Huskers Announce Recruiting Class

Lincoln --

Nebraska Football Coach Bill Callahan announced the signing of 18 players to National Letters-of-Intent to play football at the University of Nebraska Wednesday afternoon. The class, which includes 16 high school seniors and two junior college transfers, consists of players from 11 different states, including five high school seniors from the state of Nebraska.

Complete bios are available by clicking on the names listed below ,and quotes from Coach Callahan will be available following this afternoon's press conference. For HuskersNside subscribers, video highlights are also available on the class of 2004.

               

Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown	High School/Junior College
Jordan Adams*	QB	6-3	195	Santee, Calif.	West Hills/Grossmont College
Adam Blankenship	DE	6-3	230	Tulsa, Okla.	Union
Lance Brandenburgh	LB	6-1	220	Overland Park, Kan.	St. Thomas Aquinas
Andy Christensen	OL	6-3	275	Bennington, Neb.	Bennington
Beau Davis	QB	6-4	185	Venice, Calif.	Venice
Joe Ganz	QB	6-3	190	Palos Heights, Ill.	Stagg
Cortney Grixby	DB	5-9	160	Omaha, Neb.	Central
Mike Huff	OL	6-5	305	Ralston, Neb.	Ralston
Brandon Jackson	RB	6-0	220	Horn Lake, Miss.	Horn Lake
Michael Keenan	LB	6-2	220	Kansas City, Mo.	Oak Park
Lydon Murtha	OL	6-8	305	Hutchinson, Minn.	Hutchinson
Danny Muy	OL	6-4	270	Tallahassee, Fla.	Lincoln
Terrence Nunn	WR	6-0	185	Houston, Texas	Cypress Falls
Santino Panico	ATH	6-0	200	Libertyville, Ill.	Libertyville
Clayton Sievers	TE	6-4	230	Elkhorn, Neb.	Elkhorn
Ty Steinkuhler	DE	6-3	235	Lincoln, Neb.	Southwest
Nathan Swift	WR	6-3	185	Hutchinson, Minn.	Hutchinson
Cornealius Thomas**	OL	6-6	300	Honolulu, Hawaii	Farrington/City College of San Francisco
*–Will enter Nebraska as a sophomore, transferring from Grossmont (Calif.) CC
**-Will enter Nebraska as a junior, transferring from the City College of San Francisco

The Class Breakdown:
Total: 18
Freshmen: 16
Junior College Transfers: 2

By State:

• Nebraska (5): Christensen (Bennington); Grixby (Omaha); Huff (Ralston); Sievers (Elkhorn); Steinkuhler (Lincoln)
• California (2): Adams (Santee); Davis (Venice)
• Illinois (2): Ganz (Palos Hills); Panico (Libertyville)
• Minnesota (2): Swift (Hutchinson); Murtha (Hutchinson)
• Florida (1): Muy (Tallahassee)
• Hawaii (1): Thomas (Honolulu)
• Kansas (1): Brandenburgh (Overland Park)
• Mississippi (1): Jackson (Horn Lake)
• Missouri (1): Keenan (Kansas City)
• Oklahoma (1): Blankenship (Tulsa)
• Texas (1): Nunn (Houston)

By Position (First Position Listed):

• Offense (12): Adams, QB; Christensen, OL; Davis, QB; Ganz, QB; Huff, OL; Jackson, RB; Murtha, OL; Muy, OL; Nunn, WR; Sievers, TE; Swift, WR; Thomas, OL
• Defense (5): Blankenship, DE; Brandenburgh, LB; Grixby, DB; Keenan, LB; Sievers, LB; Steinkuhler, DE
• Athlete (1): Panico