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2013 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL | INTRO | THIS IS NEBRASKA | COACHES | 2013 HUSKERS | REVIEW | RECORDS | HISTORY HISTORY | ADMINISTRATION | MEDIA | / / / / / / / / / /// // 6 \\\ \\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ HUSKERS.COMHUSKERS.COM | INTRO | RETURNING PRODUCTION THIS IS NEBRASKA Rushing Yards 71.1% Passing Yards 99.6% The Husker offense is expected to rank among the Together, the trio highlight an explosive and Receiving Yards 70.7% nation’s best units again in 2013, while potentially balanced Husker offense. Nebraska is one of only Total Offense Yards 84.0% ranking as one of the best offenses in school three teams in 2013 with a roster featuring a 5,000- All-Purpose Yards 73.6% history. The unit is headlined by a trio of talented yard career passer, a 1,000-yard career receiver and Scoring 54.6% skill players in senior quarterback Taylor Martinez, two 1,000-yard career rushers. The Huskers are also junior I-back Ameer Abdullah and junior wide one of just four teams in the FBS ranks to feature a receiver Kenny Bell (pictured, left to right). 5,000-yard career passer, a 2,000-yard career rusher In 2012, the Husker offense set an NU record and a 1,000-yard career receiver. RETURNING LEADERS with 330 first downs while ranking second in school Rushing Yards Abdullah (1,137) | history with 6,451 yards of total offense. Nebraska HIGHLIGHTING THE HUSKER Passing Yards Martinez (2,871) COACHES returns 84 percent of its total offense from 2012, OFFENSE Receiving Yards Bell (863) when the Huskers led the Big Ten and ranked 15th » NU brings back more than 71 percent of its Total Offense Yards Martinez (3,890) nationally in total offense. The Huskers also return rushing yards from a 2012 unit that ranked eighth All-Purpose Yards Abdullah (1,884) 55 percent of their scoring from 2012, bringing nationally with an average of 253 rushing yards Scoring Abdullah (66) back players who accounted for 44 of their Big Ten- per game. | leading 61 touchdowns last fall. » The Huskers’ top two returning rushers return from 2013 HUSKERS Nebraska will feature one of the nation’s most 2012 in Abdullah (1,137 yards) and Martinez (1,019 dynamic groups of skill players in 2013. Martinez yards), giving Nebraska a pair of returning 1,000- RETURNING CAREER STARTS is the nation’s top returning rusher regardless of yard rushers for the first time in school history. Taylor Martinez, QB 39 position, while ranking third nationally among all » Paving the way for the rushing attack is a veteran Jeremiah Sirles, OT 28 returning players in career total offense and ninth offensive line that returns five players who have Spencer Long, OG 26 in career passing yards. A coaches’ first-team All- combined to start 78 career games. Kenny Bell, WR 25 Big Ten selection in 2012, Martinez is one of only » Headlining the offensive line is senior offensive Quincy Enunwa, WR 21 four players in NCAA FBS history to enter his senior guard Spencer Long, a second-team All-American Brent Qvale, OT 13 season with 6,000 career passing yards and 2,500 in 2012. Long was selected as Nebraska’s first All- Ameer Abdullah, IB 8 | REVIEW career rushing yards. America offensive lineman since 2001, while the Andrew Rodriguez, OT 8 Abdullah, a second-team All-Big Ten pick, led Huskers boast a returning All-American on the Jake Long, TE 5 Nebraska with 1,137 rushing yards in 2012, the offensive line for the first time since 1997. Jamal Turner, WR 4 sixth-highest sophomore total in school history. » Overall, Nebraska returns 14 offensive players Andy Janovich, FB 2 Abdullah accounted for 1,884 all-purpose yards with starting experience, including one All- Mike Marrow, FB 2 | last fall, the second-highest total by a sophomore American and four first- or second-team All-Big Cole Pensick, C 2 RECORDS in school history and the sixth-highest total overall. Ten selections. C.J. Zimmerer, FB 2 Bell set Husker sophomore records with 50 » The returning experience should bolster a Husker catches, 863 receiving yards and eight touchdown offense that led the Big Ten in total offense and grabs in 2012. A first-team All-Big Ten selection, Bell rushing offense, while ranking second in scoring also posted top-five overall marks in each category, in 2012. Nebraska was the only Big Ten team to NATION’S ACTIVE LEADING | while becoming the second-fastest Husker to reach average both 200 rushing and 200 passing yards CAREER RUSHERS HISTORY 1,000 career receiving yards. in 2012. 1. Taylor Martinez, Nebraska 2,858 2. Silas Redd, USC 2,583 3. Branden Oliver, Buffalo 2,514 4. Raymond Maples, Army 2,489 5. James Simms, Kansas 2,482 | ADMINISTRATION NATION’S ACTIVE CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS 1. Aaron Murray, Georgia 10,301 2. Corey Robinson, Troy 10,033 3. Taylor Martinez, Nebraska 9,449 4. Kolton Browning, La.-Monroe 9,400 5. Tajh Boyd, Clemson 8,818 | MEDIA MEDIA NATION’S ACTIVE CAREER STARTS LEADERS | 1. Aaron Murray, QB, Georgia 41 2. Taylor Martinez, QB, Nebraska 39 Demarco Nelson, S, Tulsa 39 Gabe Jackson, OG, Mississippi St. 39 4. Six players tied 38 NATION’S ACTIVE LEADING CAREER PASSERS 1. Corey Robinson, Troy 10,258 2. Aaron Murray, Georgia 10,091 3. Kolton Browning, La.-Monroe 8,084 4. Tajh Boyd, Clemson 8,053 5. Matt Schilz, Bowling Green 7,832 6. Derek Carr, Fresno State 7,760 7. Keith Wenning, Ball State 7,254 8. Tanner Price, Wake Forest 6,666 9. Taylor Martinez, Nebraska 6,591 / / / / / / / / / /// // 7 \\\ \\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2013 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL | INTRO | THIS IS NEBRASKA | COACHES | 2013 HUSKERS | REVIEW | The Nebraska offense is in its third season Quarterbacks under the direction of Offensive Coordinator RECORDS » In the past five seasons, Nebraska quarterbacks have produced four of the top eight single | Tim Beck. In Beck’s first two seasons, the seasons for total offense in school history. Husker offense has shown great diversity and » Senior quarterback Taylor Martinez enters the 2013 season as the holder of 29 Nebraska explosiveness. The highlights include: school records. » Nebraska has rushed for better than 200 » Among the notable records Martinez holdsQuarterback at Nebraska Taylor are Martinez career passinghands off yards, to running career yards per game in each of Beck’s two total offense, career passing touchdownsback and Rex season Burkhead total in offense 2011. seasons and the past three seasons overall. HISTORY HISTORY » Taylor Martinez is one of only three quarterbacks to pass for 4,000 combined yards and | Nebraska has ranked among the top 15 rush for 1,500 combined yards in the past two seasons. teams nationally in rushing each of the past » Martinez is one of only 12 players in FBS history to pass for 6,000 yards and rush for 2,500 three years. yards in his career. He could join Nevada’s Colin Kaepernick as the only players in FBS » In 2012, Nebraska also passed for better history with 9,000 passing/3,000 rushing in a career. than 200 yards per game. Nebraska was » Martinez is the nation’s leading returning active rusher for 2012, regardless of position. one of only 19 schools in the country to » Over the past five seasons, Nebraska quarterbacks have produced 10 of the top 20 average 200 yards per game both rushing single-game total offense efforts in school history. and passing and the only school in the Big Ten to reach those milestones. From left: Quarterbacks Tommie Frazier, Eric Crouch and Taylor Martinez. » Nebraska returns two 1,000-yard rushers ADMINISTRATION | for the 2013 season, marking the first time in school history Nebraska has returned a pair of 1,000-yard rushers from the Offensive coordinator: Tim Beck previous season. MEDIA » Nebraska has had at least one 1,000-yard rusher each of the past four seasons. | » Nebraska is one of only two schools in the nation with two returning players who rushed for better than 1,000 yards in 2012. » Nebraska is one of only three schools in the country who return a 5,000-yard career passer, a 1,000-yard career receiver and two 1,000-yard career rushers. » Four different Nebraska players rushed for 100 yards or more last season. Nebraska was one of only five schools to have four or more players reach the century mark in 2012. » Nebraska was one of only four teams in the country in 2012 that had at least four players average better than 5.0 yards per carry on at least 50 carries. Five Huskers reached that milestone in 2012. / / / / / / / / / /// // 8 \\\ \\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ HUSKERS.COM | INTRO | THIS IS NEBRASKA | COACHES From left to right, Roy Helu Jr., Rex Burkhead, Quincy Enunwa and Kenny Bell RUNNING Backs Receivers | » Nebraska has had a running back with at least 1,000 yards each of the past four seasons, » Nebraska receivers have nine 40-catch seasons in the past five years, including Kenny Bell 2013 HUSKERS Roy Helu Jr. in 2009 and 2010, Rex Burkhead in 2011 and Ameer Abdullah in 2012. and Quincy Enunwa in 2012. » Roy Helu Jr. and Rex Burkhead both completed their Nebraska career in the top five on » Nebraska returns three receivers in 2013 who combined for 124 receptions for 1,750 the NU career rushing list. yards and 12 touchdowns in 2012, Kenny Bell (50-863-8), Quincy Enunwa (42-470-1) and » Rex Burkhead rushed for 1,357 yards in 2011, the most by a Nebraska I-back since 1997. Jamal Turner (32-417-3) » Nebraska I-backs have produced 24, 100-yard rushing games in the past three seasons. » After just two seasons, Kenny Bell is already one of only 20 players in NU history with » After finishing his Nebraska career, Roy Helu Jr.