It seemed a most pleasing sight for Billy Devaney. As a collection of NFL wide receivers and running backs, including former Huskers Ameer Abdullah and Kenny Bell, made a slow trek down the sidewalk toward another day of work with Nebraska wide receivers coach Keith Williams, four very large men were already on the field in sweat-stained shirts.
There was Spencer Long, earning a paycheck in the NFL with Washington, and Jeremiah Sirles, doing the same with the Minnesota Vikings, along with fellow former NU offensive linemen Marcel Jones and Givens Price.