A spring break captain's practice left Frost, coaches 'thrilled' with maturing Huskers

Head coach Scott Frost watches a drill during Nebraska football practice at Hawks Championship Center on Monday.If you’re looking for the most significant moment of spring ball for Nebraska, it’s not going to come in a drill or a one-on-one.

Still two-plus weeks remain, but maybe, just maybe, it came at the outset of spring break from respected reserve defensive lineman and former Navy SEAL Damian Jackson.

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As Darrion Daniels, another senior defensive lineman, recounts it, the mass text to the team from Jackson read something like this, “Hey y’all, we went 4-8 last year, we…