JoJo Domann, Nebraska Football News: Draft Scout Player News

08/01/21 - OLB JoJo Domann, rSr/2022, Nebraska

Here's how long JoJo Domann has been around the Nebraska football program: as a freshman, he forced a fumble in the 2016 Music City Bowl against Tennessee. Five years later, Domann is the only player on Nebraska's roster who saw the field in that game, which just happened to come at the end of the final year the Huskers won nine games in a season. It wasn't exactly a sprint to the finish that year. NU started 7-0 and finished 9-4 with a 38-24 loss to Tennessee in Nashville. But nine wins is nine wins, and 9-4 would certainly seem to be appealing considering what has happened in the years since. "Those men expected to win. Those dudes were confident, and they practiced like it, and we played like it," Domann said of the seniors on that team. "There was no what-ifs. They were expecting to win every game. And the senior leadership is huge, and just creating that momentum for the rest of the team to follow suit.

"So it's a lot of responsibility, but this is the moment I've been waiting for, and I'm ready for it." Domann is the senior now - a sixth-year senior, thanks to the extra year granted him because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He's gone from making an important play in a bowl game to trying to lead his final college team back to the postseason for the first time. There have been coaching changes and player transfers, lost games and a pandemic. And now, a final chance for the linebacker from Colorado to leave his mark. "For me personally it's was just the leadership aspect. Trying to get everyone on the same page, same mission. Really trying to build a football team and everything that entails," Domann said. "So I love each guy in the locker room, and I'm really excited for us to come together and hopefully get some wins this fall." - Lincoln Journal Star

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