The only knock on the kid his his height. If he were 6'4 and the still 6th leading scorer in the history of the WPIAL, he'd have offers from everyone.
Both Indiana (Crean) and San Diego State (Fisher) had a lot of interest. Temple offered. Brandin Knight was down Midland's gym weekly. As I said, a few different people told me recruiting is like a game of chess. Especially with players like Nelly, who passes the eye test, but coaches can't get over the height. Knight said he wanted to offer Nelly to play for Pitt. This was last season. A day later, Dixon came down and watched practice for a few minutes. He went over to someone and asked how old Nelly was. After that, he left, and no offer came. Both Crean and Fisher had to be wondering why Pitt, who had this kid in their own backyard, wouldn't offer, so they backed off as well.
BK liked him cause he said Nelly reminded him alot of himself. Bowling Green had been great to him since the start, and it was close by so his family could watch, so he figured if BG was loyal to him, he'd return the favor.