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Spring setup: Huskers like budding WR depth, but who (and how many) will emerge? | Football



Returning scholarship players: Junior Omar Manning, redshirt freshmen Jamie Nance and Demariyon Houston, freshmen Zavier Betts, Alante Brown and Will Nixon.

New this spring: Senior Samori Toure.

Walk-ons to watch: Senior Levi Falck, junior Oliver Martin and sophomore Wyatt Liewer.

Veteran presence: Like running back, there’s not a ton of veteran presence in this group. Toure is the elder statesman, though he just arrived on campus as a graduate transfer this spring. Everybody else on this list either contributed for the first time in 2020 or is attempting to break through.

For the third straight season, Nebraska will be tasked with replacing its leading receiver. Not only must the Huskers figure out how to fill the hole that Wan’Dale Robinson left (54.8% of catches among NU’s wide receivers) when he transferred to Kentucky, but the group must be more productive than it has been either of the past two seasons.

The overhaul likely begins with an intriguing trio of Toure, Betts and Manning, all long, rangy receivers, and also includes Falck and Martin, a pair of walk-ons who could well be scholarship players by the time their second seasons in Lincoln begin this fall.



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