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New walk-on commit from Nebraska...

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JimmyDimes

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Shane Henderson....6' 295lbs. Looks like a good looking walk-on.

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(this was posted in another thread....but thought he is good enough to get his own thread ;) )
 
Apparently he is the #1 ranked heavyweight wrestler in the state as well. We've had success with Dlinemen who were also wrestlers....Boyle, Unrein, etc.
 
JimmyDimes said:
Apparently he is the #1 ranked heavyweight wrestler in the state as well. We've had success with Dlinemen who were also wrestlers....Boyle, Unrein, etc.
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Hoffschneider. He was built kind of like this:
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Actual picture:
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5'8, 260.
 
Asmodeanreborn said:
JimmyDimes said:
Apparently he is the #1 ranked heavyweight wrestler in the state as well. We've had success with Dlinemen who were also wrestlers....Boyle, Unrein, etc.
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Hoffschneider. He was built kind of like this:
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Actual picture:
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Dusty was a good player...but shorter and smaller than Shane. But another example of a good Dlineman who was also a good wrestler.
 
I think wrestling really trains them how to use their body in the most effective way to gain leverage on the guy across from them.

Wrestlers make good linemen and bball players make good TEs.
 
Wrestling skills for a guy that's 6' and 290+ are a huge advantage on the d line. If he's a top ranked wrestler at that weight you know he's consistently going against guys with 3-6" in height on him, and if he's winning he probably has great balance and quick feet.
 
Heard there is another walk-on commit from Nebraska. Kendall Dickson is a lb that played 8-man football for Bruning-Davenport-Shickley (BDS). Any info?
 
52mo said:
Heard there is another walk-on commit from Nebraska. Kendall Dickson is a lb that played 8-man football for Bruning-Davenport-Shickley (BDS). Any info?
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He's big: 6'4'' and 228 lb. Maybe a DE in the making
 
Do many 8man players ever receive scholarships? Seems like you could find some decent players in small places. I'd think most would have to try walking on
 
laxwyo said:
Do many 8man players ever receive scholarships? Seems like you could find some decent players in small places. I'd think most would have to try walking on
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There are a few, but it doesn't happen nearly as often as 11-man. Rashaan Salaam (Heisman Trophy winner) and Chad Greenway (2-time Pro Bowler) are 2 examples of 8-man players that turned out to be pretty good.
 
WestWYOPoke said:
laxwyo said:
Do many 8man players ever receive scholarships? Seems like you could find some decent players in small places. I'd think most would have to try walking on
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There are a few, but it doesn't happen nearly as often as 11-man. Rashaan Salaam (Heisman Trophy winner) and Chad Greenway (2-time Pro Bowler) are 2 examples of 8-man players that turned out to be pretty good.
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Didn't Jay Novacek come from an 8-man team?
 
When I first posted I was hoping to get some comments on what people were hearing and knew about Kendall Dickson. I will now tell you what you are getting. Not only is he big but he is very aggressive and plays "through the whistle". He loves to hit and is an excellent addition to the Wyoming program.
Also, Jay Novacek played 11-man in high school at Gothenburg. Interesting note is that Jay's brother Bump actually coached Dickson at (Fairfield) Sandy Creek High School in Nebraska before Dickson decided to transfer back to his home district and play for BDS. Sandy Creek played 11-man football.
By now you have probably figured out that I'm from Nebraska. I can give you a small list of 8-man players who have played Division 1 football. NU-Dean Steinkuhler, Terry Connealy, Mackovicka brothers and Shanle brothers. Current Iowa players Nate Bazata and Drew Ott. (I would compare Dickson to Ott in how they are built physically.)
A few closing questions. Does Wyoming have 8-man football? What do smaller schools play if they have limited numbers? How many classes of high school football are there in Wyoming?
 
Sounds just like the kind of guy we need and if he plays like you say, a scholarship would be in his future. Honestly, we usually don't get as much info on walk on recruits as we do scholly
 
52mo said:
A few closing questions. Does Wyoming have 8-man football? What do smaller schools play if they have limited numbers? How many classes of high school football are there in Wyoming?
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Wyoming's lowest division actually plays 6-man football.

Overall Wyo has 5 divisions, 4A (enrollment from 918 to 2439), 3A, 2A, 1A (enrollment ~150 and down), and 1A - 6-man.
 
Thanks for letting me in. I know a person can't project potential but I think the Dickson kid has a pretty good ceiling. He is a pretty good physical specimen as a senior and can only imagine how much bigger he will get once a college strength and conditioning coach gets a hold of him. Rumor has it that Nebraska came in day or after he picked Wyoming and wanted him to walk-on. That shows how inept the current NU coaching staff is if true.
 
It's great to get a non schoulership player that looks like that and good speed for his size , now we will wait for the rest of the story on why he only had 1 other offer , usually big players have several offers and I do not consider a walk on a offer. Tbh
 
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