Simon Otte had just rushed for 161 yards and a touchdown, helping lead York to a Class B state football championship.
He walked off the Memorial Stadium turf that November night thinking he had played his last football game. A call from the Huskers on Sunday changed that.
Otte, a first-team Super-Stater, became the latest Nebraska prep standout to join a deep class of walk-ons. Other Super-Staters walking on in 2018 include Moses Bryant (Elkhorn South), Jake Archer (Omaha Skutt), AJ Forbes (Bellevue West), Colton Feist (Yutan), Isaiah Stalbird (Kearney), Bryson Krull (North Platte), Chris Cassidy (Lincoln Pius X), Justin Holm (Lincoln Southwest) and Brody Belt (Lincoln Pius X).