More than four years and 60 pounds ago, Ben Stille arrived at Nebraska as a fresh-faced teenager ready to make the jump fromHusker fan to Husker player.
The Ashland-Greenwood graduate came as part of coach Mike Riley s first full recruiting class in 2016, heralded by many as a top-25 group packed with promise. Stille couldn t help but imagine how far it might go.
Now in the stretch run of his senior year, the 295-pound defensive lineman thinks back on one of the first things NU staffers told the newcomers: Take a look around, because many of the guys here now won t be leaving with you on Senior Day.