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Nebraska Football 2020 Position Breakdown: Wide Receivers

It is time to look at the wideouts. This position group is a bit of an adventure to project. You will likely find a reason (or fourteen) to yell at me in the comments.

Position Coach

Matt Lubick is in his first year at Nebraska after replacing Troy Walters, who departed for the Cincinnati Bengals. Lubick used to be Scott Frost’s boss at Oregon when Lubick was the offensive coordinator and Frost was the wide receivers coach. At that point, Oregon was the shiniest thing in college football (literally as well as figuratively.)

NCAA FOOTBALL: SEP 10 Virginia at Oregon
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Looking Back to 2019 & Program Departures

The biggest loss is senior JD Spielman - who transferred to TCU (2019 stats: 12 games, 49 catches, 898 yards, 5 touchdowns).