A 2017 bright spot, Stille looks like an emerging Husker leader

Nebraska linebacker Ben Stille (95) celebrates a tackle of Northwestern quarterback Clayton Thorson (bottom) last season at Memorial Stadium.One year ago, Ben Stille was coming off his redshirt year and wondering where he would fit in John Parrella’s pecking order on the defense as he and his Nebraska teammates began the process of learning Bob Diaco’s defensive system.

Fast-forward to the present day, and about the only similarities are that Stille is again a defensive lineman — he took a two-month crash course at outside linebacker during the fall — and he’s again learning a new defensive system.

Other than that, though, it’s been a year of change and development for a burgeoning leader on…