Tyjon Lindsey, hospitalized after a workout last month, is back to training at nearly full speed, first-year Nebraska football coach Scott Frost said Thursday.
"Tyjon's doing well," the coach said of the fleet sophomore wide receiver from Corona, California. "He's pretty much back doing everything and looks pretty good, so I'm excited about where he is."
However, Dylan Owen, who also was hospitalized, is no longer with the team, Frost told the Journal Star.
Both Owen and Lindsey were treated for rhabdomyolysis, a muscle injury that results from the death of muscle fibers and release of their content into the bloodstream. Frost said last month that the players' hospital stays — Lindsey for three days, Owen for two — were mostly precautionary.
"Dylan decided to hang it up — not because of that issue," Frost said of the walk-on defensive lineman from Westchester, New York. "I just think he maybe wanted to do some other things in his life. I respect him for that. I think he's going to spend more time on other things."
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Owen appeared in three games last season. Meanwhile, the 5-foot-9, 160-pound Lindsey caught 12 passes for 76 yards, but his speed and athleticism seemingly could fit well in Frost's up-tempo spread system.
Another potentially key player on offense, junior running back Tre Bryant, is trying to come back from a knee injury that sidelined him for all but two games last season. Former Nebraska head coach Mike Riley announced in late October that the St. Louis native would have surgery, a scenario that would give him the best chance to play in the spring.
"I know he's got some knee issues; we're trying to figure it out," Frost said. "We're hopeful. We have to see how it plays out. I don't think anything's definite on that right now."
Bryant, a 5-foot-11, 200-pounder, had 51 carries for 299 yards in a little less than two games in 2017.
"He would fit what we do really well," Frost said. "He's got the speed, explosiveness, vision."
A few other nuggets from Frost:
* Nebraska will practice on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings in the spring. Morning practices are a major change for the Huskers. They haven't used such a format in the spring for at least 30 years.
"Hopefully we can get all the kids' (class) schedules to where we can do it in the mornings in the fall," the coach said.
* Frost likes the idea of resuming the "Friday Night Lights" camps this summer at Memorial Stadium, something that was started by Riley's staff.
"A lot has been said and talked about, but not everything they did here was terrible," Frost said. "I think that's one of the really good ideas they had."
But there's a problem.
"Our issue is they're redoing the lights in the stadium, and I don't know if we'll have lights in the summer," Frost said. "If they do, from what I heard about that event, it's worth doing, and I hope we can do it."
* There won't be a second Red-White Spring Game, he said, as has been mentioned as a possibility.
However, "Our administration got a lot of calls about the average fan that couldn't get a spring game ticket, and we're kicking around the idea of opening up another practice or scrimmage to fans so that families and kids who couldn't get tickets can come see us," Frost said.
"I don't want a family of four that has to go on StubHub to buy tickets for $600 to not be able to come to a spring game. We'll see if there's enough demand" to open up a scrimmage or practice, he said.
* Frost reiterated that Nebraska has a lot of work to do in the weight room before the Huskers are as strong and lean as they need to be. He does see hard work being done so far.
"Really, we're looking for leadership guys right now — guys to step up and take charge of the rest of the team," he said. "There have been some guys who've done that. Mick Stoltenberg and Ben Stille come to mind right away as some guys who are going to hold other people accountable."
* He wasn't ready to discuss possible position moves.
"I don't think anything's changed yet," he said. "We haven't seen enough of the players to know that yet. I would anticipate there could be a few in spring after we get to know the guys. We're just starting to get to know them."
* He said he's watched "a little tape" of the team.
"Enough to kind of get a feel for who the guys are," he said. "But we're more in tune with getting guys familiar with our scheme than looking back at last year."