LINCOLN — The Central Florida coaching staff sat around a conference table in a downtown Atlanta hotel. A projector screen replayed Auburn’s game film as Scott Frost and his staff broke down deficiencies the Knights could attack in the upcoming Peach Bowl.
Defensive backs coach Travis Fisher’s phone buzzed and he left the room. He returned moments later, almost out of breath.
There was a kid interested in coming to Nebraska, he said. Maurice Washington. From Texas. He’s a four-star kid. Running back.
Deion Sanders was on the other end of that call. The NFL Hall of Famer, now the offensive coordinator at Washington’s school, said they need to move fast if interested.