Nebraketball Player Profile: Jackson Cronin A walk on guard from New York will try and earn a place this season Share this story Photo by G Fiume/Maryland Terrapins/Getty Images Jackson Cronin comes to Nebraska from the great state of New York. The 6’2” freshman has hauled his talents half way across the country to play for Fred Hoiberg and his crew. A telling sign that someone will come that far (technically 1,373 miles) to walk on to an up and coming program like Nebraska. It’s not as if the Northeast quadrant of our country does not have a bounty of fairly good basketball schools to attend.