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Nebraska competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska has produced 110 first-team, fifty-six consensus, and twenty unanimous All-Americans. [1] Tackle Vic Halligan was named Nebraska's first All-American in 1914.
[10] [5] [1] He is also a member of the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame (class of 1980). [4] [11] In 2011, Tingelhoff was named as that year's recipient of the Gerald R. Ford Legends Award. The award was presented to him during the 12th Annual Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet on January 14, 2012, at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska ...
This is a list of Nebraska Cornhuskers football players in the NFL draft. Nebraska had at least one player drafted every year from 1962 to 2018 , a streak that was snapped in 2019 . Two Huskers have been selected first overall ( Sam Francis in 1937 and Irving Fryar in 1984 ), and one was selected last (Stan Hegener in 1975 ).
Johnny Steven Rodgers (born July 5, 1951) is an American former professional football player. He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and won the Heisman Trophy in 1972. Rodgers played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Montreal Alouettes and in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Diego Chargers. He was ...
David Brian Rimington (born May 22, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1980s. Rimington played college football for the University of Nebraska , where he was two-time consensus All-American and received several awards recognizing him as the ...
College Football Hall of Fame Robert Stanford Brown (December 8, 1941 – June 16, 2023), nicknamed " the Boomer ", [ 1 ] was an American professional football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1964 through 1973.
Bobby Reynolds (June 27, 1931 – August 19, 1985) was an American football player known among University of Nebraska Cornhuskers fans as "Mr. Touchdown". [1] [2] He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1984.
Derald Lawrence Nelson (born February 8, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers .