5 things we learned in week 3 of Nebraska football fall camp

With a scrimmage on Saturday, Nebraska football wrapped up its third week of fall camp. In a press conference on Saturday, Matt Rhule seemed pleased with the work of his team.

The Nebraska football head coach praised the tackling of the Huskers. He noted there was one missed tackle, which led to a big play for freshman running back Isaiah Mozee.

Rhule wants more out of the backups, the second and third-team guys. Depth is vital in the Big Ten, so that’s important. Speaking of depth, it took a hit on the offensive line with the injury to guard Gibson Pyle, a redshirt freshman who was competing on the two-deep.

You can feel the confidence surrounding this team. The season opener is now less than two weeks away.

Looking back at week three of fall camp, here are five things we learned.

Offensive tackle battles aren’t decided

Saturday’s scrimmage might have an impact on who the starting offensive tackles are going to be. You have to feel good about Elijah Pritchett, Gunnar Gottula, and Teddy Prochazka. Gottula and Pritchett started last season for Nebraska and Alabama, respectively.

Prochazka has been a quality starter when healthy. It feels like the competition will leak into the regular season. Tyler Knaak feels a little behind those three in my eyes, but this is a good problem to have.

The first three games of the season could be used to help determine the long-term starter.

Field goal kicker is still up in the air

Nebraska football special teams coach Mike Ekeler brought in kicker Kyle Cunanan soon after he arrived. He’s competing with John Hohl, Nebraska’s kicker last season.

Tristan Alvano was a former three-star recruit. They each have the talent, but according to Rhule, it still needs to be figured out, which doesn’t sound like great news. It felt like none of the players have grabbed hold of the job.

Running backs trending up

Nebraska football might regret not adding a running back via the transfer portal. However, things are looking up at the position. Mozee was mentioned by Rhule on Saturday. He keeps trending up. Mekhi Nelson does, too.

Conor Booth has gotten some positive buzz, too. Kwinten Ives is now back from injury. The room looks better by the day. The reports on Mozee are positive.

Nelson feels like a diamond in the rough. Maybe that’s optimistic, but it helps to play behind what Donovan Raiola called the “best offensive line” since he’s been at Nebraska.

The passing game and the offensive line will make life easy on the Huskers’ running backs in 2025.

Veteran transfers have earned a role

Two players who haven’t been talked about a ton in the transfer portal class are defensive back Jamir Conn, along with defensive lineman Jaylen George.

Both players were regular contributors at the FCS level. George was first-team all-conference last season. He had 54 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and three sacks over the past two seasons.

The junior was brought up by Rhule on Saturday, who said that he’s now 295 pounds. Conn (5-foot-11, 180 pounds) is also a junior and has similar skills to Malcolm Hartzog.

Donovan Jones is certainly in the mix. But don’t forget about Conn, who can play cornerback or safety.

TJ Lateef could be QB2

Dylan Raiola seems to be having a great camp. Dana Holgorsen said that he’s seen Raiola make throws that the coach has never seen before.

There’s no doubt about the QB1. That’s not true about the QB2. Many assumed that freshman TJ Lateef would be the third quarterback this season.

Lateef, the Elite 11 QB, has been impressive. Jalyn Gramstad is the No. 2 QB now. However, the former four-star (Lateef) has picked things up quickly as a freshman, to the point that he could play in four games this season, because even if he wins the backup job, it would be better to preserve the redshirt.

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