Wow, just watched Jaylin Bradley's Vids

[Nate004]

I guess we'll just agree to disagree on Jaylin being better than 5 star Ahman, 4 star Horne, and Calvin Jones. Glad we got the steal of the Century in Jaylin. Top 3 RB in the country right in our backyard with no offers.

Come on, are you really that dense man? He had no offers because he questionable to qualify until just this week! Other than that, if and when he did qualify he was a lock to Nebraska, so why would any other school waste their time? I have no idea if he's as good as the other 3 you listed above, that's debatable and I won't get into that. But the no offers thing is just crazy talk.

 

[cornhustler]

What lol. It is my opinion.. not my fault they end up being right. Are people really disagreeing that Ahman, jones, and horne weren't better RBs than Jaylin?? I thought we were known for having the most intelligent fans.

Horne was beaten out by Steve Hicks at Prep and transferred to Central. He then washed out at DONU. Bradley could easily be better than Horne.

 

[WestCoastCornhusker2]

I can only go by what I see with my own eyes.

Ahman was definitely faster straight line runner at same age though.

 

[jflores]

I'm not sure why we're all overly concentrated on home run, big play ability. Not that its not important, but...

NU's chief ail is that it lacks consistency to go with the few YOLO moments we have in a typical game.

If we had a back with good vision and could make a nice cut with decisiveness, who consistently gets 4,5 yards and busts off 10,15,20 here and there, we'd be a million percent better team.

When we start beating Iowa and Wisconsin and stopped getting stuffed at the LOS, I'll start worry about a guy who can outrun the other 21 to the endzone. The five yards behind and just in front of the LOS is where our battle is.

 

[HBK4life]

Ahman was definitely faster straight line runner at same age though.

Ahman turned in legit 4.3 40's at combine.

 

[BigRedballz]

I would put him above Horne and in the same category as Jones- maybe slightly better. That doesn't mean he will have a better career at NU than Jones because Jones had the benefit of Uncle Milt's lines and TO calling plays. Bradley doesn't have the speed or strength of Ahman so he clearly falls below Ahman imo, although I think he is a more natural running back than Ahman with better vision and lateral movement. His style reminds me a little of Tony Dorsett without Tony's top end speed. If he can put on 20-25 lbs of muscle without losing the lateral moves he will be a beast. I know that is pretty high praise and maybe some hyperbole but I'm really excited about him coming on board.

 

[c3ntral08]

I am also a Central Alum and have significant pride in my alma mater, however we can not judge Bradley without his full body of work. Ahman and Calvin were beasts and and turned into tremendous college RBs with both moving on to the NFL. Horne had some bad luck with coaching changes at NU, ended up transferring to Northern Iowa and had a nice career there. Didn't end up with the 'final' step that Green and Jones did.

IMO Bradley has a ways to go to reach the level of Green or Jones, but the kid has talent and fits our offensive scheme pretty well. I hope he puts in the time and effort in both athletics and academics that will allow us to speak of him the same way we do some of the former NU greats. I am definitely rooting for him, rather than downplaying his capabilities, unlike another former Central alum who sounds like they would rather be right, instead of root for the kid to succeed.

I don't give one sh*t if you wear husker gear at a game, what you say on this board, anonymously, makes you look like a tool. You are probably the guy, that we all have had to sit next to at the stadium, that bitches about the players and coaches the entire game. Enjoy your half empty drink.

When did I ever down play his capabilities?? The OP stated he was the best RB prospect in this state since Sayers...that's false, IMO. Never once hinted I wanted the kid to fail but whatever you say. You're probably one of those fans that judges a fans loyalty from message board posting

 

[c3ntral08]

Yup and Josh Jones was better than Antoine Young (sarcasm). Made me bring out the West versus Central Alum battle LOL

Well Jones was better, until he had open heart surgery his senior year of HS.

 

[cornhustler]

When did I ever down play his capabilities?? The OP stated he was the best RB prospect in this state since Sayers...that's false, IMO. Never once hinted I wanted the kid to fail but whatever you say. You're probably one of those fans that judges a fans loyalty from message board posting

Correct! You don't need to add IMO, lol, you are stating facts.

 

[c3ntral08]

Correct! You don't need to add IMO, lol, you are stating facts.

Is it a fact? Others seem to strongly disagree.

 

[coach00036]

Agreed but he also faced better talent in class A and didn't have the work ethic and want to. Jaylin seems to have that which is great. I feel like he's going to be in for a rude awakening when he gets to college and sees what D1 competition is like. He's tiny.. but maybe he can be a great pass catching back. Who knows. I'll never agree that he's one of the best RBs to come out of this state tho

I don't know about tiny...He's 6'0", 195. Horne was 6'0", 200 heading into his junior year at Nebraska. Bradley also had double the yards/TD's of Horne during their senior years of high school. I would agree that Class A talent is down some, but not THAT much.

 

[huskerfan830]

Well Jones was better, until he had open heart surgery his senior year of HS.

Case closed: http://dataomaha.com/documents/a-century-of-high-fives-in-state-hoops

For others: sorry for going off topic.

Quick edit. Only thing Josh was better head to head at was shooting.

 

[Mr.Scary13]

My opinion, Ahman and Jones, didn't have anywhere close to the same vision and movement as Jaylin, they were different backs, bigger and much more north south.

This kid is going to be good IMO, but stop with the being better than A Green. He was rated as the #1 or #2 back in the country coming out of high school. Nebraska will probably never produce another back that highly rated again.

 

[gomerxx]

Ken Clark would be good enough for me. That's who I think he could become similar to...if he adds some weight

 

[WestCoastCornhusker2]

This kid is going to be good IMO, but stop with the being better than A Green. He was rated as the #1 or #2 back in the country coming out of high school. Nebraska will probably never produce another back that highly rated again.

Ahman was faster and stronger and also had the raters infuence of NU national title . Nebraska kids get no respect now, no matter how good they are. Bold prediction but I'm sticking to it.

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

Ahman was faster and stronger and also had the raters infuence of NU national title . Nebraska kids get no respect now, no matter how good they are. Bold prediction but I'm sticking to it.

He's gonna run for more than 9200 yards and 60 TDs in the NFL? That is very bold.

 

[WestCoastCornhusker2]

He's gonna run for more than 9200 yards and 60 TDs in the NFL? That is very bold.

We'll just have to wait and see, i'm excited. Hoping he has the inner work ethic, he has the talent. Gale Sayers had half the NFL rushing yards and TDs as Ahman.

 

[c3ntral08]

Case closed: http://dataomaha.com/documents/a-century-of-high-fives-in-state-hoops

For others: sorry for going off topic.

Quick edit. Only thing Josh was better head to head at was shooting.

Jones was never the same after his heart surgery; That was obvious to anyone who watched him his first 3 years of HS. AY was great and of course had the better college career but this point is mute because of what Josh went through. AY did have my favorite HS dunk of all time over Ronnell at the Eagles nest in 2007.

 

[coach00036]

Jones was never the same after his heart surgery; That was obvious to anyone who watched him his first 3 years of HS. AY was great and of course had the better college career but this point is mute because of what Josh went through. AY did have my favorite HS dunk of all time over Ronnell at the Eagles nest in 2007.

Yeah, i agree. In high school, Jones>Young, easy.

 

[huskerfan830]

Jones was never the same after his heart surgery; That was obvious to anyone who watched him his first 3 years of HS. AY was great and of course had the better college career but this point is mute because of what Josh went through. AY did have my favorite HS dunk of all time over Ronnell at the Eagles nest in 2007.

Strong argument that his Senior year (after heart surgery) was his best. Averaged something like 19 ppg. Jones' story is indeed inspirational and much accolades for coming back from something like that being so young. It's a testament to being very mentally strong at a young age. When comparing the two, I think that story gave a media slanted advantage to Jones both in HS and college. I get the feel even CU fans get caught up in the journey and try to put them on the same level with their college careers, which is damn near blasphemous.

 

[huskerfan830]

Yeah, i agree. In high school, Jones>Young, easy.

Better handles - Young
More Explosive aka Athletic -Young
Made their own offense better - Young
Speed - Young
Shooter - Jones
Defense - Wash (I don't think either was stellar).

Again Jones had a strong senior year in HS after surgery, but his game was very average in college whereas Young had a solid career. Reason for that is all the attributes above.

 

[NikkiSixx]

Question, what high school in Omaha had the best run defense this year? If someone knows, I want to go watch that individual game highlight tape on Hudl if it's there. I think he looks pretty fluid from the film I saw, but curious who was the stiffest competition this year?

 

[huskerfan830]

Millard West and Burke would have been considered the best competition on their regular schedule. North was the best competition they faced and easily the second best team in the state.

 

[SeaOfRed75]

He's gonna run for more than 9200 yards and 60 TDs in the NFL? That is very bold.

No sh!t. I have not watched Bradley play at all. I hope he is going to be great for us.

But its like people forget how f@cking good Ahman was. Its like they forget he is the all time leading rusher for an NFL franchise like the Packers. Good lord.

 

[NikkiSixx]

Millard West and Burke would have been considered the best competition on their regular schedule. North was the best competition they faced and easily the second best team in the state.

Thanks for the info. He looks pretty good against all three of those teams to me. Like any recruit, they need to put in the work at the next level. I think he's a pretty gifted athlete from the looks of things.

 

[jflores]

I guess we'll just agree to disagree on Jaylin being better than 5 star Ahman, 4 star Horne, and Calvin Jones. Glad we got the steal of the Century in Jaylin. Top 3 RB in the country right in our backyard with no offers.

Offers are a curious thing.

Look at the latest tweet about Elijah Blades (which was 10 minutes ago), who is one of the top DB's in that nation.

ELIJAH - BLADES™ Retweeted
Keith Miller‏@CoachKeith_XOS 22 Feb 2016


Surprised more teams haven't moved to offer Muir HS 6'2 CB Elijah Blades. Very skilled, athletic and physical. He should end up w 12+



A guy this touted does typically have a couple to a few dozen offers.

 

[jflores]

And right on cue, Crabtree helps us out.

Jeremy CrabtreeVerified account‏@jeremycrabtree 5m5 minutes ago

Jeremy Crabtree Retweeted ⭐️MR. PRESIDENT⭐️

ICYMI, really, really, really like this addition for #Huskers. Have feeling years later people are going to ask why so lightly recruited.https://twitter.com/BradleyJaylin/status/817206938874368001…

Jeremy Crabtree added,

 

[GBRhuskers]

You guys need to figure out how to embed a tweet.

 

[jflores]

You guys need to figure out how to embed a tweet.

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I work in a secure location and my regular internet machine is so locked down I can't do that.

 

[Mr.Scary13]

Ahman was faster and stronger and also had the raters infuence of NU national title . Nebraska kids get no respect now, no matter how good they are. Bold prediction but I'm sticking to it.

Don't take this as me dogging the kid, but he's no A Green, and I'll leave it at that.

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

You guys need to figure out how to embed a tweet.

View embedded media

Or that peddler could just rate him higher?

 

[TruHusker]

Come on, are you really that dense man? He had no offers because he questionable to qualify until just this week! Other than that, if and when he did qualify he was a lock to Nebraska, so why would any other school waste their time? I have no idea if he's as good as the other 3 you listed above, that's debatable and I won't get into that. But the no offers thing is just crazy talk.

Evidence/proof of this or your opinion?

Schools including Nebraska have offered kids who were not qualified in the past and never made it to campus.

 

[GBRhuskers]

Evidence/proof of this or your opinion?

The Iowa board said they were waiting on his grades to make an offer. Is that good enough for you?

Word didn't get out about him getting the needed ACT score, read the LJS article.

Bradley found out his score at midnight. He called his high school coach 20 minutes later. High school coach reached out to Riley, Huskers offered, Bradley committed. It happened so fast, just like coach Riley rumored to have told all involved from the very beginning.

 

[TruHusker]

The Iowa board said they were waiting on his grades to make an offer. Is that good enough for you?

Word didn't get out about him getting the needed ACT score, read the LJS article.

Bradley found out his score at midnight. He called his high school coach 20 minutes later. High school coach reached out to Riley, Huskers offered, Bradley committed. It happened so fast, just like coach Riley rumored to have told all involved from the very beginning.

The Iowa board is a great source, hope it is as accurate as this one. But I guess that is right, nothing has to be accurate on a message board.

He was talking about Iowa Western? Where was conversations with other schools which is a bit unusual? I am glad he buckled down and got the test score he needed. By the sounds of things, he must have been a ways off prior to this last test. Good for the kid.

 

[GBRhuskers]

The Iowa board is a great source, hope it is as accurate as this one. But I guess that is right, nothing has to be accurate on a message board.

He was talking about Iowa Western? Where was conversations with other schools which is a bit unusual? I am glad he buckled down and got the test score he needed. By the sounds of things, he must have been a ways off prior to this last test. Good for the kid.

So Iowa fans are lying when they say they were waiting on his ACT score? Come on man, you asked for an example and I gave you one.

He was talking about IWCC because that's where he was going, till he got the ACT score.

If you want to be a wall about it, just let me know and I'll quit responding.

 

[inWV]

So Iowa fans are lying when they say they were waiting on his ACT score? Come on man, you asked for an example and I gave you one.

He was talking about IWCC because that's where he was going, till he got the ACT score.

If you want to be a wall about it, just let me know and I'll quit responding.

Figured that was the case w/IWCC. Don't quite understand the negative Nancys here. Kid is a damn good back, local boy who solved qualification issues. Glad he was able to achieve a big dream.

 

[WestCoastCornhusker2]

Don't take this as me dogging the kid, but he's no A Green, and I'll leave it at that.

Different for sure, at this point not as big fast and sttong but i have seen someone take on pe

Don't take this as me dogging the kid, but he's no A Green, and I'll leave it at that.

Judging from when they both left high school, i like Jaylin he isn't as big and fast but can do things with insane vision i haven't seen someone out of Nebraska high school do. If he was graduating

Figured that was the case w/IWCC. Don't quite understand the negative Nancys here. Kid is a damn good back, local boy who solved qualification issues. Glad he was able to achieve a big dream.

I'll be looking to repost this thread in about 8 to19 months, depending on redshirt. I think he has room to increase his speed if trains right.

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

You know a great RB from Nebraska that people forget about because his career in Lincoln fizzled out so fast?

Corey Young

What the heck was the matter with him anyways? Wasn't he in love or something, or was it something else stupid?