Lincoln - A total of 57 Husker student-athletes will earn degrees this weekend at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s commencement exercises at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Saturday morning’s undergraduate commencement will include 21 current or former Nebraska football student-athletes. The group also features eight student-athletes who combined for 19 All-America awards in their respective sports and a pair of 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans.
Coach Mike Riley’s Huskers are scheduled to have 22 players compete with degrees in hand during the football team’s Music City Bowl match-up with Tennessee on Dec. 30. It marks the second-highest number of graduates on a bowl roster during the 2016 bowl season, trailing only Temple’s 26.