Imagine if you were coming to the game and then jumping headlong into the Nebraska football program a few weeks later.
For players like Beatrice tight end Cameron Jurgens, defensive back Cam Taylor (Montgomery, Alabama), defensive end Tate Wildeman (Parker, Colorado) and several others, joining the team is so close and yet so far away. They sense the energy around the program – it permeates group messages and social media – and are excited to see it manifested in front of 90,000. But they also know that, in a matter of weeks, they’ll be actively participating.
“We talk a lot about the future and everybody’s pretty excited to get up there,” said Jurgens, a four-star tight end prospect who verbally committed to NU more than 2½ years ago.