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An inspirational leader for the Nebraska team during his four seasons, Jason Peter finished his career as a two-time first-team All-Big 12 selection and by earning consensus first-team All-America honors in 1997 and was a finalist for the Outland Trophy. He stared every game in his final three seasons (47 contests). During Peter’s career, the Huskers were 49-2, with three national titles and four bowl victories.

• Drafted by Carolina Panthers (First Round, 14th Pick)
• 1997 All-American (AP, FWAA, Walter Camp, Sporting News)
• 1997 Outland Trophy Finalist
• 1997 Bronko Nagurski Defensive Player-of-the-Year Finalist
• 1997 Football News Defensive Player-of-the-Year Semifinalist
• 1997 First-Team All-Big 12
• 1997 Team Co-Captain
• 1997 Nebraska Lifter-of-the-Year Finalist
• 1997 Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 (The Sporting News, Lindy’s, Football News)
• 1997 Preseason Second-Team All-American (College Sports)
• 1996 First-Team All-Big 12
• 1995 Honorable-Mention All-Big Eight

Aspired to be the Water Boy, but went into Comedy instead

Osborne was named Nebraska’s 25th head coach following the 1972 season and worked the sideline for 25 years, the longest tenure in school history. Under Osborne’s direction, the program achieved remarkable success, exceeding any in its rich history. The Cornhuskers mounted a 255-49-3 record under Osborne, good for a winning percentage of .836. The 255 victories are the sixth-most all-time among major college football coaches while the winning percentage ranks fifth all-time.

His achievements were so highly regarded that the National Football Foundation waived its three-year waiting period so that he could be inducted into its Hall of Fame in December of 1998. He is one of only four coaches in history to have the mandatory three-year waiting period waived.

Osborne’s coaching career came to a poetic end in the 1998 Orange Bowl. In his final game, the Huskers defeated No. 3 Tennessee, 42-17, giving him a share of a third national title in his final four seasons. The victory left Osborne as the first coach in college football history to retire as a reigning national champion, along with the nation’s best active winning percentage.

Osborne guided the Huskers to back-to-back titles in 1994 and 1995, then capped his career by sharing the 1997 title with Michigan. Nebraska’s back-to-back national titles in 1994-95 made Osborne the first coach to accomplish that feat since Bear Bryant led Alabama to titles in 1978-79. Under Osborne, NU became just the second school all time and the first since Oklahoma in 1955-56 to post back-to-back perfect national championship seasons. In fact, Osborne’s last five Nebraska teams put together the best five-year run in collegiate football history with an amazing 60-3 record, including five consecutive 11-win seasons.

Osborne-coached Nebraska teams captured 13 conference crowns, including six of his last seven seasons on the sideline. All 25 of his Husker teams won at least nine games and went to a bowl, while 15 won 10-or-more games.

One of the best pass rushers Nebraska has had, Smith was fourth in the Big 8 in quarterback sacks, with seven and a half for 50 yards in losses, in 1987 and earned All-America honors from the Sporting News. All-Big 8 according to the Associated Press and United Press International, he was a second-team All-American on both AP and Football News. Nebraska forth-leading tackler in 1987, he was credited with 65 total tackles, including 12 for losses totaling 63 yards. Also caused two fumbles, recovered another, blocked a field goal at Colorado, broke up three passes, and had an interception at Missouri. Co-captain shared the team lead in tackles against Oklahoma State, but saved his best game for the final at Colorado. Named Big Eight Defensive Player-of-the-Week for performance against the Buffs in which he had a team-leading and career high 12 tackles (including nine unassisted, two for losses of 15 yards, and a 12-yard sack), recovered a fumble to blunt a Colorado drive, and blocked a field goal.

• Drafted by Kansas City Chiefs (First Round, 2nd Pick)\1988 Fiesta Bowl Defensive Player-of-the-Game
• 1988 Japan Bowl Defensive Player-of-the Game
• 1987 First-Team All-American (Sporting News)
• 1987 Second-Team All-American (AP, Football News
• 1987 First-Team All-Big 8 (AP, UPI)
• 1987 Defensive Player-of-the-Week (Colorado)
• 1987 Co-Captain

One of the most feared defenders in school history, Grant Wistrom was the anchor of the Husker defense during one of the most successful eras in college football. During his career, the Huskers compiled a 49-2 record from 1994 to 1997, winning three national titles in that span (1994, 1995 and 1997), becoming only the second program in Division I history to win three national titles in a four-year period. A two-time first-team All-American, Wistrom became Nebraska’s fourth Lombardi Award winner as the nation’s top lineman following the 1997 season. Wistrom, who holds the school record for tackles for loss with 58.5 for 260 yards and ranks second with 26.5 sacks, had his No. 98 retired during the 1998 season.

• 1997 Lombardi Award Winner

A standout on Nebraska’s 1970 and 1971 national championship teams, Larry Jacobson became Nebraska’s first major award winner, capturing the Outland Trophy following his senior season. Jacobson became the first of seven Huskers to win eight Outland trophies, symbolic of the nation’s top interior lineman. Jacobson’s No. 75 was retired along with Trev Alberts’ No. 34 and Will Shield’s No. 75 at the 1994 Spring Game, marking the only time in school history that three jerseys were retired at the same time. As a senior, Jacobson recorded 73 tackles , including 28 solos, and added 12 tackles for 73 yards lost and an interception en route to earning All-Big Eight and All-America honors. One of two All-Americans (along with Rich Glover) on the Husker defensive line in 1971, Jacobson helped the Blackshirts to top-five national rankings in rush defense (85.9, second), total defense (202.9, fifth) and scoring defense (8.2, third) en route to a 13-0 record and a second straight national title. He also was lauded for his efforts in the classroom, earning CoSIDA Academic All-America honors following his senior campaign.

A strong senior season propelled Kinney to set the Husker career rushing record with 2,420 yards and Husker career touchdown record with 35. Kinney earned First-Team All-America honors from Time Magazine, an Academic All-American and a First-Team All-Big 8 choice. Kinney’s success made him a first round NFL draft choice of the Kansas City Chiefs. Kinney returned to his sophomore form from the beginning of the ’71 season. Against Oregon in the season open Kinney ran for 124 yards and one touchdown as he completely overshadowed Duck ace Bobby Moore in a 34-7 Nebraska win. In a 36-0 rout of Missouri Kinney rushed for 88 yards and two more touchdowns to continue his senior dominance.

• Drafted in 1st Round by the Kansas City Chiefs
• 1971 First-Team All-American (Time Magazine)
• 1971 Third-Team All-American (AP, UPI)
• 1971 Academic All-American
• 1971 First-Team All-Big 8 (AP, UPI)
• 1971 Nebraska Player-of-the-Week (Oregon, Kansas, Oklahoma)
• 1970 Nebraska Player-of-the-Week (Minnesota)
• 1969 Big 8 Sophomore-of-the-Year (AP)
• 1969 Honorable Mention All-Big 8 (AP)
• 1969 Nebraska Player-of-the-Week (Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma)

As a quarterback Taylor ranked 7th in the conference in rushing and combined with his passing was ranked 5th in the conference in total offense with 1893 yards his senior year. In the second game of the season against Utah State Taylor threw for 143 and a touchdown as he became the eighth Nebraska player to top 2,000 career passing yards, Taylor also rushed for another 74 yards and two touchdowns to pass Vince Ferragamo and move into fifth on NU’s career total offense chart. Against Arizona State, Taylor was one of three Huskers to rush for more then 100 yards (Ken Clark – 122, Taylor – 116, Terry Rodgers – 113). Two games later against Kansas in a 63-10 win Taylor reached two career milestones, he became the fifth Husker to top 4,000 total-offense yards, finishing the game with 4,034, and he became the third Husker to record 50 career total-offense touchdowns. The next week against Oklahoma State, Taylor would score five more touchdowns and set the school career-record at 55. In the regular-season finale against Oklahoma, Taylor would score the only touchdown of the game in the first quarter on a 1-yard run; Nebraska would go on to win the game 7-3. This win would end Oklahoma’s 31-game Big 8 win streak and earn the Huskers an outright Big Eight title and an Orange Bowl berth for the first time in five years.

• Drafted 12th Round by Indianapolis Colts
• 1989 East-West Shrine Bowl
• 1988 First-Team All-Big 8 (AP, UPI, Coaches)
• 1988 Big 8 Player-of-the-Week (Utah State)
• 1988 Raycom Outstanding Player-of-the-Game (Texas A&M)
• 1988 ABC Nebraska Player-of-the-Game (UCLA)
• 1987 First-Team All-American (Football News)
• 1987 Third-Team All-American (AP)
• 1987 First-Team All-Big 8 (AP, UPI)
• 1987 Sugar Bowl MVP
• 1987 Big 8 Offensive Player-of-the-Week (UCLA, Arizona State)
• 1987 ESPN Nebraska Player-of-the-Game (UCLA)
• 1987 ABC Nebraska Player-of-the-Game (Arizona State)
• 1987 CBS Nebraska Player-of-the-Game (Oklahoma State)
• 1986 Big 8 Player-of-the-Week (Florida State)
• 1986 Sports Illustrated National Player-of-the-Week (Florida State)
• 1986 CNN National Player-of-the-Week (Florida State)

Tomich was a vital contributor to the Husker defense that ranked among the nation’s top 10 in nearly every category during Tomich’s three years. The two-time All-America walk-on from St. John, Ind., left the Huskers with a degree in communications, numerous accolades and two national championship rings. Tomich had 26 tackles for loss in his career, including 16 sacks.

• Drafted by New Orleans Saints (2nd Round, Pick #39)
• 1997 Inaugural Book Berringer Citizenship Team Member
• 1996 Lombardi Award Finalist
• 1996 First-Team All-American (Walter Camp, American Football Quarterly)
• 1996 Second-Team All-American (AP, American Football Foundation)
• 1996 CFA Good Works Team
• 1996 Bronko Nagurski Defensive Player-of-the-Year Midseason Leader
• 1996 Guy Chamberlin Trophy Winner
• 1996 Big 12 Commissioner’s Fall Semester Honor Roll
• 1995 First-Team All-American (AP)
• 1995 Second-Team All-American (Football News)
• 1995 Football News Defensive Player-of-the-Year Semifinalist
• Two-Time First-Team All-Conference (1995, 1996)

His senior year, both Kelsay and Mike Rucker the gave Nebraska the best pair off rush ends in the country, even without Grant Wistrom. Kelsay was a Nebraska Lifter-of-the-Year finalist in 1997 and 1998, winning the award in 1998. A two-time academic all-conference winner, Kelsay contended for All-America honors in 1998.

• Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers (Seventh Round)
• 1998 GTE/CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American
• 1998 Co-Captain
• 1997 Second-Team GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American
• Two-Time GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-District VII (1997, 1998)
• Three-Time First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (1996, 1997, 1998)
• 1998 First-Time All-Big 12 (Kansas City Star)
• 1998 Second-Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, AP, Austin AS)
• Career-high 11 tackles at Texas A&M, 10/10/98
• 1998 Nebraska Lifter of the Year

Split end Matt Davison finished his career ranked second all time among Nebraska receivers with 93 receptions and 1,456 yards, trailing only Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers’ 143 catches for 2,479 yards. Davison led the Huskers in receptions as a sophomore (32), junior (29) and senior (21), becoming just the third Husker to lead the squad in receiving for three straight seasons, joining Frank Simon (1949-51) and Johnny Rodgers (1970-72).

• Signed with Buffalo as a free agend in 2001
• Graduated in May 2001 with a degree in Communication Studies
• Two-Time Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District VII (1999, 2000)
• Ended His Career Second on Nebraska’s All-Time Receiving Yards & Receptions List
• Currently Fifth on Nebraska’s All-Time Receiving Yardage List (1,456 yards)
• Currently Sixth on Nebraska’s All-Time Receptions List (93)
• Ended Career Ninth on Big 12 All-Time Receiving Yardage List (1,456 yards)
• Ended Career 11th on Big 12 All-Time Reception List (93 receptions)
• Three-Time First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (1998, 1999, 2000)
• Three-Time Big 12 Commissioner’s Fall Academic Honor Roll (1997, 1998, 2000)
• Two-Time Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Academic Honor Roll (1999, 2000)
• Three-Time Honorable-Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches, 1998, 1999, 2000)
• 1998 School Single-Game Record for Receiving Yards (167 vs. Texas A&M)
• 1998 ABC/Chevrolet NU Player of the Game vs. Texas A&M
• Two-Time Brook Berringer Citizenship Team Member (1998, 1999)
• 1997 ESPY Awards College Football and Overall Play of the Year

Mike Rucker closed a strong Nebraska career ranked among the top five players in school history with 40 tackles for loss (175 yards). He also ranked among the top 10 Blackshirts in Husker annals with 17 sacks (132 yards), despite playing behind two-time All-American and Lombardi Award winner Grant Wistrom for a majority of his career.

• 1999 Second Round NFL Draft Pick of the Carolina Panthers
• 38th Overall Pick in the 1999 NFL Draft
• 1998 Second-Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, AP)
• 1997 Honorable-Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (vs. Colorado, 11/27/98)
• ABC/Chevrolet NU Player of the Game (vs. Colorado, 11/27/98)
• December 1998 Nebraska Graduate (Sociology)

Warfield played cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chiefs in the seventh round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at Nebraska.Warfield finished the 2004 NFL season with 45 tackles after three straight years of over 70. He also intercepted four passes (one for a touchdown), and forced two fumbles in 2004.

His senior year, Munford led Nebraska in tackles for the third straight season with 90 tackles, including 49 solo stops as he rebounded nicely from a season-ending knee injury from the season before. Tied for fifth on the team with eight tackles for loss, Munford registered a pair of interceptions, including one against No. 3 Oklahoma. Munford led a great Nebraska rushing defense, which held No. 11 Florida State to 76 yards on 31 carries and pushed Kansas back for a loss of 21 yards on 22 rushing attempts.

• Nebraska Football Hall of Fame Inductee (1997)
• Four-Year NFL Veteran (Denver, Kansas City)
• Fourth-Round Draft Pick, 1987 NFL Draft (Denver)
• Honorable-Mention All-American (1986)
• Three-Time All-Big Eight (1984, 1985, 1986)

Graham was a first-team All-American, on and off the field in 1995, earning first-tea All-America honors on the field form the Associated Press and Football News and first-team GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in the classroom. He was also a CFA Hitachi Scholar-Athlete and a member of the CFA Good Works Team. But his biggest honor was being named (on Dec. 24) an NCAA today’s Top Eight Award Winner—the highest honor bestowed on student-athletes. Graham earned first-team All-Big Eight honors (from the AP) for the second consecutive year as he and the offensive line aided NU to its 12th NCAA rushing title averaging 399.8 yard per game. The O-Line didn’t’ allow a single sack and just 173 yards in tackle for losses over 11 games. Graham didn’t give up a single sack in his career. Graham also assisted the team to a No. 1 final ranking, a school and Big Eight record 52.4 point per game and a No. 2 NCAA ranking in total offense 556.3 ypg. Graham was the four-year veteran on a young line that lost four starters from the national champion team. The 1994 team also won the rushing title, but averaged 60 fewer yards per game (340.0)

• Drafted in 4th Round by Arizona Cardinals
• 1995 Today’s Top Eight Award
• 1995 First-Team All-American (AP, Football News)
• Two-Time First-Team All-Big Eight (AP, FB News in 1995)
• 1995 First-Team GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American
• 1994 Second-Team GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American
• Two-Time GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-District VII (1994, 1995)
• Three-Time Phillips 66 Academic All-Big Eight (1993, 1994, 1995)
• 1995 CFA/Hitachi Good Works Team
• 1995 CFA/Hitachi Scholar-Athlete
• 1995 Burger King Scholar-Athlete
• 1995 Honda/ESPN Scholar-Athlete vs. Oklahoma State
• 1995 Team Captain

Rimington is considered by many to be the greatest center in the history of college football.
Rimington attended the University of Nebraska where he was a consensus First-Team All-America in 1981 and 1982. In 1981, he was named the UPI Big Eight Player-of-the-Year and the AP Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year, the only time in Big Eight Conference history that a lineman was so honored. In 1982, he was the Big Eight (all sports) Athlete of the Year, the UPI National Lineman of the year, and an NCAA Top Five winner. Rimington, along with fellow Cornhuskers Rich Glover, Dean Steinkuhler and Ndamukong Suh, won both the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Awards. Only thirteen players in NCAA history have won both of these prestigious awards. Rimington’s #50 jersey was retired by the team in 1982, one of only sixteen Cornhuskers ever so honored. In 1994 he was named to the FWAA 1969-1994 All-America Team, one of just twenty-five athletes and one of three Cornhuskers named to that team, along with Steinkuhler and Johnny Rodgers. In 1997, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

His senior year, Stai combined with Zach Wiegert to give the Huskers one of their best right sides ever. Stai was named first-team All-American by the Football Writers, Walter Camp and UPI, giving Nebraska the fourth pair of offensive lineman from the same school to earn first-team All-American honors (since 1950), and the first since USC’s Don Mosebar and Bruce Matthews did it in 1982. One of the strongest athletes on the team, Stai had 132 “pancakes”, an average of 11.0 per game. He had double-figure pancakes in nine games with a season best of 17 vs. Oklahoma State and 15 twice, against Wyoming and Colorado.

• Drafted in 3rd Round by Pittsburgh Steelers (91st Overall)
• 1994 First-Team All-American (Walter Camp, Football Writers, UPI)
• 1994 Second-Team All American (AP)
• 1994 First-Team All-Big 8 (AP, Coaches)

Lawrence Pete

Pete played nose tackle with The Huskers and in the NFL . He played five in the NFL for the Detroit Lions who selected him with the 115th pick in the 1989 NFL Draft. He retired after the 1993 season and finished his career with 3.5 sacks, 3 fumble recoveries, and 61 games played with 19 starts

Jay Foreman

Foreman played linebacker in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills, the Houston Texans, and the New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. After retiring, he started a business called Foreman Fitness. He is the son of Chuck Foreman.

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