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By Mike Wilkening (mwilkening@pfwmedia.com)
April 22, 2003
Chris Kelsay knew the drill: Play hard, have a hand in keeping Nebraska’s rich football tradition alive. Let up, and get up close and personal with the bench.
This is the drill at most every school, mind you. But adherence to it is particularly important at Nebraska, which, for the last decade, has sent talented, hardworking defensive linemen like Kelsay to the NFL every couple of years or so.
If USC is “Tailback U” and Penn State is “Linebacker U,” then Nebraska is “High-Motor Defensive Lineman U.”
“That’s just what they recruit,” said Kelsay, who is expected to be a first-round pick in Saturday’s draft. “They recruit a high-motor guy, and they expect it out of you when you come there. And if you don’t play that way, you’re not going to play at all.”
Before Kelsay, there was DE Kyle Vanden Bosch, the Cardinals’ second-round pick in 2001 and now preparing for his third season as a starter in Arizona. Before Vanden Bosch, there was DE Grant Wistrom, the Rams’ first-round pick in 1998. Before Wistrom were the Peter brothers. And let us not forget Raiders DT John Parrella, a second-round pick out of Nebraska in 1993.
The 6-foot-4, 273-pound Kelsay has been compared to Wistrom and Vanden Bosch. Nebraska head coach Frank Solich, who saw all three players develop, agrees with the comparison.
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April 22, 2003
Chris Kelsay knew the drill: Play hard, have a hand in keeping Nebraska’s rich football tradition alive. Let up, and get up close and personal with the bench.
This is the drill at most every school, mind you. But adherence to it is particularly important at Nebraska, which, for the last decade, has sent talented, hardworking defensive linemen like Kelsay to the NFL every couple of years or so.
If USC is “Tailback U” and Penn State is “Linebacker U,” then Nebraska is “High-Motor Defensive Lineman U.”
“That’s just what they recruit,” said Kelsay, who is expected to be a first-round pick in Saturday’s draft. “They recruit a high-motor guy, and they expect it out of you when you come there. And if you don’t play that way, you’re not going to play at all.”
Before Kelsay, there was DE Kyle Vanden Bosch, the Cardinals’ second-round pick in 2001 and now preparing for his third season as a starter in Arizona. Before Vanden Bosch, there was DE Grant Wistrom, the Rams’ first-round pick in 1998. Before Wistrom were the Peter brothers. And let us not forget Raiders DT John Parrella, a second-round pick out of Nebraska in 1993.
The 6-foot-4, 273-pound Kelsay has been compared to Wistrom and Vanden Bosch. Nebraska head coach Frank Solich, who saw all three players develop, agrees with the comparison.
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