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Someone needs to make a Club Pro Guy-esque Twitter parody account satirizing our football reporters. Specifically their use of terms like "arm talent," "gonna be a dude/guy/dawg," "room" etc, their insistence on wearing the clothes they slept in to press conferences, the dumbass questions and so on.
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Nebraska opened up the first 30 minutes or so of Wednesday's fall camp practice to the media, which gave us another look at the Huskers inside Memorial Stadium.
Here are some of our biggest takeaways from what we saw...
ROBIN'S OBSERVATIONS
***Players that we saw sitting out of Monday's practice included:
Tight end Chris Hickman
Offensive lineman Turner Corcoran
Tight end Thomas Fidone
Defensive back Jalil Martin
Running back Ajay Allen
Offensive lineman Alex Conn
Tight end Brodie Tagaloa
Nickel John Bullock
Nickel Gage Stenger
***We did not see wide receiver Trey Palmer on the field during the opening portion of practice.
***Corcoran was out but still went through warmups and didn't show any noticeable sign of injury.
***With Corcoran out, Brant Banks was the No. 1 left guard. Broc Bando was the No. 1 right guard.
***Fidone spent nearly the entire opening portion of practice running the steps inside Memorial Stadium at full speed, both forward and laterally.
***Hickman sat out of practice with a supportive walking boot on his left foot.
***Nebraska opened practice with some live special teams work (no tackling), and Rahmir Johnson and Alante Brown were the first-team gunners. That backed up all the talk about wanting to get more offensive players involved in special teams.
***As expected, defensive lineman Devin Drew was in attendance for Wednesday's practice, wearing No. 91. He was not in pads and mostly did work off to the side, but he is officially off and running as a Husker.
***The punt returners (with Palmer out) were Oliver Martin, Kamonte Grimes, Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda, and Emmett Johnson.
***Rahmir Johnson will definitely be a Swiss Army knife player in Nebraska's offense. He took reps out of the backfield at running back, ran routes as a slot receiver, and even carried the ball as a motion receiver.
***Chubba Purdy showed off his arm strength a bit during a standard warm-up throwing drill, as he zipped a ball to an NU manager so hard that it nearly went through his hands and hit him in the face. "My bad, dog."
***Offensive coordinator Mark Whipple was with the quarterbacks for the duration of the practice portion we watched.
***Nebraska has a lot of options at running back, but it's hard not to buy into how impressive both Anthony Grant and Gabe Ervin Jr. look physically. Jaquez Yant is a beast, obviously, but those two definitely stand out.
***It's cool to see Ron Brown still have an active role in practices. He also looks like he's a 35-year-old former player.
***There are a couple of notable walk-ons that made Nebraska's 110-man roster in former Papillion-La Vista tight end Luke Lindenmeyer and Pickle Smoochers Prep receiver Alex Bullock. Lindenmeyer is the only true freshman walk-on to make the 110.
***NFL scouts from the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns were in attendance on Wednesday. They spent most of the time watching the quarterbacks and wide receivers.
SIPPLE'S OBSERVATIONS
*** Devin Drew practiced for the first time in camp. His first on-field work as a Husker was mostly individual drills on the sideline as he goes through the NCAA’s acclimation process. He’s listed at 6-foot-2 and 280 pounds. That appears to be accurate. At that size in the Big Ten, he’ll often have to rely on quickness off the ball and quickness in general.
He played in 23 games with 12 starts in two seasons with Texas Tech. He knows what it takes to get in game shape. He doesn’t appear to be far off. But the game in Ireland is 17 days away. Will he be ready for meaningful action Aug. 27? Might he be able to contribute 10 snaps? More?
We probably won’t know for a few days.
*** Marcell Lazard, a graduate assistant, guided Drew through drills on the sideline. He’s in his second season working with Nebraska’s defense as a graduate assistant. He previously worked with defensive tackles as an assistant at Pace (New York) University from 2018 to 2020.
*** Tamon Lynum, a redshirt freshman corner from Orlando, hasn’t come up much in offseason conversation. But he started camp considered by coaches to be among the team’s top four or five corners along with Quinton Newsome, Tommi Hill, Braxton Clark and Javier Morton.
Lynum is striking at 6-foot-2 and 180 pounds.
Nebraska’s length in the secondary is striking in general.
*** The most intense part of the practice (in the first 30 minutes at least) occurred when Nebraska had to punt out of its own end zone. “Game rep! Game rep!” Husker special teams coach Bill Busch shouted repeatedly. Love that stuff. It energizes the stadium even in the relative quiet of August.
*** Nebraska has two punters who wear No. 95 – Montana transfer Brian Buschini, the projected starter, and sophomore walk-on Grant Detlefsen of Lincoln Southeast. I don’t know about anyone else, but that causes me a great deal of confusion. Just saying.
*** True freshman Justin Evans-Jenkins has a body type that really stands out among Nebraska’s mammoth offensive linemen. The reserve center – I’m guessing he’s third string behind Trent Hixson and Ethan Piper – is listed at 6-foot-1 and 290 pounds. Even by center standards that’s relatively short – Hixson is 6-4 and Piper is 6-2.
Judging from drills, Evans-Jenkins is a tough customer. No-nonsense kid, is my read.
*** First-year Nebraska offensive coordinator Mark Whipple coaches in a quiet, low-key manner. But you can tell he can get his point across. “Throw a strike,” he told Heinrich Haarberg as the quarterbacks worked through a routine passing drill.
Whipple said it almost under his breath, but you can bet Haarberg heard it.
The thing about guys like Whipple is, if he raises his voice, it means that much more. That’s my experience anyway.
ABBY'S OBSERVATIONS
***Offensive lineman Turner Corcoran watched from the sidelines on Wednesday with a jersey on but no pads. He coached up his teammates but didn’t practice during drills. Corcoran sat out during the spring with a shoulder injury.
***Teddy Prochazka, who is projected to be the starting left tackle, practiced and looked good after coming back from a left knee injury. He moved well during drills and held his ground against his teammates.
***Tight end Chris Hickman had a walking boot on his left foot. He entered fall camp healthy and practiced on Monday, Aug. 1 when media were allowed to watch practice.
***Tight end Travis Vokolek told a coach that he weighed in at 256 pounds. The senior led Nebraska’s jumping jack drill at the beginning of practice. Even though he missed the spring, Vokolek is still clearly the front runner in the position group.
***Running back Ajay Allen was sidelined with a wrap around his right thigh. The freshman impressed during Nebraska’s last open practice and has a shot at taking snaps for the Huskers this fall if he can stay healthy.
***Rahmir Johnson is listed as a running back but has been playing slot for the Huskers as well. He was training with the wide receivers on Wednesdays during some passing and route running drills.
***Wide receivers Kamonte Grimes and New Mexico State transfer Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda were punt returning for the Huskers during practice.
***Tight end James Carnie had a great one-handed snag in the back of the end zone towards the end of open practice as he caught the ball on the tips of his fingers, bobbed slightly it and secured it.
Here are some of our biggest takeaways from what we saw...
ROBIN'S OBSERVATIONS
***Players that we saw sitting out of Monday's practice included:
Tight end Chris Hickman
Offensive lineman Turner Corcoran
Tight end Thomas Fidone
Defensive back Jalil Martin
Running back Ajay Allen
Offensive lineman Alex Conn
Tight end Brodie Tagaloa
Nickel John Bullock
Nickel Gage Stenger
***We did not see wide receiver Trey Palmer on the field during the opening portion of practice.
***Corcoran was out but still went through warmups and didn't show any noticeable sign of injury.
***With Corcoran out, Brant Banks was the No. 1 left guard. Broc Bando was the No. 1 right guard.
***Fidone spent nearly the entire opening portion of practice running the steps inside Memorial Stadium at full speed, both forward and laterally.
***Hickman sat out of practice with a supportive walking boot on his left foot.
***Nebraska opened practice with some live special teams work (no tackling), and Rahmir Johnson and Alante Brown were the first-team gunners. That backed up all the talk about wanting to get more offensive players involved in special teams.
***As expected, defensive lineman Devin Drew was in attendance for Wednesday's practice, wearing No. 91. He was not in pads and mostly did work off to the side, but he is officially off and running as a Husker.
***The punt returners (with Palmer out) were Oliver Martin, Kamonte Grimes, Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda, and Emmett Johnson.
***Rahmir Johnson will definitely be a Swiss Army knife player in Nebraska's offense. He took reps out of the backfield at running back, ran routes as a slot receiver, and even carried the ball as a motion receiver.
***Chubba Purdy showed off his arm strength a bit during a standard warm-up throwing drill, as he zipped a ball to an NU manager so hard that it nearly went through his hands and hit him in the face. "My bad, dog."
***Offensive coordinator Mark Whipple was with the quarterbacks for the duration of the practice portion we watched.
***Nebraska has a lot of options at running back, but it's hard not to buy into how impressive both Anthony Grant and Gabe Ervin Jr. look physically. Jaquez Yant is a beast, obviously, but those two definitely stand out.
***It's cool to see Ron Brown still have an active role in practices. He also looks like he's a 35-year-old former player.
***There are a couple of notable walk-ons that made Nebraska's 110-man roster in former Papillion-La Vista tight end Luke Lindenmeyer and Pickle Smoochers Prep receiver Alex Bullock. Lindenmeyer is the only true freshman walk-on to make the 110.
***NFL scouts from the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns were in attendance on Wednesday. They spent most of the time watching the quarterbacks and wide receivers.
SIPPLE'S OBSERVATIONS
*** Devin Drew practiced for the first time in camp. His first on-field work as a Husker was mostly individual drills on the sideline as he goes through the NCAA’s acclimation process. He’s listed at 6-foot-2 and 280 pounds. That appears to be accurate. At that size in the Big Ten, he’ll often have to rely on quickness off the ball and quickness in general.
He played in 23 games with 12 starts in two seasons with Texas Tech. He knows what it takes to get in game shape. He doesn’t appear to be far off. But the game in Ireland is 17 days away. Will he be ready for meaningful action Aug. 27? Might he be able to contribute 10 snaps? More?
We probably won’t know for a few days.
*** Marcell Lazard, a graduate assistant, guided Drew through drills on the sideline. He’s in his second season working with Nebraska’s defense as a graduate assistant. He previously worked with defensive tackles as an assistant at Pace (New York) University from 2018 to 2020.
*** Tamon Lynum, a redshirt freshman corner from Orlando, hasn’t come up much in offseason conversation. But he started camp considered by coaches to be among the team’s top four or five corners along with Quinton Newsome, Tommi Hill, Braxton Clark and Javier Morton.
Lynum is striking at 6-foot-2 and 180 pounds.
Nebraska’s length in the secondary is striking in general.
*** The most intense part of the practice (in the first 30 minutes at least) occurred when Nebraska had to punt out of its own end zone. “Game rep! Game rep!” Husker special teams coach Bill Busch shouted repeatedly. Love that stuff. It energizes the stadium even in the relative quiet of August.
*** Nebraska has two punters who wear No. 95 – Montana transfer Brian Buschini, the projected starter, and sophomore walk-on Grant Detlefsen of Lincoln Southeast. I don’t know about anyone else, but that causes me a great deal of confusion. Just saying.
*** True freshman Justin Evans-Jenkins has a body type that really stands out among Nebraska’s mammoth offensive linemen. The reserve center – I’m guessing he’s third string behind Trent Hixson and Ethan Piper – is listed at 6-foot-1 and 290 pounds. Even by center standards that’s relatively short – Hixson is 6-4 and Piper is 6-2.
Judging from drills, Evans-Jenkins is a tough customer. No-nonsense kid, is my read.
*** First-year Nebraska offensive coordinator Mark Whipple coaches in a quiet, low-key manner. But you can tell he can get his point across. “Throw a strike,” he told Heinrich Haarberg as the quarterbacks worked through a routine passing drill.
Whipple said it almost under his breath, but you can bet Haarberg heard it.
The thing about guys like Whipple is, if he raises his voice, it means that much more. That’s my experience anyway.
ABBY'S OBSERVATIONS
***Offensive lineman Turner Corcoran watched from the sidelines on Wednesday with a jersey on but no pads. He coached up his teammates but didn’t practice during drills. Corcoran sat out during the spring with a shoulder injury.
***Teddy Prochazka, who is projected to be the starting left tackle, practiced and looked good after coming back from a left knee injury. He moved well during drills and held his ground against his teammates.
***Tight end Chris Hickman had a walking boot on his left foot. He entered fall camp healthy and practiced on Monday, Aug. 1 when media were allowed to watch practice.
***Tight end Travis Vokolek told a coach that he weighed in at 256 pounds. The senior led Nebraska’s jumping jack drill at the beginning of practice. Even though he missed the spring, Vokolek is still clearly the front runner in the position group.
***Running back Ajay Allen was sidelined with a wrap around his right thigh. The freshman impressed during Nebraska’s last open practice and has a shot at taking snaps for the Huskers this fall if he can stay healthy.
***Rahmir Johnson is listed as a running back but has been playing slot for the Huskers as well. He was training with the wide receivers on Wednesdays during some passing and route running drills.
***Wide receivers Kamonte Grimes and New Mexico State transfer Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda were punt returning for the Huskers during practice.
***Tight end James Carnie had a great one-handed snag in the back of the end zone towards the end of open practice as he caught the ball on the tips of his fingers, bobbed slightly it and secured it.
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