Nebraska fans fired up for Frost’s 1st class
Nebraska fans must be eager to see new coach Scott Frost’s first recruting class.
Nebraska's spring football game at 85,000-seat Memorial Stadium — the first under Frost — sold out one day after tickets went on sale.
The school announced Wednesday morning that all tickets were gone for the April 21 scrimmage at 85,000-seat Memorial Stadium. By early afternoon, a seller on the secondary market was asking $599 for a seat on the 50-yard line that has a face value of $10.
Frost, a former Cornhuskers quarterback who grew up in Nebraska, was hired away from UCF in December. He led the Knights to a 13-0 record last season.
Signing day started on a bright note for Frost, with four-star defensive end Caleb Tannor of Lithonia, Ga., picking the Cornhuskers over Florida, Auburn, Mississippi and Mississippi State.
Five-star cornerback Patrick Surtain Jr. committed to Alabama. The son of the former NFL player by the same name was considered the top unsigned prospect left to commit. The Tide beat out LSU and Miami and might have ensured a top-three overall class by landing Surtain.
It was quite a signing ceremony at American Heritage High School in Florida. Surtain's teammate and fellow star cornerback, Tyson Campbell, announced he would sign with Georgia, picking the Bulldogs over Miami and Alabama.
Andrew Chatfield kicked it off at American Heritage. The four-star defensive end chose Florida over Miami, with the help of a Chuckie doll.
The grandson of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is carrying on the family tradition at Arkansas.
John Stephen Jones signed with the Razorbacks on Wednesday, and his granddad attended the signing ceremony at Highland Park High School, not far from downtown Dallas. The younger Jones led the Scots to consecutive Class 5A Texas state championships.
Jerry Jones was a lineman on the 1964 Arkansas team that went 11-0 and finished No. 2 in the Associated Press rankings with a 10-7 win over Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl.
Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones, John Stephen's dad, also played at Arkansas.
John Stephen Jones had offers from Texas Tech, Kansas and SMU.
The top-rated player in the state of Alabama is going to Clemson.
Wide receiver Justyn Ross from Phenix City picked Clemson on signing day Wednesday, joining another top 10 class for Dabo Swinney and the Tigers.
Pulling Ross away from the in-state Crimson Tide might have been enough to keep Alabama from cracking the top-three in the final class rankings.
Tanner McKee from California, the highest rated quarterback still uncommitted entering signing day, picked Stanford over Alabama, Texas A&M, BYU and Texas.
But the Cardinal will have to wait two years for the four-star McKee to suit up in the Pac 12. McKee is a Mormon and will do a twoyear LDS church mission before attending college . ...
This is a lighter national signing day than usual because the majority of prospects signed in December. Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald made that point clear early Wednesday morning when he tweeted “6:34 a.m. that's a wrap on #NSD18 and #NUView18.”
Fitzgerald's tweet came after he announced the early-morning signings of offensive lineman Sam Stovall and defensive back A.J. Hampton.
The rest of Northwestern's class had signed in December.