Mike Riley opened up his weekly news conference with the news we feared about wide receiver De'Mornay Pierson-El:
Coach Riley confirms that De'Mornay Pierson-El is out for the remainder of the year: "tore up his knee and fractured his leg."
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) November 2, 2015
Riley didn't elaborate further, but I suspect this is not as simple as an ACL; it may me more like the injury Taariq Allen suffered. Pierson-El does have a redshirt season available to him, should he not be ready for 2016. Hopefully, he'll recover sooner than that.