Jovan Dewitt has likely handled more difficult math problems, but he’s certainly got a complex numbers game on his hands as Nebraska’s preseason camp nears its end.
The Huskers’ special teams coordinator — and physics/mathematics major at Northern Michigan back in the 1990s — is supervising not only who will handle the kicking and returning for NU, but also how the full coverage and return units take shape.
“It’s insanely complicated,” he said Monday. “Every rep it changes. This guy’s down, this guy’s up. It’s a domino effect. One guy goes down in one spot and you have to move three or four guys around.