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  Nebraska defensive star and captain Garrett Nelson will forgo a final season of college football and turn pro, he announced Tuesday on social media. The edge rusher and Scottsbluff native declared for the 2023 NFL Draft in a lengthy letter thanking fans, coaches and teammates. The 6-foot-4, 245-pound Nelson - who concluded his Husker career with 32 consecutive starts - got better as he went along. He landed second-team All-Big Ten honors in his fourth and final season after logging 65 tackles and 5.5 sacks. The co-captain turns 23 in March and earned a degree in finance last May. He leaves Nebraska with 167 career tackles, including 26 for loss with 12 sacks. - Lincoln Journal Star

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  2022 ALL-BIG 12 FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: Micah Mazzccua (OL),...A total of 15 Bears earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention as a product of receiving a vote in the awards process. Richard Reese, along with offensive standouts in wide receiver Monaray Baldwin, offensive linemen Micah Mazzccua and Grant Miller, wide receiver Hal Presley, quarterback Blake Shapen and tight end Ben Sims were each honored. - Baylor Football

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  2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DL Garrett Nelson, Nebraska,...A 2022 team captain, Nelson was the leader of a Husker defense that made drastic improvements in the final eight games. Nelson finished the season with 65 total tackles, including 35 solo stops. He led Nebraska with nine tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks and two fumble recoveries. A native of Scottsbluff, Neb., Nelson has started 32 consecutive games, including all 12 games this season. - Nebraska Football

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  2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM (COACHES): WR Trey Palmer, Nebraska,...Palmer had a record-setting 2022 season for the Huskers, finishing with a school-record 1,043 receiving yards. Palmer's 71 receptions ranked second on Nebraska's single-season charts and are the most ever by a Husker receiver. Palmer was the only player in the Big Ten to record three games with at least 150 receiving yards, including a school-record 237 yards at Purdue. Palmer's nine touchdown receptions ranked in a tie for fifth on the Huskers' single-season chart. - Nebraska Football

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  2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Luke Reimer,...Reimer led Nebraska in tackles for the second straight season with 86 tackles despite missing a pair of games with an injury. Reimer had at least nine tackles in six games this season, including a pair of games with double-figure tackle totals. This marks the second straight season the Lincoln native has been an honorable-mention All-Big Ten selection. - Nebraska Football

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  2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Quinton Newsome,...Newsome was the leader of the Husker secondary in 2022. Newsome had a team-leading 10 pass breakups and recorded 44 tackles, including 27 solo stops, and a pair of sacks. Newsome started all 12 games this season and has been in Nebraska's starting lineup for every game the past two years. - Nebraska Football

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  2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Anthony Grant,...Grant paced the Nebraska rushing game in 2022. Grant finished the season with 915 yards and six rushing touchdowns. His five 100-yard rushing games were the most by a Husker since the 2014 season. Grant's Husker career got off to a strong start with three consecutive 100-yard rushing games to open the season, including a season-high 189 yards against North Dakota. - Nebraska Football

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  2022 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: WR - Jahmal Banks, Wake Forest, 21 votes,...Overall for the season, Banks has burst onto the scene in his third season in Winston-Salem as he has tallied 39 catches for 564 yards (14.5 average) and eight scores. His eight receiving touchdowns ranks fourth in the ACC and 30th overall in FBS. Overall for the season, Banks helped Wake Forest's offense rank 17th in the country in scoring offense (36.8), while ranking 29th in total offense (447.1). Additionally, the Demon Deacons are on pace to have one of the best scoring marks as the Deacs currently have the second-best scoring average in program history. - Wake Forest Football

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  Barely 12 hours after setting a school record for receiving yards in a season, Nebraska wideout Trey Palmer is turning his attention to the next level. Palmer declared for the NFL draft on Saturday morning, marking an end to 11 months as a Husker that was both brief and memorable. The former five-star recruit followed coach Mickey Joseph from LSU to Lincoln and broke out in his fourth college season, It culminated Friday evening in Iowa City as the Kentwood, La., native made nine catches for 165 yards that included two touchdowns in Nebraska's 24-17 win over Iowa.

His blazing speed was on display throughout, including as he separated from defenders with an 87-yard scoring bomb. "They can't guard me - that's all I seen," Palmer said. "They can't guard me or they can't run with me. That's what I did." Palmer finished the season with 1,043 receiving yards, breaking the school mark set by Stanley Morgan Jr. (1,004) in 2018. He's the second Husker to hit the 1,000-yard receiving plateau in one campaign. He also set the NU single-game receiving record when he amassed 237 yards against Purdue last month. Asked Friday evening about his future plans, Palmer said he wasn't sure and was "just going day by day." That changed Saturday morning as he announced his intentions minutes after Nebraska officially unveiled Matt Rhule as its new permanent head coach. - Lincoln Journal Star


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  Based on athletic director Trev Alberts' previous comments, this felt like the likely conclusion for inside linebacker and captain Nick Henrich. Joseph confirmed that it's a season-ending knee injury for the Omaha Burke graduate. Through Henrich's truncated season, he recorded 37 tackles in five games. Garrett Nelson, Henrich's roommate, said Henrich is in good spirits, despite it all. "Yeah, he's my middle linebacker, but first off, he's my best friend," Nelson said. "I'd rather have him healthy and himself than out there playing a little banged up and not doing well." Nelson continued: "He's doing well. He's a warrior. He'll be good." In other injury news, fellow linebacker Luke Reimer will be back this week, Joseph said. - Lincoln Journal Star

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  Casey Thompson threw a go-ahead 27-yard touchdown pass to Trey Palmer with 8:54 to play and Nebraska beat Rutgers 14-13 Friday night, handing the Scarlet Knights their 21st consecutive loss at home to a Big Ten Conference opponent. Safety Myles Farmer set up the game-winning score with an interception and return. Thompson, who also threw a 7-yard TD pass to tight end Travis Vokolek to open the second half, connected on the next play from scrimmage as Palmer made a sliding catch in the end zone.

The Cornhuskers (3-3, 2-1) rallied from a 13-0 halftime deficit and got a shutout from their defense in the final 30 minutes in handing Rutgers (3-3, 0-3) its third straight loss. Thompson, who was banged up just before the half, finished 24 of 36 for 232 yards passing with two TDs and two interceptions. Farmer made the big play, picking an ill-advised pass by Evan Simon and returning it 17 yards. Simon was intercepted three times Quarterback Noah Vedral, a Nebraska graduate transfer now in his third season at Rutgers, scored on a 21-yard run on the opening series. Rutgers Jude McAtamney kicked field goals of 25 and 40 yards, the first set up by a punt block by Max Melton, who also had an interception. - Nebraska/AP College Football


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  OCT 3 BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Malcolm Hartzog, Nebraska, CB - Silver Creek, Miss. - Jefferson Davis County,...Made his first career start for the Huskers after primarily playing special teams in the first four games, helping secure the 35-21 win against the Hoosiers...Returned a blocked punt 30 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter to give Nebraska a 14-7...lead, the Huskers’ first blocked punt return touchdown since 2009 and the Huskers' first special teams touchdown since 2019...Added a pass breakup and played a key role as Nebraska limited Indiana to zero points and just 79 yards in the second half...Earns the first Freshman of the Week honor of his career...Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Wan’Dale Robinson (Oct. 7, 2019). - Big Ten Football

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  SEPT 26 ACC RECEIVER OF THE WEEK: Jahmal Banks, Wake Forest, WR, Washington, D.C.,...Banks was quarterback Sam Hartman's big-play target on Saturday versus No. 5 Clemson ... Hauled in six passes for 141 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a 51-45 double-overtime loss ... Became the first Wake Forest wide receiver to catch at least two touchdown passes in back-to-back games since at least 1996 and is believed to be the only Demon Deacon to accomplish that feat. - ACC Football

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  A week after Nebraska fired head coach Scott Frost, the team's defensive coordinator is out. Interim head coach Mickey Joseph said Sunday that defensive coordinator Erik Chinander was fired a day after Nebraska gave up 580 yards and 49 points in lopsided loss to No. 6 Oklahoma. Chinander had led Nebraska's defense since Frost took over the team in 2018, but his unit floundered this year as the Cornhuskers fell to 1-3. A week before the 49-14 loss to Oklahoma, Nebraska gave up 642 yards in a 45-42 upset by Georgia Southern that preceded Frost's firing. "We appreciate Erik and the work and dedication he has given to our football program," Joseph said in a statement. "At this time, I feel that it is in the best interest of the Nebraska football program to take the leadership of the defense in another direction." Special teams coordinator Bill Busch was promoted to defensive coordinator. Athletic director Trev Alberts said after Joseph was named interim head coach that he would have the power to make any changes he thought were needed. Alberts fired Frost after he went 16-31 in a little more than four seasons. - AP College Football

rSr/2023 DE Ochaun MathisNebraska
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  Syracuse starting linebacker Stefon Thompson and fullback Chris Elmore will miss the rest of the season with lower-body injuries, coach Dino Babers said Monday. Both were hurt in the first half of the Orange's 31-7 victory over Louisville on Saturday night. Babers said they likely will be redshirted this year. The 6-foot-1, 235-pound Thompson, had to be helped off the field. A starter since his first year in 2020, he finished second on the team last season with 79 tackles, had six sacks among his eight tackles behind the line of scrimmage, and forced two fumbles. He had three tackles against the Cardinals before the injury. The 6-foot, 285-pound Elmore is in his sixth season and has played several positions in his career. All-American running back Sean Tucker also was shaken up at the end of a carry just before halftime and was looked at by team trainers before gingerly walking off the field. He returned for the second half. - AP College Football

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