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Yesterday, at his red blazered press conference, Nebraska Cornhuskers Head Coach Bo Pelini announced that three players had been put on scholarship.
We never really officially announced it, but we had a couple walk-ons who were put on scholarship, Sam Burtch, Sam Foltz and Brandon Reilly. There will be a few other walk-ons who will go on scholarship this year, and we’ll announce that at a later time when all the i’s get dotted and t’s get crossed.
So, since we don't know who is on scholarship yet past Burtch, Foltz and Reilly, lets take a look at who is getting a ride this season. Unlike this piece I did in June, we will not look at who is on the sheet from verbals.
Remember, this is who is on scholarship. Not a depth chart. Hence, you won't see Ryker Fyfe on this list at QB.
| Position | Senior | Junior | Sophomore | Freshman | Total |
| QB | Armstrong |
Stanton |
4 | ||
| RB | Abdullah | Cross | Newby | Taylor Wilbon |
5 |
| FB | Janovich | 1 | |||
| WR | Bell Turner |
Allen Burtch |
Moore Westerkamp Reilly |
Gladney Pierson-El Tolbert Irons |
11 |
| TE | Sutton | Carter Cotton |
Hart Freedom |
5 | |
| OT | Lewis Finnin Sterup Price |
Knevel Johnson Gates |
7 | ||
| OG | Cotton Moudy |
Reeves | Whitaker | Hannon Farmer |
6 |
| C | Pelini | Kondolo | Thurston | 3 | |
| DE | Gregory Keels |
McMullen | Natter King Stoltenberg |
6 | |
| DT | Williams | Valentine Collins Maurice |
Foster Newell |
6 | |
| LB | Anderson | Santos | Rose Banderas |
Love Newby Walton |
7 |
| CB | Mitchell |
Rose Davie Jackson Cockrell |
Joseph Mosley Kalu Jones |
9 | |
| S | Cooper | Alexander Gerry |
Singleton Gifford Williams |
6 | |
| K | Bondi | Brown | 2 | ||
| P | Foltz | 1 | |||
| LS | Miller | 1 | |||
| Totals | 9 | 20 | 19 | 32 | 80 |
Well, there you have it. Nebraska is using 80 of it's 85 scholarships currently. A couple of things stand out:
- I did put Jaevon Walton in the Linebacking core, as he's still under scholarship. That being said, take him out and Nebraska has 6 scholarship Linebackers, which isn't that many. Granted, losing Jared Afalava doesn't help that number. Senior Trevor Roach is not on scholarship. I do wonder why Roach could not be one of the final 5 scholarships.
- Since he's been put there also, I put Jerald Foster on Defensive Tackle for the season. If/when he moves back to the OL, that's where he will go.
- Nebraska has as many on scholarship from Special Teams as they do scholarship QB's.
- 32 Freshman, between true and redshirt kids. That's amazing to me.
The next time this changes, we'll have the breakdown once again.