2019 NEBRASKA SPRING GUIDE 2019 NEBRASKA SPRING FOOTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS 2019 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE STADIUM SERIES Quick Facts, Schedule ..................................1 Aug. 31 South Alabama Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium Nebraska, 1-0 Roster/Returning Letterwinners & Starters ... 2-4 Sept. 7 at Colorado Boulder, Colo. Folsom Field Nebraska, 49-19-2 Spring Notebook .....................................5-10 Sept. 14 Northern Illinois Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium Nebraska, 2-1 Nebraska Coaching Staff .......................11-24 Sept. 21 at Illinois# Champaign, Ill. Memorial Stadium Nebraska, 12-3-1 Returning Letterwinner Biographies ......25-54 Sept. 28 Ohio State# Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium Ohio State, 6-1 2019 Newcomers ..................................55-65 Oct. 5 Northwestern# (HC) Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium Nebraska, 7-5 2018 Honors, Recap, Statistics ..............66-85 Oct. 12 at Minnesota# Minneapolis, Minn. TCF Bank Stadium Minnesota, 32-25-2 2018 Nebraska Seniors .......................86-100 Oct. 26 Indiana# Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium Indiana, 7-5-2 Series Results vs. 2019 Opponents ...101-105 Nov. 2 at Purdue# West Lafayette, Ind. Ross-Ade Stadium Nebraska, 4-3 FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF Nov. 16 Wisconsin# Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium Wisconsin, 9-4 HEAD COACH Nov. 23 at Maryland# College Park, Md. Maryland Stadium Nebraska, 1-0 Scott Frost .............................Nebraska, 1997 Nov. 29 Iowa# Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium Nebraska, 29-17-3 • Nebraska Record ............ 4-8 (2nd Season) Dec. 7 Big Ten Champ. Indianapolis, Ind. Lucas Oil Stadium 9th Annual • Career Record ............. 23-15 (4th Season) For more information on Nebraska’s series history against 2019 opponents, see pages 101-105 ASSISTANT COACHES • Erik Chinander, Defensive Coordinator 2018 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (4-8, 3-6 IN BIG TEN) • Troy Walters, Off. Coordinator/Receivers DATE OPPONENT TV RESULT ATTENDANCE • Jovan Dewitt, OLBs/Special Teams Coord. Sept. 8 Colorado ABC L, 28-33 89,853 • Greg Austin, Offensive Line Sept. 15 Troy BTN L, 19-24 89,360 • Sean Beckton, Tight Ends Sept. 22 at #19 Michigan# FS1 L, 10-56 111,037 • Travis Fisher, Defensive Backs Sept. 29 Purdue# BTN L, 28-42 88,911 • Ryan Held, Running Backs Oct. 16 at #16 Wisconsin# BTN L, 24-41 80,051 • Barrett Ruud, Inside Linebackers Oct. 13 at Northwestern# ABC L, 31-34 (OT) 47,330 • Tony Tuioti, Defensive Line Oct. 20 Minnesota# BTN W, 53-28 89,272 • Mario Verduzco, Quarterbacks Oct. 27 Bethune-Cookman BTN W, 45-9 88,735 • Zach Duval, Head Football Strength Coach Nov. 3 at #8 Ohio State# FOX L, 31-36 104,245 Nov. 10 Illinois# BTN W, 54-35 88,316 GENERAL INFORMATION Nov. 17 Michigan State# FOX W, 9-6 88,793 Location: Lincoln, Neb., 68588-0123 Nov. 23 at Iowa# FOX L, 28-31 65,299 Population: 268,738 #Big Ten Conference Game Founded: 1869 Enrollment: 25,897 Football Stadium: Memorial Stadium (1923) HUSKERS BRIEFLY IN 2018 2018 BIG TEN STANDINGS Football Field: Tom Osborne Field (1998) Capacity: 85,458 GENERAL WEST DIVISION Surface: FieldTurf • Overall Record: 4-8 RK TEAM BIG TEN OVERALL Nickname: Cornhuskers or Huskers • Big Ten Record: 3-6 (t-5th, West) 1. Northwestern 8-1 9-5 Colors: Scarlet and Cream • Home: 4-3; Away: 0-5; Neutral: 0-0 2. Iowa 5-4 9-4 Conference: Big Ten • Total Attendance: 1,031,202 Wisconsin 5-4 8-5 Chancellor: Ronnie Green • Average Attendance: 85,944 Purdue 5-4 6-7 Institutional Rep.: Josephine Potuto, J.D. • Home Attendance: 623,240 5. Minnesota 3-6 7-6 Athletic Director: Bill Moos • Average Home Attendance: 89,034 Nebraska 3-6 4-8 7. Illinois 2-7 4-8 Assistant A.D./Comm. (Football): Keith Mann OFFENSE (NATIONAL RANK) Sr. Associate Comm. Dir./Oper.: Jeff Griesch • Yards Rushing/Game: 209.0 (28th) Sr. Associate Comm. Dir.: EAST DIVISION Shamus McKnight • Yards Rushing/Att.: 5.4 Associate Comm. Dir. (Football): RK TEAM BIG TEN OVERALL Matt Smith • Passing Yards/Game: 247.2 (51st) Assistant Communications Directors: 1. Ohio State 8-1 13-1 • Passing Comp./Att./Yards: 257/404/2,966 Michigan 8-1 10-2 Nate Pohlen, Erica Nett, Connor Stange • Total Net Yards/Game: 456.2 (25th) Director of Website Services: 3. Penn State 6-3 9-4 Jeremy Foote • Total Net Yards/Att.: 6.3 Communications Admin. Asst: 4. Michigan State 5-4 7-6 Vicki Capazo • Points/Game: 30.0 (57th) Director of Photography: 5. Maryland 3-6 5-7 Scott Bruhn • Turnover Margin/Game: -0.17 (83rd) Website: 6. Indiana 2-7 5-7 Huskers.com • Third-Down Conversions: 37.2 (85th) Twitter: @Huskers, @HuskerFBNation 7. Rutgers 0-9 1-11 Facebook: Facebook.com/Huskers DEFENSE (NATIONAL RANK) BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME • Yards Rushing/Game: 195.8 (96th) Ohio State 45, Northwestern 24 UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION • Passing Yards/Game: 237.8 (78th) PRESIDENT: Hank Bounds • Total Net Yards/Game: 433.5 (94th) NU'S 2019 NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS BOARD OF REGENTS • Total Net Yards/Attempt: 5.8 TEAM OVERALL BOWL • Timothy Clare, District 1 (Chairman) • Points/Game: 31.2 (88th) South Alabama 3-9 None • Howard Hawks, District 2 • Pass Efficiency Defense: 118.86 (34th) Colorado 5-7 None • Jim Pillen, District 3 (Vice Chairman) • Third-Down Conversions: 43.2 (103rd) Northern Illinois 8-6 Boca Raton • Elizabeth O’Connor, District 4 • Robert Schaefer, District 5 • Paul Kenney, District 6 SPRING FOOTBALL GUIDE CREDITS MISSION STATEMENT • Bob Phares, District 7 The 2019 Nebraska Football Spring Guide was The mission of the Nebraska Athletic Department • Barbara Weitz, District 8 written by Associate Communications Director is to serve our student-athletes, coaches, staff and Matt Smith and Assistant A.D./Communications fans by: Displaying INTEGRITY in every decision and STUDENT REGENTS Keith Mann with assistance from members of action; Building and maintaining TRUST with others; • Sarah Hotovy UNMC the Communications Staff, including Shamus Giving RESPECT to each person we encounter; • Logan Krejdl, UNK McKnight and Erica Nett. Photography by Scott Pursuing unity of purpose through TEAMWORK; • Hunter Traynor, UNL Bruhn. Maintaining LOYALTY to student-athletes, co- • Renata Valquier Chavez, UNO workers, fans and the University of Nebraska. 1 2019 NEBRASKA SPRING FOOTBALL NEBRASKA 2019 SPRING FOOTBALL ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Lettermen in Bold; *Indicates Letters Earned; YR. indicates 2019 fall eligibility NO. NAME POS. NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) 1 Wan’Dale Robinson WR/RB 30 Alexander, Quayshon OLB 6-3 250 Jr. Prospect Park, N.J. (De Paul Catholic) 1 Caleb Tannor OLB 42 Alioth Jr., Chad DB 6-2 195 So. Omaha, Neb. (North) 2 Tony Butler CB 11 * Allen, Austin TE 6-8 245 So. Aurora, Neb. (Aurora) 2 Adrian Martinez QB 45 Alston, David OLB 6-4 225 RFr. Saint Paul, Minn. (Woodbury) 3 Will Honas ILB 4 * Anderson, Avery DB 6-0 180 Sr. Surprise, Ariz. (Pine Creek [Colo.]) 3 Jamie Nance WR 75 Anderson, Fyn DL 6-3 285 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 4 Avery Anderson DB 50 Archer, Jake LB 6-0 210 RFr. Omaha, Neb. (Skutt Catholic) 4 Jaevon McQuitty WR 98 * Armstrong, Isaac P 5-11 205 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Kearney/Southwest) 5 Cam Taylor CB 61 Balenger, Mitchell OL 6-2 305 RFr. Leonardtown, Md. (Leonardtown/Fork Union Military Academy) 6 Eric Lee Jr. CB 51 Banderas, Anthony LB 6-1 225 RFr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 7 Mohamed Barry ILB 73 Bando, Broc OL 6-5 315 So. Lincoln, Neb. (IMG [Fla.] Academy) 7 Luke McCaffrey QB 36 Banker, Christian WR 6-0 190 So. Omaha, Neb. (Skutt Catholic) 9 DaiShon Neal DL 99 Banks, Brant DL 6-7 265 Fr. Houston, Texas (Westbury Christian) 10 JD Spielman WR 7 *** Barry, Mohamed ILB 6-1 230 Sr. Grayson, Ga. (Grayson) 11 Austin Allen TE 38 Belt, Brody RB 5-8 185 RFr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) 11 Vaha Vainuku DL 23 ** Bootle, Dicaprio CB 5-10 190 Jr. Miami, Fla. (Southridge) 33 * Bradley, Jaylin RB 6-0 210 So. Bellevue, Neb. (West) 12 Katerian LeGrone TE 35 Bryant, Moses CB 5-11 200 RFr. Elkhorn, Neb. (South) 13 JoJo Domann S/OLB 17 * Bunch, Andrew QB 6-1 210 Jr. Thompson’s Station, Tenn. 15 Braxton Clark CB (Independence/Scottsdale [Ariz.] CC) 15 Andre Hunt WR 39 Bunner, Bradley DB 6-0 190 So. Clarkson, Neb. (Clarkson) 16 Ethan Cox CB 2 ** Butler, Tony CB 6-2 205 Jr. Lakewood, Ohio (St. Edward) 16 Noah Vedral QB 58 Cassidy, Chris ILB 6-0 225 RFr. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 17 Andrew Bunch QB 45 Chaffin, Ty WR 6-5 210 Jr. Burwell, Neb. (Burwell) 15 Clark, Braxton CB 6-4 200 RFr. Orlando, Fla. (Dr. Phillips) 18 Matt Masker QB 16 * Cox, Ethan CB 5-10 185 So. Blair, Neb. (Blair) 19 Marquel Dismuke S 93 * Daniels, Damion DL 6-3 340 So. Dallas, Texas (Bishop Dunne) 19 Mike Williams WR 79 Daniels, Darrion DL 6-3 320 Sr. Dallas, Texas (Bishop Dunne/Oklahoma State) 21 Lamar Jackson CB 22 *** Davis, Alex OLB 6-5 255 Sr. Riviera Beach, Fla. (Dwyer) 22 Alex Davis OLB 96 *** Davis, Carlos DL 6-2 325 Sr. Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs) 23 Dicaprio Bootle CB 94 *** Davis, Khalil DL 6-2 310 Sr. Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs) 19 ** Dismuke, Marquel S 6-2 200 Jr. Compton, Calif. (Calabasas) 26 Miles Jones RB 34 Dixon, Breon OLB 6-0 205 So. Loganville, Ga. (Grayson/Ole Miss) 26 CJ Smith S 13 ** Domann, JoJo S/OLB 6-1 225 Jr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Pine Creek) 28 Eli Sullivan S 71 ** Farniok, Matt OL 6-6 330 Jr. Sioux Falls, S.D. (Washington) 28 Maurice Washington RB 68 Farniok, Will OL 6-3 290 RFr.