2021 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

The 2021 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represents the University of Nebraska in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team are coached by fourth-year head coach Scott Frost and play their games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska as members of the West Division in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

2021 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionWest
2021 record0-0 (0-0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Lubick (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorErik Chinander (4th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 85,458)
Uniform
2021 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Indiana  0 –0     0 –0  
Maryland  0 –0     0 –0  
Michigan  0 –0     0 –0  
Michigan State  0 –0     0 –0  
Ohio State  0 –0     0 –0  
Penn State  0 –0     0 –0  
Rutgers  0 –0     0 –0  
West Division
Illinois  0 –0     0 –0  
Iowa  0 –0     0 –0  
Minnesota  0 –0     0 –0  
Nebraska  0 –0     0 –0  
Northwestern  0 –0     0 –0  
Purdue  0 –0     0 –0  
Wisconsin  0 –0     0 –0  
Championship: December 4, 2021
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of February 7, 2021; Rankings from CFP Rankings.

Previous season

The 2020 season saw a conference-only schedule and the Cornhuskers finished with a 3-5 record and finished in fifth place for the second year in a row in the Big Ten West Division. Nebraska did not attend a bowl for the fourth year in a row, even though they could have participated.

Offseason

2021 NFL Draft

The following Huskers have announced their plans to enter their names into the 2021 NFL Draft

NameNumberPositionHeightWeightClassHometown
Dicaprio Bootle#7CB5'10"195SeniorMiami, FL
Matt Farniok#71OL6'6"330SeniorSioux Falls, SD
Brenden Jaimes#76OT6'5"300SeniorAustin, TX
Dedrick Mills#26RB5'11"220SeniorWaycross, GA
Jack Stoll#86TE6'4"260SeniorLone Tree, CO

Outgoing
NameNumberPositionHeightWeightClassHometownDestination
Matthew Anderson#72OL6'6"255SophomoreLeesville, LALouisiana-Lafayette
Jared Bubak#80TE6'5"245GraduateLincoln, NETBD
Ronald Delancy III#0CB5'11"160FreshmanMiami, FLToledo
Will Farniok#68OL6'3"295JuniorSioux Falls, SDTBD
Marcus Fleming#6WR5'10"160FreshmanMiami, FLMaryland
Keem Green#4DL6'5"320SeniorSumter, SCSouth Carolina
Luke McCaffrey#7QB6'2"200SophomoreHighlands Ranch, COTBD
Wan'dale Robinson#1WR5'10"185JuniorFrankfort, KY Kentucky
Kade Warner#81WR6'1"210SeniorScottsdale, AZTBD
Boe Wilson#56OL6'3"300GraduateLee's Summit, MOWestern Kentucky

Incoming
NamePositionHeightWeightClassHometownPrevious
Samori ToureWR6'3"190SeniorPortland, ORMontana
Markese SteppRB6'0"235JuniorIndianapolis, INUSC

Recruits

The Cornhuskers signed a total of 20 scholarship recruits and 20 walk-ons during national signing period.[2]

Scholarship recruits

Walk-on recruits

Preseason

Award watch lists


Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
August 28vs. Illinois
  
September 11Buffalo
  
September 18at Oklahoma
  
September 25at Michigan State
  
October 2Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
  
October 9Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
  
October 16at Minnesota
  
October 30Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
  
November 6Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
  
November 13Southeastern Louisiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
  
November 20at Wisconsin
  
November 26Iowa
  

    The Big Ten released a revised conference schedule on February 5, 2021 to correct home/away matchups that were altered from the 2020 COVID-stricken season.[3]

    Roster and coaching staff
    2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos.#NameClass
    TE 11 Austin Allen Sr
    WR 84 Matthias Algarin RFr
    OL 73 Broc Bando Sr
    OL 74 Brant Banks So
    WR 30 Brody Belt Jr
    OL 54 Bryce Benhart So
    WR 15 Zavier Betts RFr
    OL 59 Ian Boerkircher Jr
    TE 49 Nate Boerkircher RFr
    WR 4 Alante Brown RFr
    WR 41 Elliott Brown RFr
    WR Alex Bullock Fr
    TE James Carnie Fr
    OL 79 Alex Conn RFr
    OL 69 Turner Corcoran RFr
    WR 42 Broc Douglass RFr
    RB Gabe Ervin Jr Fr
    WR 88 Levi Falk GS
    TE Thomas Fidone Fr
    WR 29 Bennett Folkers Jr
    OL 78 Jimmy Fritzsche So
    TE 46 John Goodwin So
    WR Kamonte Grimes Fr
    WR 17 Ty Hahn RFr
    QB Henrich Haarberg Fr
    WR Shawn Hardy Fr
    RB 37 Isaiah Harris RFr
    WR 87 Chris Hickman So
    OL 75 Trent Hixson Sr
    OL Sam Hoskinson Fr
    WR 10 Demariyon Houston So
    WR 47 Austin Jablonski So
    RB 22 Cooper Jewett So
    RB 14 Rahmir Johnson So
    OL 51 Cameron Jurgens Jr
    WR 85 Wyatt Liewer Jr
    RB 35 Trevin Luben RFr
    OL Henry Lutovsky Fr
    OL 77 Michael Lynn So
    WR 5 Omar Manning Sr
    WR 89 Oliver Martin Sr
    QB 2 Adrian Martinez Sr
    QB 18 Matt Masker Jr
    OL 71 Keegan Menning RFr
    WR Evan Meyersick Fr
    WR 19 Barron Miles Jr. RFr
    QB 14 Brayden Miller So
    RB 28 Sevion Morrison RFr
    OL 53 Riley Moses So
    WR 3 Jamie Nance So
    WR Latrell Neville Fr
    WR 12 Will Nixon RFr
    OL 63 Nouredin Nouili So
    OL 67 Ezra Miller So
    OL 57 Ethan Piper So
    OL Teddy Prochazka Fr
    RB 34 Beau Psencik RFr
    TE 82 Kurt Rafdal Sr
    OL Weston Reiman Fr
    TE AJ Rollins Fr
    RB 43 Connor Ruth Jr
    RB 46 Corbin Ruth Sr
    OL Beau Schaller Fr
    RB Matthew Schuster Fr
    RB 24 Marvin Scott III RFr
    OL 70 Matt Sichterman Sr
    QB 8 Logan Smothers RFr
    RB Markese Stepp Jr
    QB Jarrett Synek Fr
    RB 25 Ronald Thompkins So
    WR Samori Toure GS
    TE 83 Travis Vokolek Sr
    RB 31 Zach Weinmaster So
    OL Branson Yager Fr
    RB 23 Jaquez Yant RFr
    RB Aiden Young Fr
    		 Defense
    Pos.#NameClass
    OLB 45 David Alston Jr
    ILB 50 Jake Archer Jr
    DL 96 Marquis Black RFr
    DB Derek Branch Fr
    DL 73 Baylor Brannen RFr
    DB Koby Bretz Fr
    OLB 85 John Bullock So
    DL Ra'quan Buckley Fr
    DB Marques Buford Fr
    OLB 35 Jimari Butler RFr
    ILB 58 Chris Cassidy Jr
    CB 11 Braxton Clark Jr
    DB Blake Closman Fr
    OLB 32 Niko Cooper Jr
    DL 93 Damion Daniels Sr
    S 9 Marquel Dismuke GS
    OLB 13 JoJo Domann GS
    S 18 Myles Farmer So
    DL 82 Colton Feist Jr
    ILB Mikai Gbayor Fr
    S 23 Isaac Gifford RFr
    DL 89 Jamin Graham So
    OLB 24 Blaise Gunnerson RFr
    S 47 Tyson Guzman So
    ILB 10 Jackson Hannah So
    DB 29 Ashton Hausmann RFr
    ILB 42 Nick Heinrich So
    DL 80 Jacob Herbek So
    ILB 3 Will Honas GS
    ILB 39 Garrett Hustedt So
    DL 72 Nash Hutmacher RFr
    OLB 38 Damian Jackson Sr
    CB 16 Nadab Joseph Jr
    LB 51 Braden Klover RFr
    OLB Randolph Kpai Fr
    OLB 81 Nick Leader So
    CB 12 Tamon Lynum RFr
    ILB Seth Malcom Fr
    ILB 22 Eteva Mauga-Clements Jr
    S 48 Lane McCallum Sr
    ILB 59 Caden McCormack So
    ILB 57 Drew Monin RFr
    DB 40 Darius Moore Jr
    OLB 44 Garrett Nelson Jr
    DL 52 Mosai Newsom So
    CB 6 Quinton Newsome Jr
    S 43 Mason Nieman RFr
    OLB 34 Simon Otte Jr
    OLB 49 Pheldarius Payne Sr
    S 21 Noa Pola-Gates So
    ILB 28 Luke Reimer Jr
    DL 84 Eli Richter So
    DL 87 Jordon Riley Sr
    DL 99 Ty Robinson So
    DL 98 Casey Rogers Jr
    CB 37 Phalen Sanford Jr
    ILB 25 Zach Schlager Jr
    OLB 54 Ryan Schommer Jr
    OLB 83 Sam Shurtleff So
    ILB 41 Garrett Snodgrass So
    DL 95 Ben Stille GS
    LB 56 Grant Tagge RFr
    OLB 2 Caleb Tannor Sr
    CB 5 Cam Taylor-Britt Sr
    DL 97 Deontre Thomas Sr
    DL 55 Chris Walker Sr
    DL Jalin Weaver Fr
    DB Payton Weehler Fr
    DL 92 Tate Wildeman Jr
    S 8 Deontai Williams GS
    DB Malik Williams Fr
    DB 33 Javin Wright So
    		 Special teams
    Pos.#NameClass
    LS 55 Brig Banks Sr
    PK 36 Chase Contreraz Jr
    P 40 Daniel Cerni RFr
    PK/P 96 Tyler Crawford RFr
    PK 33 Connor Culp GS
    P 95 Grant Detlefsen So
    PK 93 Gabe Heins So
    PK Kelen Meyer Fr
    LS 94 Cade Mueller Jr
    PK 32 Ryan Novosel RFr
    LS 91 Cameron Pieper Jr
    P 90 William Przystup Jr
    LS Camden Witucki RFr
    Head coach
    • Scott Frost
         6th season as HC
         4th year at Nebraska
         Alma mater: Nebraska
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    • Erik Chinander
         6th season as DC
         4th year at Nebraska
         Alma mater: Iowa
    • Matt Lubick
         19th season as WR coach, 5th as OC
         2nd year at Nebraska
         Alma mater: Colorado State
    • Greg Austin
         9th season as OL coach
         4th year at Nebraska
         Alma mater: Nebraska
    • Sean Beckton
         6th season as TE coach
         4th year at Nebraska
         Alma mater: Central Florida
    • Mike Dawson
         8th season as LB coach
         3rd year at Nebraska
         Alma mater: UMass-Amherst
    • Travis Fisher
         10th season as DB coach
         4th year at Nebraska
         Alma mater: Central Florida
    • Ryan Held
         6th season as RB coach
         4th year at Nebraska
         Alma mater: Nebraska
    • Barrett Ruud
         4rd season as ILB coach
         4th year at Nebraska
         Alma mater: Nebraska
    • Tony Tuioti
         6th season as DL coach
         3rd year at Nebraska
         Alma mater: Hawaii
    • Mario Verduzco
         29th season as QB coach
         4th year at Nebraska
         Alma mater: San Jose St.
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    Roster
    Last update: August 10, 2020

    Game summaries

    vs. Illinois
    See also: 2021 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
    Nebraska vs. Illinois
    1 2Total
    Nebraska 0
    Illinois 0
    • Sources:
    Series Record Last Meeting Result
    13-4-1 November 21, 2020 Illinois, 41-23

    Buffalo
    Buffalo at Nebraska
    1 2Total
    Buffalo 0
    Nebraska 0
    • Sources:
    Series Record Last Meeting Result
    0-0 N/A N/A

    at Oklahoma
    Nebraska at Oklahoma
    1 2Total
    Nebraska 0
    Oklahoma 0
    • Sources:
    Series Record Last Meeting Result
    38-45-3 December 4, 2010 Oklahoma, 23-20

    at Michigan State
    See also: 2021 Michigan State Spartans football team
    Nebraska at Michigan State
    1 2Total
    Nebraska 0
    Michigan State 0
    • Sources:
    Series Record Last Meeting Result
    9-2 November 17, 2018 Nebraska, 9-6

    Northwestern
    See also: 2021 Northwestern Wildcats football team
    Northwestern at Nebraska
    1 2Total
    Northwestern 0
    Nebraska 0
    • Sources:
    Series Record Last Meeting Result
    8-6 November 7, 2020 Northwestern, 21-13

    Michigan
    See also: 2021 Michigan Wolverines football team
    Michigan at Nebraska
    1 2Total
    Michigan 0
    Nebraska 0
    • Sources:
    Series Record Last Meeting Result
    4-5-1 September 22, 2018 Michigan, 56-10

    at Minnesota
    See also: 2021 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
    Nebraska at Minnesota
    1 2Total
    Nebraska 0
    Minnesota 0
    • Sources:
    Series Record Last Meeting Result
    25-33-2 December 12, 2020 Minnesota, 24-17

    Purdue
    Purdue at Nebraska
    1 2Total
    Purdue 0
    Nebraska 0
    • Sources:
    Series Record Last Meeting Result
    5-4 December 5, 2020 Nebraska, 37-27

    Ohio State
    See also: 2021 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
    Ohio State at Nebraska
    1 2Total
    Ohio State 0
    Nebraska 0
    • Sources:
    Series Record Last Meeting Result
    1-8 October 24, 2020 Ohio State, 52-17

    Southeastern Louisiana
    Southeastern Louisiana at Nebraska
    1 2Total
    Southeastern Louisiana 0
    Nebraska 0
    • Sources:
    Series Record Last Meeting Result
    0-0 N/A N/A

    at Wisconsin
    Nebraska at Wisconsin
    1 2Total
    Nebraska 0
    Wisconsin 0
    • Sources:
    Series Record Last Meeting Result
    4-10 November 16, 2019 Wisconsin, 37-21

    Iowa
    Iowa at Nebraska
    1 2Total
    Iowa 0
    Nebraska 0
    • Sources:
    Series Record Last Meeting Result
    29-19-3 November 27, 2020 Iowa, 26-20

    Big Ten Awards

    All-Conference Awards


    Rankings
    Further information: 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
    NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
    Week
    Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final 
    AP  
    Coaches  
    CFP Not released Not released

    References
    1. "Nebraska 2021 Football Schedule". Huskers.com. December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
    2. "Huskers Announce December Signing Class". Huskers.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
    3. Changes to 2021 Big Ten Football Schedule Announced
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