Nebraska Fans: Prince Amukamara?

Prince will bust because your friend likes the Cornhuskers or are you asking for our opinion on whether we buy into the Prince hype??

But now picking at 13 its unknown who will fall to us, i really don’t have a must have in the 1st round it could go in many direction. I think Prince needs to have a decent combine mainly his 40, i trust in Mayhew, Schwartz and Gun to continue with there success in the draft and scouting players.

When I look at any Mocks or Boards of the gurus, almost all of them have Prince going between # 7 and # 11. There has been some chatter that he might fall to the Lions at # 13, but nobody is mocking that. Wes Bunting has been pretty vocal that Prince is not a top ten pick, and backs it up by mocking him at # 17, but everyone else still has him near the top ten. Lets see how the combine plays out.

Last year seemed like everybody wanted a piece of Donovan Warren. In the Preseason he was graded by some websites to be drafted in the late first and second round… then he moved back to the third… then the 5th… and then day 3 of the draft comes and he goes un-drafted.

Like Latif mentioned – creating this post on Nebraska’s SBN website should’ve been the first move – however should you do that Twan, please, link it to this post. I know Warren FAILED my eye test consistantly… while still getting praise by some. Amukamara probably isn’t in the same boat as Warren – but when the red flag is there it should be investigated.

Its important to note as well – that once the reputation of a player has been built its hard to change that perspective. Regression – if he had been screwing up the last hand full of games then I am sure NFL teams are going to recognize what fundamental broke down. Could be as easy or tough as fixing a baseball swing.

Players will move up and down in the next 2 months. I really do not have a fear of anyone that Mayhew drafts will bust.

move him to SS. I think I read in a couple of places that Prince could make a great safety. He’s kind of in the same boat as Malcom Jenkins from that other school

I don’t see how he could be a bust. Even if he doesn’t turn out to be a top-tier corner, he will still be a good football player and will contribute in some way. Prince struggled at times, but he is a really really good CB. If anyone says spped is the reason he isn’t going to be a good CB, then that is just the stereotype going around right now. Speed isn’t the be-all-end-all of NFL players, and even if he isn’t a 4.3 guy he will still be fast enough to play CB. What he struggled with is playing against bigger guys and getting vertical to break up passes. He still needs to work on his technique a bit, but every prospect does. Remember, he’s only been playing defense for a couple of years, so he theoretically still has plenty of room to grow. He’s going through a full combine, so he has nothing to hide.

I got no proof, I got no stats, but I feel if Prince is going to succeed in the NFL, it will be with the Lions.

I can only say that with an incredible D-line, Prince put up great numbers (Junior year). The Lions not only have an incredible D-line, they have one of his Junior year lineman (nothing new there).

I don’t know what that means for the Lions, or what happened to him his Senior year. Nebraska still had a great D-line (how can you not drop a little with the loss of Suh).

I think this is all moot as Prince will not be there at 13. Without any Bradfords or Suhs at the top, this could be the draft to trade up. I just wonder if Management would/could mayhew him from some other team?