NU Notes: Huskers Host NFL Pro Day

The 2022 NFL Draft process continued for 10 Husker football players on Wednesday, as the Hawks Championship Center hosted the Huskers annual pro day.
Personnel from nearly 30 NFL teams on hand to work out 10 Huskers, including Austin Allen, Damion Daniels, Marquel Dismuke, JoJo Domann, Levi Falck, Cam Jurgens, Ben Stille, Cam Taylor-Britt, Samori Toure and Deontai Williams.
The group went through a battery of physical tests as well as positional drills on the indoor turf. Fans can watch a reply of the field work on Huskers.com , as well as a photo gallery from the day.
The 2022 NFL Draft takes from April 28-30 in Las Vegas.
Busch Explains Special Teams Mentality
Nebraska Special Teams Coordinator Bill Busch met with members of the media following Tuesday's spring practice. Busch opened with addressing the rain and wind conditions during practice.
"We will talk about the weather situation we had today," Busch said. "I have learned from golfers if you get a rainy day you go out there and play. Today we had moisture and we had really high winds. It was probably a little bit harder on them because we did it on the practice field so there is no stadium blocking but today we did everything. We did kickoff into that wind and into that cold and into the snow. Then we did punts into it and we did it with it. We also kicked field goals and extra points with it too. It was a good mental challenge for them. Every opportunity we get with weather we are always going to use it. Guys handled it really well. They were excited about doing it so we got good work with it."
Busch discussed the special teams mentality he is pushing.
"For those guys it is fourth down every time," he said. "They only play on fourth downs. That is a dicey situation and there is not a lot of do-overs. If you throw an incomplete pass on second and 10 and it is just third and 10. You still have chance but in special teams you do not get a double down so everything is a fourth down. I put a fourth and one mentality in them every day."
He also emphasized the importance of possessing the ball during special teams.
"I tell them after every punt return or every kickoff return there is going to be two signals by the referee," Busch said. "It is either going to be touchdown Nebraska or first down Nebraska. That is it. We are going to possess the ball and that is the number one thing we have to have happen before we even worry about returns. Possess the ball. If we have the ball we can score. If we do not have the ball we can not. We talk about that real heavily."
The Huskers will continue their spring practice on Thursday. The annual red-white spring game is set for April, 9 at 1 p.m. (CT) with national television coverage by the Big Ten Network.
Huskers Ready for No. 25 Stanford
Nebraska Quick Hits
- This is the first time a Pac-12 team has traveled to Lincoln during the regular season since Arizona State faced the Huskers on April 15 and 16 in 1989. The only other time a Pac-12 team has played Nebraska in Lincoln during the regular season was 1983 when California played April 22 and April 24.
- Nebraska is 4-0 against Pac-12 teams at home during the regular season.
- Billie Andrews leads the nation with 16 home runs on the season, a total that is three above the players in second.
- The sophomore also ranks No. 1 in the NCAA in home runs per game with an average of 0.59.
- Andrews also ranks first in total bases with 91.
- The Gretna, Neb., native ranks first in the Big Ten Conference in slugging percentage (1.011).
- Andrews is also ranked first in the conference in RBIs with 1.30 per game.
- Cam Ybarra ranks second in the conference in triples with 3 and triples per game (0.18).
- Sydney Gray ranks fourth in the Big Ten with seven home runs.
- Billie Andrews, Sydney Gray, Abbie Squier and Kaylin Kinney have all slugged two home runs in one game this season.
Baseball vs. SDSU Canceled
Wednesday's baseball game between Nebraska and South Dakota State has been canceled due to weather.
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Nebraska opens Big Ten play this weekend, hosting Michigan on Friday-Sunday, March 25-27. First pitch on Friday is set for 7:32 p.m., followed by a 2:02 p.m. start on Saturday and first pitch on Sunday at 11:02 a.m. Friday and Sunday's games will be broadcast on Big Ten Network, while Saturday's game can be seen on Nebraska Public Media.
Two Huskers Qualify for NCAA Regional
The NCAA announced on Tuesday, March 22, that two Husker gymnasts have qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Nebraska's representatives will travel to Seattle, Wash. to take part in Round 2 on Thursday, March 31. Kinsey Davis and Clara Colombo will represent NU during the tournament.
Sophomore Kinsey Davis qualified for the NCAA Tournament on vault, where she holds a national qualifying score of 9.860 and a season-high of 9.875. Davis also qualified on uneven bars with a national qualifying score of 9.875. She set a personal best during the 2022 season with a 9.975, the second-highest score in Nebraska history. Davis will compete on balance beam as well. The Huntersville, N.C., native holds a national qualifying score of 9.865 and a career-high of 9.925. Davis was named a First-Team All-Big Ten selection and received the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award for her efforts throughout the season. This is Davis' second time competing as an individual at the NCAA Tournament.
Junior Clara Colombo will take part in the NCAA Tournament on one apparatus, uneven bars. Colombo has a national qualifying score of 9.870 while she has received a 9.900 on the event three times this season. The Caravaggio, Italy, native, claimed the uneven bars title at the Big Five meet.
Nebraska's two representatives will compete in Round 2 of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, March 31, in Seattle, Wash. The event will take place at 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. CT and will be streamed on ESPN+.