Nebraska Prepped Taylor Well for NFL Job

Photo by NoneHe’d sit in his accounting class, admittedly confused, or in his economics class, unclear of exactly what was transpiring.

All Zac Taylor cared about was diving into his Nebraska football playbook.

“I can remember those thoughts throughout the course of my college life,” Taylor said, “where I’m sitting in a class, I’m in over my head with whatever’s being taught, and all I want to do is get ready for practice.”

Without realizing it on the surface, deep down, Taylor surmises that’s when he knew he’d someday be a head coach.

“When you have that mindset,” he said, “it tends to steer you down this path.”

Fast-forward 14 years. We don’t know if Taylor keeps a balanced checkbook or can…