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Young guys to watch on defense

Against Illinois, redshirt freshman safety Myles Farmer rotated in with the Huskers’ two senior starters. This week, perhaps Noa Pola-Gates gets in on the action, too. Pola-Gates is a special teams staple already.

Up front, defensive line coach Tony Tuioti said he has a plan to get freshman Nash Hutmacher more involved this week. Could another young guy join him? NU didn’t take any of Marquis Black, Mosai Newsom or true freshmen Ru’Quan Buckley and Jailen Weaver on the trip to Illinois, so perhaps those appearances are more likely only in the very late stages of a lopsided game.

At linebacker, perhaps Barrett Ruud gets a guy like Garrett Snodgrass or Jackson Hannah or Eteva Mauga-Clements (or all of them) some run as the game goes along.

One of the few true freshmen to make the trip and play on special teams last week was cornerback Marques Buford. There are some other candidates for playing time at corner — Braxton Clark and Tyreke Johnson at the top of the list — but perhaps Fisher will have the chance to get more guys on the field this week after sticking exclusively with Cam Taylor-Britt and Quinton Newsome in its regular personnel groupings during the opener.

Don’t punt … except maybe do

The last thing Nebraska fans want to see on Saturday is freshman punter Daniel Cerni trotting onto the field too many times. That wouldn’t be a good sign.



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