Blackshirts: Five More Are Handed Out But One Turned It Down

Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty ImagesOn the Tuesday teleconference, Nebraska Coach Scott Frost announced that Blackshirts were handed out to five new Nebraska defensive players.

Only four of the five “accepted” the “offer” of the Blackshirt. The four which wore the famed black jerseys to practice today were Tre Neal, Khalil Davis, Carlos Davis and Lamar Jackson.

The one that turned down the black jersey? Ben Stille.

Coach Frost said that Ben Stille’s rationale was that Stille didn’t personally feel he had practiced well enough to earn it. So his black jersey stayed in his locker as he put on the beautiful gold jersey’s that are currently worn by the Nebraska defensive players who have not…