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By Parker Gabriel
Lincoln Journal Star
January 2, 2022
Nebraska landed a commitment from Oklahoma State
transfer offensive lineman Hunter Anthony on Sunday morning. Here are
three observations on the addition.
1. Anthony
visited campus on Nebraska offensive line coach Donovan Raiola’s first day in
town, but the offensive line coach made an impression anyway.
In fact, before the two
actually met, Anthony already had received favorable reviews from several
others, including former Oklahoma State All-American and current Chicago Bears
rookie tackle Teven Jenkins.
Raiola, of course, was Jenkins’ assistant offensive line coach
in Chicago until he left last month to take the Husker job.
“We also have a strength coach, Anthony Hibbert, he’s up there,
and then another o-lineman, Arlington Hambright,” Anthony told the Journal Star
on Sunday. “(Hambright) was here my freshman year and he was a big influence
for me, then he went to Colorado for his fifth year. He’s up there, too, and
all of them had nothing but good things to say.”
“I respect
Teven so much. I played with him for almost three years and he’s awesome. He
told me, ‘Man, I would have loved to have played for (Raiola) in college.’
Hearing that and hearing Coach Hilbert say he’s going to shoot you straight.
You’re going to work your butt off, but he’s going to be honest and he’s a good
guy. From people I really respect, that really meant so much to me.”
Then Anthony and Raiola actually met on the weekend of Dec. 10.
“He’s down to earth and his background of where he coached, plus his brother (former Husker great Dominic Raiola), that’s unbeatable,” Anthony said. “Just having that plus the people I talked to, it was huge.”
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