More than 12 years later, Adam Carriker can still vividly remember laying eyes on Zac Taylor for the first time.
Let’s just say Carriker, a first-round NFL Draft pick and second-team All American defensive end at Nebraska, never envisioned he’d one day be sharing a spot with Taylor in the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame.
“I don’t think I was overly impressed, to be honest with you,” said Carriker, Husker teammates with Taylor from 2005-06. “First thing you see is offseason drills. I saw that and was like, ‘Well I hope he passes from the pocket pretty well.