Notebook: Huskers finding the value of a good nickel

A nickel might not get you much on the street, but the right one is sure worth a lot on the football field.

And according to Brian Stewart, who coaches the Husker corners, sophomore Aaron Williams is certainly worth plenty to this Blackshirt defense. Stewart said Williams is "doing a great job" at his nickel spot this season.

Stewart knows plenty about it, having played nickel at Santa Monica (California) City College and Northern Arizona in the 1980s.

"The slot corner – the nickel position – it's tough," Stewart said after Tuesday's practice. "Sometimes you don't have anything to leverage it to. You know, the sideline is way over there, and the next guy helping you is way over (the other…