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Red Report: Beckton has 'daily battle' on his hands to keep freshman Jurgens in TE room

Sure, the veteran assistant and Nebraska tight ends coach is constantly trying to work with a talented-but-young room and make sure that a bunch of underclassmen are ready to hold up against a rugged Big Ten schedule.

He's also trying to ward off several of his fellow assistants and keep freshman Cameron Jurgens in his meeting room as long as possible.

"It's a daily battle," Beckton said with a smile on Wednesday morning. "Offensive line coach, defensive line coach, they are messing with the kid every single day, but I’m trying to keep him in my room for as long as I can.