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Future Husker with Luke McCaffrey: On Coach Verduzco, and having his former NFL player dad as his head coach

This week: Valor Christian has a 9-0 record and the No. 1 ranking going into Friday’s game against Highlands Ranch. The Valor Christian head coach is Luke’s dad, Ed, who played wide receiver in the NFL for 13 seasons and won three Super Bowls while playing for the 49ers and Broncos.

Rankings: Rivals.com ranks McCaffrey as a three-star prospect. He’s the No. 3 ranked player in the state according to Rivals.

First contact with the Huskers: “It was last year, pretty soon after coach (Scott) Frost took the job, coach (Barrett) Ruud came to our school making his yearly rounds so I met him there.