230lbs on Huskers.com.
| Kyle Pitts | 2018 | TE | 5.8 | 6'4" | 224 | Warminster, PA | Florida |
| Carter Nelson | 2024 | TE | 5.9 | 6'5" | 215 | Ainsworth, NE | 76 |
We just need Nelson to turn into another version of Johnny Mitchell or Junior Mitchell.
Since he's not a TE, that's not possible. Junior MILLER was bigger than any of them. It's funny, he was listed at 6'4", but in the huddle he was 2-3" taller than the 6'5" linemen.
I don't want to bust your chops. You're a good poster but Nelson was recruited as a TE and has started at WR because of his lack of TE size at this point.
Unfortunately I don’t think Bullock is the answer. Outside of his double block against Purdue, he has been a large part of our perimeter blocking getting blown up on the pass plays at the LOS.
Agreed, Bullock is a mediocre blocker and a less than mediocre receiver. In addition to lacking experience, our receivers coach seems to lack any sort of creativity. Get Barney, Rhamir, and Lloyd out there at the same time. Get Nelson or HH out there at the same time as Fidone. Get Coleman ready to play. Stop beating the same dead horse with roster alignments that have proven not to work that well.
I think he needs to put on 30-40 lbs to be a legit TE. I get the impression Rhule doesn't think it is worth bulking up an explosive athlete like that. Seen too many players bulk up and do nothing. Would rather leave him at WR.
With what TE's are tasked with in the current day, it's pretty much a distinction without a difference. There's a lot of formations now where a "tight end" splits out wide, and hard to see much of a difference between that and a slot receiver.
I disagree with all of that. He's a WR right now, but long term projects as a TE. And by "premium" comment, that would be Malik Nabers or Marvin Harrison, Jr. Elite athletes who have excelled against the best competition. If anyone else thought he was that great, he would already be getting tons of targets on a team that hasn't had a passing TD in a month.
He just got moved to WR. These other guys played there all of their lives and not in Ainsworth. I think you have to consider that this is the first season the kid has played above Nebraska Class D2 competition and there's a considerable transition.
What you just portrayed is the shittiest program in the world to play for. Jesus, you're suggesting that other teams develop your players for you and then you sop them up somehow to be backups on your team? What you're suggesting is the total Prime approach, a program that if it were in the B10 would now be 2-6 at best.
You should really read what was written. I wrote nothing about getting drafted after three years so that point is irrelevant.
I think that applies more to skill players. On the lines, a coach may recruit a kid who is athletic for their size, but needs more robustness and coaching to be able to excel at the position.
Maybe, but the premise is still the same, next year's starting OL is going to be/ Jrs and Soph, and that is assuming Lutovsky isn't beat out by someone. On the DL with the exception of Jeudy and Butler if they return, the 2 deep is going to be all Soph and Juniors. Now you have 2 classes to bring in high school players and get them up to speed. IF a OL or DL isn't playing until their 4th year, then you haven't done a good enough job recruiting linemen, in my opinion.
I did read what you wrote, and you're response ^^^ is equally crazy and pretty much the opposite of what you said initially.
No one is giving up on Coleman, you just don't need 5 years to see what he can do on a football field.
I’m not saying give up on Coleman. But it’s not normal for someone to get a lot of playing time as a true freshman, and then be a declared redshirt without a significant injury before the season even starts. Even more strange when he is a rare athlete. Something is amiss.
His lack of playing at all is definitely concerning, but the extreme lack of depth was why he played so much last year. Didn't Doss start a game or 2 and now he's at corner? We have to build a better roster so we aren't put in those positions anymore.
We’ve stayed extremely healthy so far this year
I didn't really understand that move either. WR is a much bigger need than corner. We don't need to be in a rush to move guys away from our biggest need. That said, a more experienced WR coach probably puts up a fight against that and also gets his guys ready to play, not redshirting in year 2.
Coleman got to campus in June of 2023 and was forced into action because of massive injuries to our WRs. He would have redshirted in 2023 if not for that and probably wouldn't have gotten injured.
