Nebraska knows this well, considering it had a scholarship quarterback leave a week before the regular season began this fall and two more over the first month of game action.
The Huskers reached the first major mile marker of the offseason recently, though, as the first signing period has now come and gone. Nebraska added 24 known scholarship players and eight walk-ons to its roster — and also saw linebacker Jacob Weinmaster retire for medical reasons — putting its current numbers at 82 scholarship players and 145 overall.
Of those numbers, 84 have joined the program since coach Scott Frost was hired less than 13 months ago, and 96 will be sophomore eligibility or younger in 2019.