We are inching ever so close to the start of the 2024 Nebraska football season. I’ll put out some of my usual pre-season articles but I thought a fun one for flakes would be my outside-of-the-box prediction for the 2024 season.
Here it is.
Jalyn Gramstad will lead Nebraska football to wins over both Wisconsin and Iowa to finish out the season.
For those of you who don’t know — his story so far is already a great one. He started out as a defensive back at NAIA Northwestern and ended his tenure at Northwestern as the top NAIA player in the country at the quarterback position. He won a national championship in 2022 and was a runner-up in 2023.
Then he decided to drive to Nebraska’s post-graduate camp this past off-season and told no one except for a few people. Nebraska didn’t even know he was coming.
So this prediction would likely require that Dylan Raiola gets injured as everything indicates Raiola is the presumed starter as a true freshman. I am not hoping for this in any way. It is just a prediction as injuries happen and I think Gramstad will end up being the backup at some point.
It sounds like he doesn’t have a really strong arm but at some point winners just win and that’s what he does.
So that’s my prediction. If even half of this prediction comes to fruition then it’ll be one of the best stories involving Nebraska football in well over a decade.
Here are all the info on Gramstad from Huskers.com for your brain to consume:
Jalyn Gramstad was the top NAIA player in the country before transferring to Nebraska for his final season. Gramstad spent four years at Northwestern College in Iowa, beginning his career as a defensive back before switching to quarterback.
Gramstad led the Raiders to the NAIA national championship in 2022 and a runner-up finish in 2023. At Northwestern, Gramstad completed 438-of-647 passes (68 percent) for 6,237 yards and 60 touchdowns. He added 1,822 rushing yards with 31 touchdowns.
In 2023, Gramstad was the NAIA Player of the Year, the GPAC Player of the Year and a first-team All-American. He threw for 3,681 yards and 35 touchdowns while leading the NAIA in passing and completion percentage (67.8). Gramstad set a school record for completions (258) and ranked second in school history in passing yards and passing touchdowns. On the ground, Gramstad rushed for 772 yards and eight touchdowns.
In 2022, Gramstad had 2,511 passing yards and 1,024 rushing yards while accounting for 58 total touchdowns. He set a school record by completing 68.8 percent of his passes and threw for 25 touchdowns and rushed for 23 scores.
Gramstad spent his first two seasons at Northwestern as a defensive back. In 2021, he recorded 36 tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss, three interceptions and one fumble recovery. He also tied for the team lead with seven pass breakups. In the 2020 Covid season, Gramstad totaled 31 tackles with two interceptions.
Gramstad played his prep ball for West Lyon High School in Iowa. A two-way player, he helped West Lyon to a state championship as a quarterback and defensive back. An all-state football player, Gramstad was also an all-conference pick in basketball, baseball and golf.
SPORTS! SPORTS! JORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS!
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“STICK TO SPORTS!” Nah.
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