Former 4-star running back Jamal Womble commits to NIU
by Mike Breese on Dec 29, 2010 6:36 AM CST
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PrintNorthern Illinois and Jerry Kill had offered Womble the week before the MACC when everything went completely haywire around these parts. After Kill left for Minnesota, all of a sudden Womble had an offer from the Gophers. Immediately I just pretty much assumed that the highly-touted recruit was heading there, so this commitment really took me by surprise.
Womble has been all over the place. He was a very highly sought running back out of high school in Arizona and eventually chose to go to North Carolina over a multitude of other BCS offers. USC was even interested just a few days ago.
Womble redshirted his first season at UNC. As a redshirt freshman, he ran for 41 yds on 6 carries before breaking his wrist halfway through the season. Due to academic issues, Womble transferred out of UNC following his rFR season (2009). He transferred to Hutchinson CC where Tom Matukewicz apparently recruited him to play for the Huskies and the rest is history. Womble played 9 games this past season and rushed for 712 yds and 8 TDs on 126 carries (5.7 ypc, 79.1 ypg) for the Blue Dragons.
Womble will have an opportunity to start right away in the NIU offense with Chad Spann graduating. He will graduate in December and be ready for spring practice. This is arguably the biggest recruit that NIU has ever landed. I don't know what kept this guy on with the program, but I think we can all thank Coach Tuke, Dave Doeren and the H-Bowl victory for this one.
via media.scout.com
RB Jamal Womble
Hutchinson, KS (Hutchinson C.C.)
Sierra Vista, AZ (Buena)
5'10" 230 lbs (or 6'0" 242)
Other offers: Cincinnati, Minnesota, Texas A&M, Pitt, Hawaii, Memphis, UNLV
Offers out of HS: North Carolina (verbal), Arizona State, Boston College, Louisville, Nebraska, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Purdue
Rivals Profile: 3-stars, 5.6, #4 JUCO RB, #42 JUCO
Scout Profile: 3-stars
Rivals Profile (2008): 4-stars, 5.8, #14 RB, #6 player in AZ
Scout Profile (2008): 4-stars, #13 RB
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Hmmm
You know you’re getting desperate to tout your recruits when you resort to busting out the ratings he had 3 years and 35 pounds ago. He’s a three star recruit with offers from a few middling BCS conference teams. That’s it.
And I seriously doubt that the Humanitarian Bowl had any impact on this. Do you think that anyone who wasn’t an NIU or Fresno fan was watching that game?
???
A few middling BCS conference teams? Yeah.. you’re right, all our recruits have multiple offers from BCS schools. I don’t know how that escaped me.
And kids never gain weight from high school to college.
by Grinder in Training on Dec 29, 2010 11:00 AM CST up reply actions
I'm not one to use this phrase a lot
But you sir are a hater
Red and Black Attack - Northern Illinois Pride
by Mike Breese on Dec 29, 2010 12:53 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
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Red and Black Attack - Northern Illinois Pride
by Mike Breese on Dec 29, 2010 12:52 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Again, until he enrolls and or signs the letter, we could lose him…….like the QB who rescinded his commitment and went to Illinois. What about that OL who was transferring from Illinois and the one recruit from Geneva who was going to JC, any updates on their status. Sorry for my lack of specifics with names.
Leon Hill and Frank Boenzi
Leon Hill is at Joliet Junior College. I’m not sure on his status given the coaching change. Boenzi was practicing with the Huskies this fall. Hopefully, he’ll make grades and be on board. He’s a project, though. As big as he is, I wouldn’t expect him to make much of an impact right off the bat. I’d look to Zach Anderson first as a new face on the D-line.
by ChocolateCity on Dec 30, 2010 12:59 PM CST up reply actions
What does the future hold for
Jasmine Hopkins and Cameron Bell? and what’s the chance that D. Grady moves from QB to some kind of RB/WR/hybrid position??
My predictions
Jas Hopkins and Cam Bell?
Who cares. Somebody from that RB group is going to be good. Maybe it’ll be more of a committee thing. I just have faith that we’ve got some good talent there and it’ll all be good.
Grady?
I think there’s a good chance we never see him again. He’s basically a senior next year without a position and a brand new coach who really doesn’t know anything about him. I think this might be on his mind as well and what might have led to him joining the basketball team.
What’s going to suck for him next year is if (when?) Patton gets fired and he’s on new-coach-during-senior-year-without-being-a-major-player-and-more-of-a-wildcard Round 2.
Too bad. Seems like a good kid.
Hopefully he can impress as a WR but we’re pretty stacked there as well. But, I just don’t see Doeren implementing a Wildcat offense especially when you’ve got Chandler Harnish as your QB. Why would you need Grady taking field time away from our RBs?
It might happen a time or two, I just can’t see it becoming more than just a novelty.
Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.
- John Wayne
Check out this article is says that four of NIU’s verbal commits have now decided to go with Kill to the Gophers. Anyone have any idea who they are and if we lost any studs.
http://www.huskiewire.com/articles/2011/01/09/09117167/index.xml
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