34 days: Best #34 in Husker history
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Lots of good players at this number in recent decades, but there is a clear top of the heap: Butkus Award Winner, Academic All-American, and #5 overall NFL Pick OLB Trev Alberts.
Amazing to dislocate your elbow against Oklahoma, then record 3 sacks the next month in the national title game.
Funny story I read a few years ago. In an effort to improved his draft stock, the pale midwesterner from Cedar Falls, Iowa, would go to tanning salons after hours.
Honorable Mention...
- K Drew Brown, NCAA record holder for most FGs in a half (5).
- DE Cam Meredith
- IB/LB Cody Glenn, imagine had he gotten to spend more time as a LB under Pelini. I still remember an interview he had with Schick and Nick, went something like this:
Schick: "Do you wish you would have switched to defense earlier?"
Glenn: "Did you see that defense?!"
- SAM Stewart Bradley
- WLB Randy Stella. It's too bad his time at NU ended early, but was fun to see a LB returning kicks. Heckuva punt blocker as well.
- TE Vershan Jackson. While not a huge stat man, a reliable blocker and great leader on the 1997 national title team.
Amazing to dislocate your elbow against Oklahoma, then record 3 sacks the next month in the national title game.
Funny story I read a few years ago. In an effort to improved his draft stock, the pale midwesterner from Cedar Falls, Iowa, would go to tanning salons after hours.
Honorable Mention...
- K Drew Brown, NCAA record holder for most FGs in a half (5).
- DE Cam Meredith
- IB/LB Cody Glenn, imagine had he gotten to spend more time as a LB under Pelini. I still remember an interview he had with Schick and Nick, went something like this:
Schick: "Do you wish you would have switched to defense earlier?"
Glenn: "Did you see that defense?!"
- SAM Stewart Bradley
- WLB Randy Stella. It's too bad his time at NU ended early, but was fun to see a LB returning kicks. Heckuva punt blocker as well.
- TE Vershan Jackson. While not a huge stat man, a reliable blocker and great leader on the 1997 national title team.
Oh wow, I started reading up on Trev Alberts. Turns out his high school alma mater, which was run by UNI, closed in 2012.
Alberts is a clear #1, but I'll add Dave Butterfield - an outstanding DB from the 1970s.
If I remember correctly in Dave’s picture for the team he wore a big bow tie with his suit, oh weren’t the 1970’s great
Get on YouTube and watch Trev come off the ball in 92. He got across that line so fast it was ridiculous.
A forgotten player that is Head football coach at Millard South, he resembled TO with his red hair..
Good fined..
I remember thinking what a shame it was trev doesnt have a natty ring.
Always liked watching Tyreese Knox run in the late 80s. He seemed a lot bigger than 5'10/215. Had over 240 yards on 54 carries in the '88 Fiesta bowl against FSU/Deion Sanders. However, he had a key fumble late in that game that likely prevented a win and a #2 or 3 final ranking that year.
Terrell Newby should also get a mention here. His time at NU probably didn't live up to expectations, due in part to injuries, but he had a productive career.
I thought about both Knox and Newby, probably could have replaced Vershan Jackson and/or Cam Meredith on my list with them.
I left Newby off my list because the teams he played on were so poor and he wasn't really doing a lot to make them better. Obviously, injuries contribute to that.
By the time I got to Knox, my list was pretty long. That and I didn't see him play live. That is an impressive stat line from the '88 Fiesta Bowl, though, @goldencohusker, thanks for sharing!
I left Newby off my list because the teams he played on were so poor and he wasn't really doing a lot to make them better. Obviously, injuries contribute to that.
By the time I got to Knox, my list was pretty long. That and I didn't see him play live. That is an impressive stat line from the '88 Fiesta Bowl, though, @goldencohusker, thanks for sharing!
You're correct - I misread the article discussing that game - those were total NU rushing stats for that game. I still liked watching him run though
He seemed bigger because his neck was as wide as his head. Just looking at his picture in the media guide you would think he was a defensive tackle.
Knox and Keith Jones provided a good thunder/lightening combination. That '87 team was good - beat UCLA with Aikman and shutout an Okie State team in Stillwater that included 2 future NFL hall of fame backs (Thurman Thomas and Barry Sanders). Just couldn't handle the coked-up Charles Thompson Sooners.
Was that the Okie State game where the two teams ended up at the same movie theater the night before the game?
By the way, look at how neat and tidy the 1987 Big Eight standings were save for a tie between the cellar dwellers Kansas and Kansas State (which is fitting for their futility).
Wasn't Randy Stella 34? He never quite became what the fans hoped he would, but showed some flashes.
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