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Nebraska Running Back Reacts To Starting Quarterback Decision
September 10 2016: A Nebraska Cornhuskers helmet rests on the sector through the 52-17 Nebraska Cornhuskers victory over the Wyoming Cowboys at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. (Picture by Josh Wolfe/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photographs)
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Nebraska’s Casey Thompson has a fan in freshman working again Gabe Ervin Jr.
The Texas switch was formally named the Huskers beginning quarterback after main the Huge-12 in passing touchdowns as a Longhorn final season.
On Wednesday, Ervin instructed Husker On-line that Thompson’s spot on the depth chart is well-deserved.
“Casey got here in with that chief angle, exhibiting what the requirements alleged to be and what the tradition’s alleged to be at Nebraska,” Ervin mentioned. “He deserves it. He works his butt off, his keys and his factors on his throwing, all the things’s good.”
Huskers followers are hoping Thompson’s addition will probably be a shot within the arm for a Nebraska staff that is struggled to date within the Scott Frost period.
Whereas Nebraska’s offense ranked twentieth within the nation final yr, late recreation collapses and self-inflicted wounds made for eight one-possession losses in 2021.
We’ll see if that fortune modifications with Thompson behind middle.