Jets Flag Elite Player Dani Daproza Makes History with Commitment to Nebraska

When Dani Daproza started playing flag football as a freshman in high school, it was just a club sport. But this week, she committed to the University of Nebraska while becoming the first girls flag football player from New Jersey to sign with a Power Four school, and the first Jets Flag Elite athlete to receive a full-ride scholarship offer.

"I knew as soon as I started playing that I was going to fall in love with the sport," Daproza said. "But I didn't know it was going to take me this far."

'A Massive Leap'

Daproza was a part of the inaugural Jets Flag Elite team and is one of three athletes on the current roster to have been a part of the program, now entering its third season, since it…