By Brian Rosenthal / Huskers.com
As Nebraska prepares for its first spring football practice on Saturday, redshirt freshman quarterback Patrick O’Brien is thankful he’s not sophomore quarterback Patrick O’Brien.
On more than one occasion last season, O’Brien wondered if coaches may be forced to veer from their original plan – sit O’Brien out of competition and save a season of eligibility as a redshirt.
It’s a plan O’Brien, in his first collegiate season, had formed with offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf when the two sat down in August and discussed options.
“I was completely OK with it,” O’Brien said, “but there were a few scares during the season, definitely, when Tommy went down and then Ryker, he got hurt here and there.