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Ernest Hausmann remembers the late nights spent contemplating his future.
He’d always wanted to play high-level Division I athletics, and his standout performances on the Columbus High football field brought in scholarship offers from the likes of Arizona State, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern.
But, where was the right place for Hausmann? He spent weeks and months waiting for the right answer to emerge, and eventually it did: Nebraska was the spot for him.
From the first message from the Huskers years ago to the moment when he signs his letter of intent on Wednesday, it’s been a journey for Hausmann.
“You sit back and you kind of rewind the process to where it started,” Hausmann said. “I can still remember the day when Nebraska was the first Division I school that reached out to me, I remember it so clearly and it’s crazy to see all of this coming to an end with a signature.”
The concept of a difficult journey certainly isn’t lost on Hausmann, who immigrated to the United States from Uganda as a five-year-old. He was the only one of his 12-plus siblings to leave Uganda, thanks to his uncle’s connection with Bob and Teresa Hausmann in Columbus.
Hausmann carries his past with him, most notably a bum foot that required years of physical therapy in order to function on a day-to-day level. However, Hausmann has never let that bother him.
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