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We continue our spring positional recaps today by giving our final take on Nebraska’s outside linebackers. Nebraska’s outside linebackers have gone from a concern to a strength over the past year. (Tyler Krecklow) WHAT WE LEARNED: What was once a worry is now a strength A year ago, outside linebacker was arguably the most significant question mark on Nebraska’s defense. The Huskers had just brought in a (kind of) new position coach with the return of Mike Dawson, and outside of JoJo Domann, no one knew much of anything about what NU had to work with at OLB.

April 3, 2021 Nebraska’s defense got a significant boost this offseason when JoJo Domann announced he would return to the Huskers for an additional season of eligibility in 2021. It wasn’t just that the senior outside linebacker led NU with a career-high 58 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, five pass breakups, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery in eight games last year. As much as anything, it gave Nebraska’s staff another year to try and find an eventual replacement for arguably the most unique weapon on its defense. The 6-foot-1, 230-pound Domann is listed as an outside lineback...

February 4, 2021 Nebraska head coach Scott Frost met with local media on Thursday to discuss the Huskers’ final additions to their 2021 recruiting class and more. Here is a full recap of what he had to say… ***Frost said he expected that a player would leave from the quarterback room this offseason given the nature of today’s game how there were more than 1,600 players in the transfer portal. Frost said NU had to look at that transfer pool if the right guy came around, and they even thought about taking a guy before spring ball. They decided to wait to see what they had in the room this...