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Greg Smith
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InsideNebraska
Senior Recruiting Analyst
Greg is the senior soccer recruiting analyst at Inside Nebraska. He is been protecting Nebraska soccer since 2013 and in addition lined all the things from championship boxing occasions to the hoops Ultimate 4.
Texas vast receiver Jeremiah Charles shall be a Husker. The 2023 prospect out of Arlington Martin Excessive College dedicated to Nebraska on Monday.
Charles’ pledge offers the Huskers three commitments on the day as he joins Texas 2023 TE Ismael Smith Flores and Georgia OL transfer Jacob Hood.
Charles joins Smith Flores because the Huskers’ second dedication out of Arlington Martin, the place each had been coached by Nebraska tight ends coach Bob Wager.
It was a quick recruitment between Charles and Nebraska because the workforce provided him simply final week. Matt Rhule received a singular perspective on what sort of participant and particular person Charles is due to Wager.
Nebraska was at his highschool on Jan. 17 the place they noticed Charles play basketball. Charles won’t have recognized it going into the sport however that sport ended up being essential for his future. After placing up 22 factors that included 4 dunks Nebraska had seen sufficient. This system provided him a scholarship–his first for soccer–and set an official go to.
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In his first yr of enjoying soccer Charles caught 23 passes for 452 yards and 5 touchdowns. The Texas native is a three-sport athlete that confirmed his abilities as a triple jumper via his highschool profession.
The overhaul of the receiver room has been a precedence this offseason for Nebraska. The workforce wanted extra numbers there but in addition extra selection within the varieties of gamers within the room.
“Receiver is a spot we have to construct,” offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield mentioned Jan. 6. “We’ve received some good receivers, I simply assume we have to construct the depth there, and the several types of receivers. You don’t need all of them to look the identical and be the identical. You want totally different physique varieties.”
Charles is the sixth Texan to affix the Huskers’ 2023 recruiting class. The Lone Star State has been an intense focus for Rhule since taking on as Nebraska coach, and Charles’ dedication was the most recent instance.
Monday’s commitments of Charles and Smith Flores places the Huskers at 25 commitments within the 2023 class, and they’re now tied with Colorado for the No. 25-ranked class in the nation. Nebraska stays No. 4 within the Massive Ten – effectively forward of Iowa and trailing Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan.
