May 19, 2021
It was inevitable we were going to see some movement in Nebraska’s running back room from now until August, and that first piece turned on Wednesday.
Third-year freshman
HuskerOnline has confirmed.
The 5-foot-11, 195-pound Thompkins found himself in a very crowded room that featured six scholarship players, along with at least two walk-on running backs who were receiving reps with the top offensive units.
Coming out of the spring freshmen
Gabe Ervin,
Jaqeuz Yant pulled ahead of the pack.
Before coming to Lincoln, Thompkins suffered a major knee injury that also knocked him out for the entire 2019 season at NU. He missed a majority of the 2017 and 2018 seasons for Loganville (Ga.) Grayson as a junior and senior.
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These were my surprises of the week:
No Big Ten teams will host a regional: I shouldn’t be surprised, but I still am. The fact the Big Ten didn’t have one of the possible 20 NCAA host regional sites was a blow. It also was a message to the league’s tone-deaf leadership that decided to do their own thing by being the only high-profile league in the country to not allow non-conference games.
Phalen Sanford’s testing marks: When former strength coach Boyd Epley used to list the top winter conditioning marks over 20 years ago at NU, it allowed Husker fans to get to know a few under-the-radar names based on their athletic testing results.
With the Red-White spring game now behind a week behind us, roster movement at this time of year is nearly inevitable. On Saturday, HuskerOnline confirmed that reserve wide receiver Demariyon Houston has entered the NCAA transfer portal. The 6-foot, 185-pound Oklahoma native found himself in a logjam at receiver, as a group of at least […]