“Especially the people I met over the years who were born and bred in Nebraska, they identified themselves with the fullback position,” said the 61-year-old Brown, now an assistant at Liberty. “The fullback is a guy who’s not necessarily loud or ‘out there’ — not necessarily even popular. But he’s extremely effective, extremely hard-working. Behind the scenes, there was a grit and a grind and an everyday challenge — an every play challenge — and yet there was a skill set that was very unique, developed, and it combined a number of positions.
“The fullback in our system was really kind of an offensive lineman, a tight end and running back.