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Ozigbo, Husker teammates excited to see what freshman Jones can do

The offensive weapon hasn’t played a snap for the Cornhuskers. Heck, he hasn’t even participated in an official, actual football practice here.

But the Plantation, Florida native just seems too tailor-made for Scott Frost’s system to not wonder about. And it’s July, so we do things like put him atop Husker Extra’s Heat Index list of five freshmen primed to contribute early in their careers.

“He’s been spending a little more time with the receivers as the summer goes on,” Ozigbo said. “There’s four receiver spots at times, so there’s a lot to learn. The R’s, they get coached up pretty well for the situations when they’re in the backfield.