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Thursday, January 10, 2013

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2013 NU basketball recruit Wisconsin wing Nick Fuller has turned into a recruiter. When 2013 power forward recruit Matthew Atewe of Notre Dame (Mass) Prep made his official visit last weekend, Fuller was there to make a hard sell. Fuller thinks Atewe is close to becoming the fourth 2013 recruit.

The other two recruits are Texas guard Nathan Hawkins and New Zealand guard Tai Webster.

Fuller's senior year at Sun Prairie (Wis) High School has gone well. His team is 10-1. He is currently averaging 26 points and 10 rebounds. Earlier this year he broke the career scoring record at his high school.

Shawn Eichorst, our new athletic director, said that "This is about us. It isn't about me." Eichorst says he wants to be firm, fair and consistent.  Welcome to Nebraska Shawn!

The Beacher Report has projected the defensive depth chart for 2013. Here it is.

DE- Jason Ankruh, Randy Gregory, Walter Ashburn

DE-Avery Moss, Greg McMullin, Donovan Vestal

DT-Chase Rome, Kevin Williams, Tobi Okuyemi

DT-Vincent Valentine, Thaddeus Randle, Jay Guy

Randy Gregory is a JUCO recruit in this year's class.

MIKE-David Santos, Michael Rose, Trevor Roach, Josh Banderas

WILL-Zaire Anderson, Thomas Brown, Marcus Newby

BUCK-Jared Alfalava, Max Pirman,Thomas Brown

S-Harvey Jackson, Stanley Jean Baptiste, Seth Jameson

S-Mohammed Seisay, Corey Cooper, Wil Richards

CB-Andrew Green, Ciante Evans, LeRoy Alexander

CB-Jonathan Rose, Charles Jackson, Josh Mitchell

NICKEL/PESO-Corey Cooper, Ciante Evans, Thomas Brown

A lot of new names and some good talent.

Back to NU basketball recruit Matthew Atewe.  Duke has talked to him but has not made a scholarship offer. Atewe is called a late bloomer. He now is up to 30 scholarship offers. He has visited Kansas State and Auburn.Last weekend he made an official visit to Nebraska. He plans to take all five of his official visits before he decides his choice in Murch.

Atewe wants to play right away and he will have a great chance to do that at Nebraska.

Nebraska is expected to get a visit soon from Toronto native Kevin Thomas, a 6-9 forward at Palm Beach College in Florida. He's a former Texas commit who came from the same AAU program that produced Longhorn players Cory Joseph, Tritan Thompson and Myck Kabongo.

Thomas recently received an offer from Clemson, while Minnesota is also showing interest.

Nebraska also continues to evaluate Leslee Smith, a 6-7, 255-pound forward from Seward County (Kan) Community College. Smith, a Texa native, transferred to Seward after playing last season at SMU.

The spring signing period begins April 17.

Nebraska recently offered Kevin Maurice, a defensive tackle from Florida, a scholarship. He quickly committed to Nebraska. Defensive tackle is a top priority for the Huskers.

NU has just received a commit from California's top running back Terrell Newby. He is a Rivals 100 recruit. Accoeding to the ratings this is NU's top pick in this year's class. NU has already received a commit from Texas's top running back Adam Taylor.

Earlier Malick Collins commmitted to NU. He is another defensive lineman. He is 6'5" 285 lbs and is from Kansas City, Missouri.

Scott Shafer is the new coach at Syracuse. He was formally the defensive coordinator for the Orange.

Penn St backup tailback Curtis Dukes has left the team.

Alabama coach Nick Saban has added to his national championship winning staff, bringing in former Colorado defensive coordinator Greg Brown to coach the secondary.

By Sporting News standards, Alabama has the top recruiting class so far this year. Michigan is second and Texas A & M is third. Ohio State is fifth. Two teams from the Big 10 in the Top 10 should start to improve the overall national reputation of the Big 10.

Nascar team changes include Danica Patrick racing for Tony Stewart's team. Matt Kenseth goes to Joe Gibb Racing and Joey Logano goes to Penske Racing.

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