Year: Senior
Hometown: Lincoln
Depth chart: No. 2 at wide receiver
Career games played: 22
Of note: Coming out of Lincoln East he was recruited by Hastings, and also had a walk-on offer from South Dakota State. His hard work paid off when he learned last week he was going from walk-on to a scholarship player. The fifth-year Husker started two games last season, and had a 22-yard touchdown against Northwestern. He had five receptions in 2016.
On learning he’d been put on scholarship: “The way I found out is there were 5 or 10 minutes left in practice and I was jogging off the field and Coach (Scott) Frost calls me over and I’m like, 'Oh, oh, what’s he going to say?' He just told me he was going to put me on scholarship for this season, and I’m going to announce to the whole team at the end of practice. We huddled up and individually he announced (Jacob Weinmaster, Wyatt Mazour and myself). I think that was really cool to get that individual recognition, but also to see the way the other players and the coaches reacted to it, because they probably were more happy than I was, honestly. It was an experience I’m never going to forget. I think the way (Frost) did it was awesome. I’m just thankful for it, and being one of Coach Frost’s first walk-on to scholarship guys is something pretty special.â€
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On his favorite part of practice: “When we do situation stuff, like two-minute drill or end of game clutch period. I think that really gives us what a real game is going to feel like. That’s where we also go 1s on 1s, and 2s on 2s. It gets competitive.â€
On the adjustment to practice being in the morning: “For me, I like it. You get up, go do your football stuff and get that out of the way and then go to class and then come back for meetings at the end of the day. We meet in the evening from 5 to 6. We watch some film, and walk through some stuff. You don’t get to watch the whole practice, so you got to watch that on your own. Coach (Troy) Walters will put together a clip for us to watch for 30 to 45 minutes.â€
Three things most people don’t know about me:
1. I’ve had three different head coaches at Nebraska.
2. I like to golf, and Highlands Golf Course in Lincoln is one of my favorite courses.
3. I like to fish, and Lake McConaughy in Ogallala is one of my favorite spots.