Instead, he’ll be on campus in Lincoln next month with three years of eligibility plus a redshirt remaining.
I’m 1000% committed to #GBR๐ดโช๏ธ pic.twitter.com/FtjjpMnKQ3
โ DeShon Singleton (@DeshonSingleton) December 14, 2021
โHeโs very sharp, very intelligent. Coachable, has attention to details,โ Gray said. โHeโs like a sponge. If you tell him something, he gets it. Heโs a special player and a special person.โ
At Hutch, Singleton logged three interceptions over the course of the season, putting himself on the map in the process.
โHe was a quarterback so, transferring over to a full-time defensive back, so thereโs some things heโs got to clean up and keep growing with, but thatโs everybody,โ Gray said. โฆ โHeโs just kept on believing in himself and kept on working and he did it.
โHeโs special. Heโs a hard worker. Heโs a student of the game. For his age, heโs ahead of his time.โ
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The turning point in every Nebraska football game in 2021
๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก
Aug. 28 | Illinois 30, Nebraska 22ย
Parker Gabriel’s turning point:ย This one is clear as day. The double personal foul on Caleb Tannor that turned a Cam Taylor-Britt interception into 30 yards and a first down in the red zone for Illinois breathed new life into the Illini. They reeled off 28 straight points from there โ 14 to close the first half and the first two scores of the third quarter โ and took control of the game.
๐๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐
Sept. 4 | Nebraska 52, Fordham 7ย
Turning point: Fordham had a chance to tie the game at 10 early in the second quarter, but senior safety Marquel Dismuke blocked a field goal and set Nebraska up with good field position. The defense and offense both had shaky moments early on, but Nebraska settled in nicely from there and asserted its dominance.
๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐
Sept. 11 | Nebraska 28, Buffalo 3ย
Turning point: Nebraska had moved the ball but had not converted in the first quarter. On a third-down play deep in its own territory in the second, junior quarterback Adrian Martinez shrugged off a free blitzer and raced 71 yards to set up NUโs first score. It wasnโt always pretty for the offense from there, but it provided the Huskers a jolt and the home team never trailed against the Bulls.
๐พ๐ช๐ก๐ฅ’๐จ ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐
Sept. 18 | Oklahoma 23, Nebraska 16
Turning point:ย Nebraska got the ball to start the second half and drove it right down the field, threatening to turn a 7-3 deficit into its first lead of the day. Instead, the Huskers stalled out and senior kicker Connor Culp missed a 35-yard field goal. Ten plays and 58 yards for naught. Then, Oklahoma went 80 in 10 plays the other way. Instead of maybe being 10-7 NU or at least 7-6, the Sooners extended their lead to 14-3.
๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ
Sept. 25 | Michigan State 23, Nebraska 20, OT
Turning point:ย Easy. Jayden Reed hauled in a wayward Daniel Cerni punt with nobody around him late in the fourth quarter and he raced 62 yards for a game-tying touchdown with 3:47 to go.
Nebraska dominated the second half defensively and offensively. Both sides will say they could have done more โ the defense wanted a takeaway, even though 14 yards on 15 snaps is more than good enough, and the offense wanted to avoid going three-and-out before the punt โ but simply put, that play changed the outcome of the game.
๐ฟ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฃ, ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง
Oct. 2 | Nebraska 56, Northwestern 7
Turning point:ย A shoutout to the defense. The Blackshirts had given up a touchdown drive and Northwestern had the ball at the 1-yard line with a chance to get within 28-14 in the second quarter when JoJo Domann and Deontre Thomas ripped through the line and hit Evan Hull. Domann forced a fumble and Thomas recovered it. Northwestern didnโt sniff the end zone the rest of the night.
๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฏ’๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ก๐จ ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐
Oct. 9 | Michigan 32, Nebraska 29
Turning point:ย Martinez’s fumble with 1 minute, 45 seconds remaining put the Wolverines in position to take the lead in the waning moments. The Huskers had the ball with three minutes left in a tie game and a chance to win, but the fumble set Michigan up in field-goal range. Jake Moody calmly put a 39-yard field goal through the uprights 21 seconds later on the game clock.ย
๐ผ๐ฃ ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐ข๐๐ก๐
Oct. 16 | Minnesota 30, Nebraska 23
Turning point:ย On third-and-goal, junior quarterback Adrian Martinez was ruled down inches short of the goal line. The initial ruling withstood review. Then, freshman running back Jaquez Yant took a fourth-and-inches handoff, tripped on his own and barrel-rolled down short of the goal line. There would have been a collision had he kept his feet, but you would have liked the 232-pounderโs chances with a head of steam.
๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐
Oct. 30 | Purdue 28, Nebraska 23
Turning point:ย Nebraska caught a break late in the second half and not only kicked a field goal to go up 17-14 with 1:20 to go, but then got the ball back in great field position with 20 seconds on the clock. Coach Scott Frost and offensive coordinator Matt Lubick dialed up a great play call and Samori Toure ran free on a deep post, but Adrian Martinezโs pass grazed off of Toureโs fingertips. It would have been a walk-in touchdown and a 24-14 halftime lead. Instead, NU led by three and then opened the half with four punts and three interceptions on its first seven possessions.
๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐ฉ’๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ก ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฃ’๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ
Nov. 6 | Ohio State 26, Nebraska 17
Turning point:ย Nebraska head coach Scott Frost decided to attempt a field goal rather than go for it on fourth-and-4 from the OSU 13 with just under 10 minutes left in the regulation. The Huskers trailed by six at that moment, but instead of halving the lead to three, Chase Contreraz missed and the Buckeyes took over. The Huskers had marched 73 yards in 11 plays with eyes on taking the lead. Instead, OSU took over and went to work on the clock and on field position. NU got it back at the same score, but with 90 yards to go. The Huskers couldnโt mount another scoring threat.
๐ฟ๐๐๐ฃ’๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ …
Nov. 20 | Wisconsin 35, Nebraska 28
Turning point:ย There wasnโt really a turning point. The game was within one score for the full 60 minutes. If anything, UWโs game-opening, 91-yard kick return touchdown was the big blow that put Nebraska behind from the start. Nebraska never led but evened the game four times. Wisconsin scored first (the return) and last (a 53-yard Braelon Allen touchdown), and that was the difference.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐
Nov. 26 | Iowa 28, Nebraska 21
Turning point:ย Very few have been as obvious as this one this year. Leading by 12 points in the first minute of the fourth quarter, Nebraska had a punt blocked and returned for a touchdown. Itโs just the kind of backbreaking error the Huskers have made at critical junctures in close games this year and just the kind of play Iowa makes regularly. The Huskers still led 21-16, but Frost said, โThat was the game.โ
Contact the writer at pgabriel@journalstar.com or 402-473-7439. On Twitter @HuskerExtraPG.
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