2020 G Donovan Williams - VC

[TheGov21 74]

13 hours ago, thrasher31 said:

He's likely waiting to get his knee fully healthy and focusing on his senior year of HS ball. 

 

Why would his knee injury affect him signing at Nebraska? 

[hhcmatt 10,549]

Michigan has guard scholarships to fill for 2020

[Dead Dog Alley 898]

10 hours ago, TheGov21 said:

 

Why would his knee injury affect him signing at Nebraska? 

 

Not saying this is the case here, but sometimes guys will go to prep school and reclassify if they haven't fully recovered from an injury.  (And I can't give any examples of this because I might be completely wrong.)

Edited Tuesday at 12:33 AM by Dead Dog Alley

[imnothipp 100]

3 hours ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

 

Not saying this is the case here, but sometimes guys will go to prep school and reclassify if they haven't fully recovered from an injury.  (And I can't give any examples of this because I might be completely wrong.)

I think he is already old for his class. I thought I read he was already or would be 19 before graduating. 

[khoock 1,177]

And to think I didnt turn 18 until two days before my first day of college. Thats quiet the physical advantage

 Not that its his fault or anything.

[hhcmatt 10,549]

The thought that DW would not sign at Nebraska because he wanted to prove first that his knee was good enough and thus he was good enough seems pretty far fetched if you think about it.  How volatile is this roster/program? I think on April 15th he's going to have a better answer for that question than he would now. I would assume that he's going to sign here unless whatever we do in the next 5 months changes that.  I would also assume he's not going to sit around without a backup plan.

[khoock 1,177]

My hope is that there is a date that is meaningful to DW in the spring and he would like to sign on that date. We need him (or someone like him) to replace Haanif Cheatham as a big guard and wing defender.

[Huskerpapa 4,345]

Perhaps....just perhaps the delay was not fully Donovan's decision. 

[hhcmatt 10,549]

Twitter profile picture no longer him in a nebraska uniform

[LK1 1,152]

Next year's roster is already interesting.  I'd guess it would be something like:

 

Mack-Burke

Green-Burke-Curtis

Banton-Thor

Stevenson-Cross-Arop

Yvan-Walker

 

Not a ton of minutes for an incoming frosh SG unless he's all world.  That said, Sallis in the 2021 class should be licking his chops to play here immediately.

 

Hope we get Williams.  I think his injury is a huge question mark, though, and I'm fascinated to see what kind of recruits this staff can pull.  

[Silverbacked1 4,039]

This is the reason why I truly feel they need to get rid of the "verbal". commitment altogether.

 

Especially for any player before his or her senior season.

 

We are talking about 16, 17 or 18 year old kids who really aren't ready to make that long of a time commitment at this time in their lives.

 

Just sign them on the day and everybody wouldn't lose their minds so much.

 

Would kill a bunch of " experts" careers though.