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DI football programs increasing talent levels with inventive walk-on programs - HoopDreams - 12-02-2014 04:35 PM
Interesting stuff:
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/12/2/7313473/nebraska-football-coaching-search-scott-frost-craig-bohl
With a population of only about two million, the state of Nebraska has never produced a lot of football talent. However, whatever talent it did produce would walk on and get educations paid for through non-football scholarships. The coaches put real time into developing the walk-ons and essentially got a few extra scholarship-quality roster spots. They used the scholarships to target national recruits. What's more, local high schools ran Osborne's system, ensuring the walk-ons were maxed-out for Husker-ball.
http://www.buckys5thquarter.com/wisconsin-badgers-football/2013/12/19/5224458/wisconsin-football-walk-on-program-barry-alvarez-bret-bielema
http://www.footballstudyhall.com/2014/8/5/5951537/demystifying-kansas-state-wildcats-jake-waters-tyler-lockett-bill-snyder