McCook's Sellers chooses Kansas
Tyrone Sellers, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound defensive end and tight end from McCook, has given his oral commitment to Kansas.
“Kansas did a good job of recruiting him,” McCook football coach Jeff Gross said, “and he fell in love with their campus.”
Sellers had offers from Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa, Wake Forest, Stanford and Wyoming, but not from Nebraska.
“They said at their camp they felt that they couldn’t offer him at this point,” Gross said of Nebraska’s coaches, “that they would want to evaluate him in the fall further.”
That, Gross said, didn’t factor into Sellers’ decision as much as the fact Sellers was simply sold on Kansas.
“When he came home from (their camp), he really felt like that was the place he wanted to be,” Gross said. “They really sold him on the fact they wanted him.
“It was too good to pass up for him.”
Gross said Nebraska coaches felt Sellers was “a little light” to play defensive end in their scheme. Some schools, Gross said, wanted Sellers as an outside linebacker; K-State offered him as a tight end.
Kansas recruited Sellers as a defensive end.
“He’s a little bit light in the shorts right now, and we’ve all known that,” Gross said. “So many colleges, they have a chart, and if you don’t fit that chart, then they’re not going to recruit you.”
Sellers is the third McCook football player in the last four years to earn a scholarship to a Big 12 Conference school. He joins sophomore kicker Josh Cherry and junior wide receiver Tony Purvis, both at Kansas State.
— Brian Rosenthal
“Kansas did a good job of recruiting him,” McCook football coach Jeff Gross said, “and he fell in love with their campus.”
Sellers had offers from Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa, Wake Forest, Stanford and Wyoming, but not from Nebraska.
“They said at their camp they felt that they couldn’t offer him at this point,” Gross said of Nebraska’s coaches, “that they would want to evaluate him in the fall further.”
That, Gross said, didn’t factor into Sellers’ decision as much as the fact Sellers was simply sold on Kansas.
“When he came home from (their camp), he really felt like that was the place he wanted to be,” Gross said. “They really sold him on the fact they wanted him.
“It was too good to pass up for him.”
Gross said Nebraska coaches felt Sellers was “a little light” to play defensive end in their scheme. Some schools, Gross said, wanted Sellers as an outside linebacker; K-State offered him as a tight end.
Kansas recruited Sellers as a defensive end.
“He’s a little bit light in the shorts right now, and we’ve all known that,” Gross said. “So many colleges, they have a chart, and if you don’t fit that chart, then they’re not going to recruit you.”
Sellers is the third McCook football player in the last four years to earn a scholarship to a Big 12 Conference school. He joins sophomore kicker Josh Cherry and junior wide receiver Tony Purvis, both at Kansas State.
— Brian Rosenthal
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