“He picks his big feet up and brings them back down — and he’s snapping every single step-over ladder,” defensive line coach Tony Tuioti told the Journal Star earlier this month. “They literally snap and pop to the side. They split like peas. Everybody stopped and started cracking up. I’m like, ‘Nash, are you serious? You just broke three of those things.’
“He couldn’t help it. Now we do the drill and he flies through it. He’s become so much quicker. You’re talking about the Polar Bear. Those are some big ol’ trunks now.”
Buckley, a Michigan native, is listed at 6-5 and 280 pounds and apparently has assimilated quickly in Lincoln.
“Ru’Quan, just coming in here, he’s said a couple things that, just as a freshman, he said a couple things here and there,” Daniels explained. “Usually coming in as a freshman, you just look around and kind of take in what you can, so (speaking up) pretty big for him.”
“Pretty big,” could also describe Buckley.
“Yeah,” Daniels said, “Ru’Quan looks like a guy that can contribute right away.”
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