Nebraska wrestler Craig Brester couldn’t recall Friday night just how many times he and Iowa State’s Jake Varner have circled around each other on the wrestling mat, with pride, ranking and usually a trophy at stake. “We’ve butted heads a lot of times,” he said. They’ll do it...

Déjà vu, right through the heart - deep in the heart of the Lone Star State. The Nebraska baseball team again had one of the best clubs in the nation - this time, No. 2 Texas - dead to rights with a 5-3 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth inning. NU freshman pitcher Kurt Giller had even...

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RB Rex Burkhead, 5-11, 200, So. If he isn’t already, Burkhead is on his way to becoming the most popular Nebraska player among NU fan. His character and humble demeanor is part of it, but it’s more Burkhead’s style and game. As a runner, he’s tough and doesn’t quit. He doesn’t...

DB Prince Amukamara, 6-1, 200, Sr. At the beginning of Prince Amukamara’s career, fans rightly wondered whether a guy who had been so dazzling on offense in high school was best kept on the defensive side of the ball. Through two average seasons at cornerback, those bleats got a little...

DE Pierre Allen, 6-5, 265, Sr. After a sophomore season that had a few pundits thinking Allen might be ready for the NFL very soon, a nasty turf toe injury limited the Colorado native throughout 2009. Allen was still productive on the field, but, unsurprisingly, he seemed to have lost a step....

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LG Keith Williams, 6-5, 315, Sr. Now or never for Nebraska’s most talented interior offensive lineman. Injuries significantly slowed what should have been a breakout year for Williams; he was in and out of the lineup early in the year, and, because of NU’s thin depth at the position, never...

CB Alfonzo Dennard, 5-9, 190, Jr. Loves to compete out on the island. Dennard has incredible hops for a kid his size - his dunks on the basketball court are sometimes recounted by his teammates - but it’s Dennard’s instincts, his sense of timing, that are his biggest strengths. Although a...

DE Cameron Meredith, 6-4, 260, So. Big fan of the kid who wears Trev Alberts’ old number. Meredith has the frame, smarts and speed to be a great end at NU, a prototypical NFL base end with enough speed to cause pain for top-flight offensive tackles. After spending a year working a rotation...

Husker Locker's Samuel McKewon is a big fan of OU's latest recruiting class - a class necessary, he says, to get the Sooners back in the speed game. Comments from Bob Stoops, plus exclusive commentary and insight on where Oklahoma is headed in future years, with a 14-day free trial to Husker Locker Pass! Try looking for this stuff somewhere else - you won't get it!

The Aggies have a ton of catching up to do on the field, but Husker Locker's Samuel McKewon sees a recruiting class that could pay major dividends in two or three years.

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S Eric Hagg, 6-2, 205, Sr. Boy, is Carl Pelini going to miss this kid when he graduates in 2010. Hagg is one of the great gifts of the Callahan era, a safety with range to body up receivers up to 25 yards - he’s not so great in deep coverage - the size and toughness to make plays in run...

OT Jermarcus Hardrick, 6-7, 315, Jr. So here’s NU’s equivalent of a big free agent signing, a giant, tough, hard-driving right tackle who can anchor the running game and provide a key, immediate dose of depth. It helps that Hardrick is considered the best JUCO tackle recruit in the country....

WR Brandon Kinnie, 6-3, 215, Jr. Kinnie appeared to wrest control of the second wide receiver spot toward the end of the 2009 season, making a clutch third-down catch in the Big 12 Championship game. He certainly has the frame and giant hands to be a good receiver; whether he’s fast enough,...