Mike Minter is one of the hardest-hitting defensive backs to ever play for Nebraska.
He was a "punisher," he says.
The 1996 first-team All-Big 12 selection took his sure-tackling style to the NFL as a second-round pick of the Carolina Panthers. He was a starter for 10 years, an amazing run. He still watches some of his games with the Panthers, recently enjoying a 2004 playoff game against the St. Louis Rams.
"Man, I hit a guy on the sideline," Minter recalls. "It probably would've gotten me ejected nowadays."
He chuckles at the notion.
"I tore him up," Minter says.