Nebraska football assistant coach Jovan Dewitt has been nominated for the Capital One Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award, announced by the Orange Bowl Committee on Wednesday.
Dewitt, who in his second season as Nebraska's outside linebackers and special teams coach, was diagnosed with throat cancer earlier this year and missed most of the spring after undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Dewitt returned to the team full-time in the fall.
The Courage Award was first presented by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) in 2002. A select group of writers from the FWAA vote on the winner each year.