To wit: "Veteran" Nebraska football fans distinctly remember running back Roger Craig coming around the corner of the line with his knees high in the air. Many Big Eight defenders from the early 1980s remember those knees; you tend to remember it when your head gets knocked back violently by a blow to your chin.
"He ran the same way in elementary school at the park in pickup games," says former Nebraska tight end Jamie Williams, who grew up with Craig in Davenport, Iowa.
They were teammates at Davenport Central High School as well as with the Huskers and San Francisco 49ers.