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Steven M. Sipple: Look for powerful Mills to make big splash: 'If you don't move, you get hit'

Bored and anxious for another chance in the big time, Dedrick Mills was oh-so-ready to get out of Dodge.

“I was so relieved to get out of there. I was so happy when I did,” says Mills, listed co-No. 1 with Maurice Washington at running back on Nebraska’s first depth chart of the 2019 season. “I’m so excited to be here right now. I wake up every day with a smile on my face. Everybody sees me every day smiling and ready to go.”

A chiseled 5-foot-11 and 220 pounds, Mills has been a force at times this month in preseason camp.