WR, 6-4, 210, Eureka, Calif.
(San Francisco (Calif.) City College/Eureka HS)
Maurice Purify, a 6-4, 210-pound wide receiver from City College of San Francisco (Calif.) Community College comes to Nebraska as one of the nation’s highest touted junior college wide receivers. He is one of eight Californians in the recruiting class. Husker senior offensive tackle Cornealius Fuamatu-Thomas also attended CityCollege before coming to Nebraska. Purify, originally from Eureka (Calif.) High School, earned 2005 California Community College Football Coaches Association first-team All-America honors and Region I first-team All-California honors at wide receiver in helping lead Coach George Rush's City College squad to a 10-2 season that ended with a 41-38 loss in the junior college state championship game, a game in which Purify earned offensive MVP honors. Purify earned a five-star rating from Scout.com, while earning four stars from Rivals.com. He also ranks as the 17th-best junior college prospect in the nation according to Rivals.com. As a freshman, Purify had 24 receptions for 444 yards and 11 touchdowns. As a sophomore, he recorded an impressive 68 catches for 1,318 yards and 19 touchdowns in earning first-team JC-Gridwire All-America honors. Purify is ranked No. 5 on the SuperPrep JUCO 100. College Football News ranks Purify as the sixth-best junior college prospect in the country and the top junior college wide receiver in the nation. He chose Nebraska after also receiving offers from Arizona, Kentucky, OregonState and Washington. Purify is an uncle of former Colorado tailback Bobby Purify. Purify, the son of Mary Purify-Skillman, was born on January 17, 1986.