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Why did Jimmy Fritzsche pick Huskers over Clemson? Duval and development

The moments that lead up to such a triumph, one might presume, would be well worth celebrating. Soak it in and revel in it.

But what if you had what amounted to two childhood dreams, and they were both right in front of you and you could only choose one? And, oh yeah, time’s ticking fast. Like, you have three days to decide.

The 6-foot-7, 250-pound Greenville, South Carolina, native has always known he wanted to follow in his dad’s footsteps and play football in the Big Ten.

Jim played at Purdue, his father before him at Ohio State.