Carnes to visit Nebraska; reconsidering after firing of coach Jim Leavitt

[Brad]

Florida quarterback set to visit NU

By Mitch Sherman

WOLRd-HERALD STAFF WRITER

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LINCOLN — Quarterback Brion Carnes of Bradenton, Fla., will visit Nebraska on an official recruiting trip this month, according to rivals.com.

Carnes attends Manatee High School, the alma mater of former NU All-American Tommie Frazier. Frazier and Carnes are cousins, according to Joe Kinnan, who coached both quarterbacks.

Rivals.com rates the 6-foot-1, 181-pound Carnes as a four-star prospect and the nation's No. 7 dual-threat QB. He committed to South Florida in July but is reconsidering after Friday's firing of coach Jim Leavitt.

Nebraska's recruiting class does not include a quarterback.

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[windbane]

how our coaches end up has a big impact on Carnes.  We are in big trouble if we don't get him.  We already lost Mitchell to the NFL (if a team takes him) so having to move Landi back to QB would hurt at WR.

[Bull Matrix]

I can see it now. This kid will go to Nebraska and set all kinds of records, and all of us USF fans will be sitting here crying as to why we got rid of Coach Leavitt.

[Joe]

Carnes was reconsidering BEFORE Leavitt was let go. He had a visit to Nebraska set

[Bull Matrix]

Joe,

That is true that Carnes had Nebraska on his list. Also, after this story broke on Fanhouse, you can bet that a lot of recruits started to thinking about other schools. I guess in the long run, USF had to get rid of Leavitt because of the cloud that was going to follow him and the program if USF did let him stay. We are just going to have to take this hit in recruiting this year with the coaching change.

[windbane]

Carnes was reconsidering BEFORE Leavitt was let go. He had a visit to Nebraska set

Oh yeah?  Who told you that?

[slick1ru2]

I can see it now. This kid will go to Nebraska and set all kinds of records, and all of us USF fans will be sitting here crying as to why we got rid of Coach Leavitt.

Uh, no. He is gone and needs to be for what he did and how he acted after. The students are more important then the coach's ego. There will be other prime players that will come to USF.

[slick1ru2]

Carnes needs to go and see all that Lincoln has to offer. I think he will be back. lol.

[Livingthedream]

If Carnes does not like cold weather, he won't be going to Nebraska, but that does not mean he will be back at USF.  He has options to go almost anywhere he wants. 

[cptkid570]

So, he's going there in January??  It will be freeeeezing!

Realistically, you can't blame Carnes.  What if the new head coach at USF likes pocket passers?  I guess he can do that too, but Carnes is a prototypical Leavitt/Canales QB as a scrabling QB.  Maybe he won't fit here anymore.