For instance, the 6-foot-2, 220-pounder could have played in Division II or in the FCS on scholarship if he wanted to. The love for Nebraska played a role in him choosing to walk on with the Huskers, like it has for many players the past two recruiting cycles, but there was something else that stuck in Hustedt’s craw about the thought of going to a lower level.
“I was looking at all these D-II schools and all these other offers, then I realized that I felt in my heart that I would be settling if I went to one of them,” he said.