I know what I’m going to do, I just want to get the whole team together before we make it official.” I want to make sure I’m doing the right thing. “I want to make the best add that I can, and it’s probably going to be more than one add and using some of our support staff for graduate assistants to try to help with some things. “We have to get special teams right and we have a running back spot,” Frost said. This past season, outside linebackers’ coach Mike Dawson was coaching his position group while also handing the special teams duties. Nebraska is currently without a full-time running backs coach and special teams coordinator. > Frost said he’s close to having that 10th and final assistant coaching role filled. …I just love his demeanor, I love the way he plays, I love the aggressiveness he plays with.” “He’s right on the border of what we’re looking for size-wise, and I think, probably, some people stepped back away from him because of size. “He’s a kid who had a ton of offers early,” Frost said. He’s a prospect that the Husker staff knew about, but the recruitment came on late. > Nebraska did sign a high school offensive line recruit in New Jersey native Justin Evans-Jenkins. Again, I interviewed some really good candidates and there was probably two guys at the top at the end, but just fitting the whole staff together, it felt like he was the best fit.” “I was kind of really excited about him after that. “Everything he was saying was exactly what I believe in and I want to get done,” Frost said of Raiola. That ultimately led to Raiola being hired as Nebraska’s new offensive line coach. > Frost loved what he heard from Donovan Raiola when the two started breaking down offensive line technique when Frost was on a recruiting trip. I think he’s going to be a huge addition, and think he’s going to help out that position.” He’s a guy who I ran into on the recruiting trail some when he was recruiting for LSU and watched how hard he recruited and how much effort he put into that,” Frost said. Frost had fun hearing the old playing-days stories of new receivers coach Mickey Joseph, who was a Husker quarterback in the late 80s and early 90s. > Frost said he and his entire staff got together for a Christmas dinner with everyone’s family.
“We were shopping for quarterbacks and looking at a lot of highly-ranked guys, and I fell in love with him the minute I saw his tape,” Frost said.
Torres’ senior year was cut short with a torn ACL. Torres, from San Antonio, is a large quarterback at 6-6, 210 pounds.
> Richard Torres, Nebraska’s 2022 quarterback recruit, has elite arm talent, Frost said. “If you can’t see the game and be one step ahead and be making quick and correct decisions, then all the talent in the world doesn’t matter.” “It doesn’t matter if you can throw and run as well as anybody in the country,” Frost said. 1 trait Frost looks for in a quarterback. > Who plays quarterback for the new Whipple-Frost offense is going to need to process information quickly, which is the No. Whip’s coached at the NFL level, the college level, he’s been a head coach, a coordinator. “If I was going to share duties and turn over the offense to somebody, experience is one of the key things I was looking for. Frost said that he’s impressed by the 64-year-old Whipple and his knowledge of the game and experience. > Mark Whipple was hired as Nebraska’s new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. There are also five known additions from the transfer portal. On Thursday night, Nebraska’s four-year starter at quarterback, Adrian Martinez, announced he’s transferring to Kansas State.Įxcited for the next chapter!! #GoCats /6wxYNbYgalįrost touched on a multitude of topics during his interview, much of which dealt with the Huskers’ 2022 high school recruiting class, which saw 13 high schoolers sign their letter of intent to play at Nebraska during this week’s early signing period. “Feel good about what he have in that room, and I think both those guys are really anxious to learn some new stuff from a new guy and I think they’re looking forward to the competition whether there’s a new one or not.” It’s not a secret inside the program, either.ĭuring an appearance on ‘Sports Nightly’ Thursday night, head coach Scott Frost said he’s met with both of his remaining scholarship quarterbacks, Logan Smothers and Heinrich Haarberg, and let them know that he’d be searching for a signal caller in the transfer portal. It’s no secret to the Nebraska fanbase that the Huskers are looking for a quarterback in the transfer portal.