3 Star Tight End Sees Huskers, and Waits To See Lions

DeMatha High School, Hyattsville, Maryland tight end Brent Wilkerson committed to Penn State on March 3rd, but with the loss of a head coach in Happy Valley, and a new era beginning Wilkerson has started to look elsewhere. He took a visit to Lincoln this weekend, and had a lot of positive things to say about the Husker program.

“It was a real good visit,” Wilkerson said. “Lincoln was a real nice town. It was kind of quiet, because everyone is still on break and stuff, but I had a lot of fun.”

After the visit Wilkerson says he is still committed to the Nittany Lions, and will take a visit to Penn State on Jan 13.

“I am going their (Penn State) this weekend, and then I will compare the two schools.” Wilkerson said. “I would say Penn State has a slight edge over Nebraska right now just because I committed their first. When I go there I want to see what coaches they are keeping and what coaches they are letting go.”

Penn State hired New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brian to be the new head coach, and Wilkerson is excited to meet him.

“I really want to meet coach O’Brian and just see what kind of man he is,” Wilkerson said. “I liked Nebraska’s coaches. They were real honest and straight forward. If Nebraska has an advantage it would be because of my conversation with the coaches, and coach Bo.”

Nebraska’s head coach Bo Pelini sat down with the 6-foot-4 250 lb tight end prospect and told him he saw a bright future for him in Lincoln.

“He (Pelini) told me that they have two guys that are their playing tight end right now,” Wilkerson said.” They are going to be gone after next year, and he said there really isn’t a lot of depth behind them. He told me that I could come in and compete right away, and after those guys are gone, I could get a lot of playing time if I choose Nebraska. He said I would have to come in and work real hard and earn my stripes and stuff too. ”

One of those guys that are leaving is Ben Cotton, who was Wilkerson’s player host over the weekend.

“I hung out with Ben and some other players this weekend.” Wilkerson said. “He is a junior and he knew a lot about the program, and when a guy has been at a program as long as he has, it’s good to have someone like that to talk to. He just told me how family oriented Nebraska is, and how much the coaches care about the players, and stuff like that.”

Wilkerson said he would give his visit an 8 or 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. He said the only thing that was missing was the game day atmosphere, but there was one thing that stood out to him that was better than Penn State.

“You know the two schools are a lot a like,” Wilkerson said. “I would say Nebraska’s football facilities are a lot nicer though. I liked their weight room and stuff and the town was nicer. Facilities aren’t really to big of a deal, but Nebraska’s were definitely nicer.”

Wilkerson doesn’t have a date on when he will make his final decision. He is still committed to Penn State and will be visiting the campus this weekend to meet with the new coaching staff. He should have the final verdict shortly after that.

By Jimmie Allen 

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