2015 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Table of Contents 2015 Nebraska football schedule Quick Facts, Schedule .....................................................1 Date Opponent Site Stadium Series Spring Roster/Returning Letterwinners and Starters ....2-4 Sept. 5 BYU Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium first meeting Nebraska Coaching Staff ............................................5-13 Sept. 12 South Alabama Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium first meeting Spring Notes/Position Outlook ................................ 14-19 Sept. 19 at Miami Miami Gardens, Fla. Sun Life Stadium NU leads, 6-5 Returning Letterwinner Biographies ........................ 20-39 Sept. 26 Southern Miss (HC) Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium NU leads, 3-1 2015 Newcomers ..................................................... 40-45 2014 Honors, Recap, Statistics ................................. 46-66 Oct. 3 at Illinois Champaign, Ill. Memorial Stadium NU leads, 9-2-1 2014 Nebraska Seniors ............................................ 67-74 Oct. 10 Wisconsin Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium UW leads, 5-4 Series Results vs. 2015 Opponents ........................... 75-78 Oct. 17 at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. TCF Bank Stadium UM leads, 31-22-2 Oct. 24 Northwestern Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium NU leads, 6-2 Husker Football Coaching Staff Oct. 31 at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. Ross-Ade Stadium NU leads, 2-1 Head Coach ............................ Mike Riley (Alabama, 1975) Nov. 7 Michigan State Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium NU leads, 7-2 Record .....................................first season at Nebraska Nov. 14 at Rutgers Piscataway, N.J. High Point Solutions Stadium NU leads, 2-0 ...............93-80 as a collegiate head coach, 15th season Nov. 27 Iowa Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium NU leads, 29-13-3 Dec. 5 Big Ten Championship Indianapolis, Ind. Lucas Oil Stadium 5th Annual Assistant Coaches For more information on Nebraska’s series history against 2015 opponents, see pages 75-78. Mark Banker ..................................... Defensive Coordinator Danny Langsdorf .........Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Bruce Read .................................Special Teams Coordinator 2014 Schedule and Results (9-4, 5-3 In Big Ten) Trent Bray .......................................................... Linebackers Date: Opponent: Television: Results: Att: Mike Cavanaugh ............................................ Offensive Line Aug. 30 Florida Atlantic BTN W, 55-7 91,441 Reggie Davis ..................................................Running Backs Hank Hughes .................................................Defensive Line Sept. 6 McNeese State ESPNU W, 31-24 91,082 Brian Stewart .............................................. Defensive Backs Sept. 13 at Fresno State CBS Sports W, 55-19 41,031 Keith Williams .............................................. Wide Receivers Sept. 20 Miami ESPN2 W, 41-31 91,585 Mark Philipp ......................... Head Football Strength Coach Sept. 27 Illinois# BTN W, 45-14 91,225 Dan Van De Riet ........... Associate A.D./Football Operations Oct. 4 at Michigan State# ABC L, 22-27 75,923 Oct. 18 at Northwestern# BTN W, 38-17 47,330 General Information Oct. 25 Rutgers# ESPN2 W, 42-24 91,088 Location:Lincoln, Neb., 68588-0123 Nov. 1 Purdue# ABC W, 35-14 91,107 Population:265,401 Nov. 15 at Wisconsin# ABC L, 24-59 80,539 Founded: 1869 Nov. 22 Minnesota# ESPN L, 24-28 91,186 Enrollment: 25,006 Nov. 28 at Iowa# ABC W, 37-34 (OT) 66,897 Football Stadium/Field: Memorial Stadium (1923)/ Tom Osborne Field (1998) Dec. 27 vs. USC+ ESPN L, 42-45 55,789 #-Big Ten Conference Game; +-Holiday Bowl Capacity: 87,000 Surface: FieldTurf Nickname: Cornhuskers or Huskers Huskers Briefly in 2014 2014 Big Ten Standings Colors: Scarlet and Cream General West Division Conference: Big Ten Overall Record: 9-4 Team Big Ten Overall Chancellor: Harvey S. Perlman, J.D. Big Ten Record: 5-3 (tie 2nd, West) 1. Wisconsin 7-1 11-3 Institutional Representative: Josephine Potuto, J.D. Home: 5-3; Away: 3-1; Neutral: 1-0 2. Nebraska 5-3 9-4 Director of Athletics: Shawn Eichorst Total Attendance: 950,464 Minnesota 5-3 8-5 Assistant A.D./Media Relations (Football Contact):Keith Mann Media Relations Director of Operations:Jeff Griesch Average Attendance: 73,112 4. Iowa 4-4 7-6 Associate MRD: Shamus McKnight Home Attendance: 638,744 5. Illinois 3-5 6-7 Assistant MRDs: Matt Smith, Jeremy Foote, Nate Pohlen Average Home Attendance: 91,249 Northwestern 3-5 5-7 Media Relations Administrative Assistant: Vicki Capazo 7. Purdue 1-7 3-9 Athletic Department Photographer:Scott Bruhn Offense (National Rank) Design Specialist: Annie Wood Yards Rushing/Game: 240.2 (17) East Division Media Relations Intern:Connor Stange Yards Rushing/Att.:5.3 Team Big Ten Overall Student Assistants: Elly Burton, Tyson Carlson, Stephanie Passing Yards/Game: 212.1 (80) 1. Ohio State 8-0 14-1 Carpenter, Kailyn Hawkins, Erica Nett, Nate Olsen, Gage Passing Att./Comp./Yards:359/190/2,757 2. Michigan State 7-1 11-2 Peake, Sarah Pogue, Jamie Schleppenbach, Colin Stange Total Net Yards/Game: 452.3 (31) 3. Maryland 4-4 7-6 Website: Huskers.com Total Net Yards/Att.: 6.2 4. Rutgers 3-5 8-5 Twitter:@Huskers, @HuskerFBNation Points/Game: 37.8 (12) Facebook: Facebook.com/Huskers Michigan 3-5 5-7 Turnover Margin/Game: -0.15 (73) 6. Penn State 2-6 7-6 Third-Down Conversions: .413 (57) Administration 7. Indiana 1-7 4-8 Interim President: James Linder Defense (National Rank) Big Ten Championship Game Board of Regents Yards Rushing/Game: 177.8 (78) Ohio State 59, Wisconsin 0 (Indianapolis) Timothy Clare, Lincoln Passing Yards/Game: 205.8 (32) Nebraska's 2015 Non-Conference Opponents Hal Daub, Omaha Total Net Yards/Game: 383.7 (52) Howard Hawks, Omaha Team Overall Bowl Total Net Yards/Attempt:5.4 Bob Phares, North Platte BYU 8-5 Miami Beach Points/Game: 26.4 (59) Jim Pillen, Columbus South Alabama 6-7 Camellia Pass Efficiency Defense: 104.83 (4) Robert Schafer, Beatrice Miami 6-7 Independence Third-Down Conversions: .301 (5) Kent Schroeder, J.D., Kearney Southern Miss 3-9 Bob Whitehouse, Papillion Student Regents Spring Football Guide Credits Mission Statement The 2015 Nebraska Football Spring Guide was written by Media The mission of the University of Nebraska Athletic Department is to Kevin Knudson, UN-Lincoln Relations Director Keith Mann with assistance from members of serve our student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans by: Connor Schulte, UN-Kearney the Media Relations Staff, including Shamus McKnight, Matt Smith, Displaying INTEGRITY in every decision and action; Building and main- Jordan Koch, UN-Omaha Jeremy Foote and Connor Stange. Cover design by Design Specialist taining TRUST with others; Giving RESPECT to each person we encounter; Krupa Savalia, UN-Medical Center Annie Wood. Photgraphy by Scott Bruhn. Pursuing unity of purpose through TEAMWORK; Maintaining LOYALTY to student-athletes, co-workers, fans and the University of Nebraska. HUSKERS.COM 1 2015 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL NEBRASKA 2015 SPRING FOOTBALL ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name ..................................Pos. Lettermen in Bold; *-Indicates Letters Earned; Class indicates 2015 fall eligibility) 1 * Boaz Joseph .......................... DB No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) 1 ** Jordan Westerkamp .............WR 91 Akinmoladun, Freedom DE 6-4 255 RFr. Grandview, Mo. 2 * LeRoy Alexander ......................S 2 * Alexander, LeRoy S 6-0 195 Jr. Toledo, Ohio (Whitmer) 2 Zack Darlington ...................... QB 7 *** Allen, Taariq WR 6-3 200 Sr. Weston, Mass. (The Rivers School) 3 * Marcus Newby .......................LB 4 Anderson, Avery DB 6-0 175 Fr. Surprise, Ariz. (Pine Creek, Colorado Springs, Colo.) 4 Avery Anderson ......................DB 43 Appleget, Noah WR 6-2 200 RFr. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 4 ** Tommy Armstrong Jr. ............QB 4 ** Armstrong Jr., Tommy QB 6-1 220 Jr. Cibolo, Texas (Steele) 5 Johnny Stanton ...................... QB 61 Arneson, Noah DL 6-3 300 RFr. Omaha, Neb. (Gross) 5 Dedrick Young ......................... LB 33 * Bailey, Christian WR 5-11 205 So. San Clemente, Calif. 6 AJ Bush ................................... QB 52 ** Banderas, Josh LB 6-2 235 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 6 Eric Lee Jr. ................................DB 40 Betka, Ty WR 5-7 165 Jr. Superior, Neb. (Superior/Drake) 7 *** Taariq Allen ..........................WR 83 Blum, Jared TE 6-4 255 Jr. Gretna, Neb. 7 ** Maliek Collins ....................... DT 37 ** Bondi, Mauro PK 6-0 210 Sr. Boca Raton, Fla. (West Boca Raton) 8 * Chris Jones ............................ DB 53 Boryca, Alex LB 6-2 220 RFr. Cozad, Neb. 9 Tyson Broekemeier ................ QB 9 Broekemeier, Tyson QB 6-1 200 Sr. Aurora, Neb. 9 ** Sam Burtch ..........................WR 34 * Brown, Drew PK 5-11 180 So. Southlake, Texas (Southlake Carroll) 10 * Joshua Kalu ........................... DB 9 ** Burtch, Sam WR 6-3 200 Sr. Murdock, Neb. (Elmwood-Murdock) 10 *** Jamal Turner ........................WR 6 Bush, AJ QB 6-3 220 RFr. Alpharetta, Ga. (Norcross) 11 ** Cethan Carter ........................TE 11 ** Carter, Cethan TE 6-4 240 Jr. Metairie, La. (Archbishop Rummel) 12 Luke Gifford ............................ LB 28 * Cockrell, Byerson DB 6-0 185 Sr. Columbus, Miss. (East Mississippi CC) 13 * Lane Hovey ..........................WR 7 ** Collins, Maliek DT 6-2 300 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. (Center) 14 ** Jonathan Rose ...................... CB 26 Connely, Thomas LB 5-11 205 RFr. Kearney, Neb. (Kearney Catholic) 15 * De’Mornay Pierson-El ..........WR 62 Conrad, Cole