Omar Brown/Transfer Portal

[UNI92]

Got 0 snaps this past weekend in Nebraska's win over Indiana. Not sure if he was injured or not?
Regardless, he hasn't played much in Lincoln. Makes a statement that the grass isn't always greener.
Not sure if there was any NIL money available in Lincoln or if he left for other reasons but starting to think it was a bad move. 3 games played with 2 tackles.
Kolarevic has played in 5 games with 15 total tackles. Not exactly crushing it either.
Any visions of a pro career will go out the window if you can't put anything on tape (I.e. Xavier Williams)
Just my thoughts after reading the box score the other day.

[pnthr53]

You can make the pros out of fcs football. Transfer portal works for some but not all.

[UNI92]

Exactly. Can't advance with nothing on tape. I hope any future FCS football players are watching and realize that their best path is to stay put.

[ronfitch]

Exactly. Can't advance with nothing on tape. I hope any future FCS football players are watching and realize that their best path is to stay put.

And more than a few FBS players will get significant playing time and find themselves on watchlists (see Benny Sapp III) going to an FCS school.

Sapp, Dom Williams, Quan Hampton, Theo Day all greatly increased their playing time and are impact players for UNI this season (and last season). Cordarrius Bailey has been am impact player this year. Dylan Boles and Peter Udoibok are grad students who have gotten playing time.

Even if there is not a goal of getting to the NFL, this has to be a lot more fun for them (I hope, anyway). They've all been a big part of this team - there are a few more FBS transfers on the roster, too.

[06panther10]

There is no question in my mind that Xavior Williams and Omar Brown are NFL players if they never left UNI. They were both awesome here and already on draft radars.

At least they got that Big 10 patch on their jerseys…

[06panther10]

There is no question in my mind that Xavior Williams and Omar Brown are NFL players if they never left UNI. They were both awesome here and already on draft radars.

At least they got that Big 10 patch on their jerseys…

To follow up on this, really sad to see how this turned out for both guys.

Both guys basically threw away away their senior seasons after building All American careers at UNI with NFL resumes.

Poor decisions.

[clenz]

Omar did appear in 11 of 12 games. I'm assuming almost exclusively special teams.

5 total tackles - 1 solo and 4 assisted
0 any other stat

Maybe he can actually get a defensive rep next year?

Doubtful. Looking at the 2 deep from the Iowa game for Nebraska

CB1 was a JR and will be back.
CB2 was a FR and will be back
CB3 was a JR and will be back
CB 4 was a senior and won't be back as far as I can tell. It's telling this guy was listed before Omar though. The first sentence in his bio is "A late addition to the roster, Brandon Moore has played in 10 games this season despite not joining the team until August."

So the top 3 are back and a guy who joined the team after camp opened was a head of him.

Omar is listed as a Nickle - but is behind a sophomore.

Rhule is a 4-3 guy and isn't known for making a ton of adjustments to scheme/system. TDB how much Nickle he'd run, or if Omar gets any reps at all given, he is already the back-up and behind multiple other corners and safeties (he isn't listed in the top 6 for PT as a safety and all 6 of them are back next year)


Kolarevic played in all 12 games as a rotation piece in the LB group - 10 solo tackles, 1 TFL.

Big time numbers that will definitely get NFL looks far more than the 100 tackles he'd have had at UNI with the extra TFL and what not.

[BCPanther]

If you're going to get exposed, do it after the check has already cleared...

[DownGoesKansas]

Unrelated to this: EJ Warner had a hell of a True Freshman season at temple. Just threw for 527 in a game

[pnthr53]

Any more news from the portal for guys coming in or going out? I would like to see a smooth offseason without any major shakeups. Improve the defense and another year of the offense....like to see where it might take us. 2023 schedule isn't ideal but it sure beats 2024.

[ronfitch]

Any more news from the portal for guys coming in or going out? I would like to see a smooth offseason without any major shakeups. Improve the defense and another year of the offense....like to see where it might take us. 2023 schedule isn't ideal but it sure beats 2024.

Seeing UNI offers to guys in the portal, mostly defense.

[clenz]

Watch for one or two more that were on the two deep to pop into the portal in the next day or two but other than that it sounds as though there’s no big surprises as of now.