First-year assistant coaches Jake Peetz and Ra’Shaad Samples are leaving the Los Angeles Rams and going back to the college ranks. According to reports, Peetz will be heading back to his alma mater, Nebraska, to become the Cornhuskers quarterback coach. Samples will head south to Arizona State, taking the role of wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator.
Peetz will reunite with a past mentor, Matt Rhule, reports ESPN.com’s reporter Pete Thamel, who takes over the Nebraska program in 2023. His title with the Rams has been “offensive assistant” and its murky as to his official role and duties.