After Noah Vedral's helmet popped off his head with eight minutes left in the game Saturday, it wasn't like the Nebraska true freshman quarterback had time to think about the four-game redshirt rule or his dinner plans that night or really anything else.
"Me and (Andrew) Bunch were standing there, and (a coach) said, 'Luke, go,' and I got all juiced and ran out there," McCaffrey told reporters Tuesday at Hawks Championship Center. "We have a good mentality throughout our team — next man up. Whoever it is will be ready for their time."
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