Chris Nelson can fully relate to his son's current pain and frustration.
Nelson, the father of Nebraska outside linebacker Garrett Nelson, had his Husker wrestling career threatened by a broken neck suffered in a car accident during the late 1980s. He ended up missing a season of competition because of the injury.
Now, with the Big Ten's decision Tuesday to cancel the fall football season, Garrett Nelson is staring toward a gaping hole in his playing career.
"It's very, very difficult for him," Chris Nelson said Saturday. "We've had some conversations. It was a tough time for me mentally to get through a sport being taken away from you, and not knowing if you'll ever compete again.