According to Jeff Jamrog, the Director of Football Operations and a former walk-on himself under Osborne; The Huskers method is to focus first on recruiting Nebraska high schools, then canvass the area within a 500-mile radius of Lincoln. The next focus is national recruiting. Then and only then will they go to the Junior Colleges and it will only be to only fill a specific need. They Huskers have a good history of using this method in the past, with Mike Rozier in the 80's and Demorrio Williams about 5 years ago both coming from the junior college ranks.

Instead of the Junior Colleges, Pelini and company appear to be bringing back the Huskers walk-on tradition. So far, this year's they have 23 walk-on commitments. A walk on, for those of you who may be unaware, is a player who commits to go to school without the benefit of a scholarship and try's out for the football team. Osborne made this practice legendary at Nebraska, sometimes having as many as 100 walk-ons. Callahan had reduced this number to around 10-15 in his 4 years. Pelini has stated that while 100 walk-ons is a little much to handle, he hopes to have around 30-40 at any given time. Bo feels that there is many a kid in the state who has grown up dreaming to play ball at Nebraska and this gives them the chance to fulfill this dream. There have been more than 28 former walk-ons at Nebraska who wound up playing in the NFL. Among those 28 former Nebraska walk-ons who graduated to the NFL, includes such notables as Jimmy Williams, Joel Makovicka, Adam Treu, Jared Tomich and John Parrella, who together played a total of 43 professional seasons.

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JEH45 said:

	Bo is attempting to have a presence recruiting Ohio. He has connections.
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February 01, 2008
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willdogg77 said:

	roxier and williams weren't walk-ons
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Bugeatersteve said:

	Willdogg77, I think you misread my sentence. You are correct, they were junior college recruits by Osborne (Rozier) and Solich (Williams).My sentence read: "with Mike Rozier in the 80's and Demorrio Williams about 5 years ago both coming from the junior college ranks" Thanks for reading though.
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Chris said:

	Sorry, but you're wrong. "Among those 28 former Nebraska walk-ons who graduated to the NFL, includes such notables as the previously mentioned Rozier and Demorrio Williams, there has been Jimmy Williams, Joel Makovicka, Adam Treu, Jared Tomich and John Parrella, who together played a total of 43 professional seasons"
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February 02, 2008
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Bugeatersteve said:

	Chris, you are correct sir, I have modified my article to reflect the correct information.
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Lloyds Apple said:

I've been known to never let facts get in the way too. Bo would have to work hard for Ohio JEH45. Not only Tressel but Ron Zook and even Charlie Weis I anticipate cleaning up in years to come. But if I recall he's from Mooney, who is always STACKED. That has to help. The last big time Ohio guy I remember going to Lincoln that OSU wanted was a cornerback from the late 90's, I'm thinking. Hopefully someone can step up with a name 'cause it's annoying I can't think of it. He went onto the pro ranks. I'm thinking he came out the same year as Antoine Winfield, who he actually was rated higher than.

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Bugeatersteve said:

	Lloyd, Would that be DeJuan Groce from St Edward in Garland Heights, Ohio? He came to Lincoln in 1998. They also signed Matt Shook an Offensive lineman from Medina Ohio that year.
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JEH45 said:

	It was Groce, the dam traitor.
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Lloyds Apple said:

	This did not take long, Pelini picks up his first verbal from his old hs cardinal mooney. Tim Marlowe video: http://scoutingohio.com/Tim_Marlowe_Mooney.htm
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Lloyds Apple said:

	And yeah, it was Groce. Thanks for remembering Bug...
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