Husker Big Red Daily: Injury report surprise, New 5-star flip candidate, volleyball sweeps

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One surprise on the Thursday injury report for Nebraska football ahead of Saturday’s game against Maryland: running back Mekhi Nelson is now listed as questionable.

Nelson was not on the first injury report released for the week, when starting running back Jamal Rule was listed as doubtful. His status hasn’t changed, which suggests he will be out against the Terps.

Losing Rule and Nelson would be concerning. Isaiah Mozee has been productive this season. He’s got 149 yards on 31 carries (4.8 per carry). He’s had multiple runs of more than 20 yards, and he’s a stellar pass catcher.

Nebraska football has to hope that Nelson can go. He’s been electric. He’s got 333 total yards this season, with an average of 5.8 yards per carry. Jacory Barney is questionable. Brendan Black is probable.

Nebraska football expected to host 5-star Ohio State commitment for visit

According to Bobby Schneider, Nebraska football, thanks in part to Trae Taylor, is going to host 5-star EDGE David Jacobs for a visit. The 6-foot-5, 240-pound EDGE is ranked No. 3 overall in the 2027 class, according to the 247 Sports composite rankings.

Jacobs had 34 sacks in his first three seasons of high school. He has been committed to the Buckeyes since last December. Getting him on campus would be massive. Who knows if that will give the Huskers a realistic chance to flip him, but it’s a massive development either way.

Like Trae Taylor, Jacobs would be a game-changing commitment.

Nebraska volleyball sweeps Penn State

From Huskers.com:

Nebraska (14-0, 3-0 Big Ten) hit at a pace of .419 and held Penn State (9-4, 1-2 Big Ten) to .230.

The Huskers extended their win streak in road and neutral-site matches to 21 matches, which is tied for 13th all-time in NCAA history and is the third-longest in program history.

With the sweep, head coach Dani Busboom Kelly picked up her 250th career win and became the fourth-fastest coach to reach 250 all-time Division I wins in women’s college volleyball history. Busboom Kelly recorded win no. 250 in her 295th career match, trailing only Heather Olmstead (292 matches), Dave Shoji (293 matches) and Andy Banachowski (293 matches).

Bergen Reilly recorded her 46th career double-double after posting 34 assists and 16 digs while adding three blocks. With 34 assists, Reilly climbed to third all-time in program history with 4,145 assists, surpassing assistant coach Kelly (Hunter) Natter. Reilly directed the NU offense that featured five Huskers hitting above .300 on the night.

Harper Murray had 13 kills on .400 hitting with four blocks, three digs and two aces. Andi Jackson posted 11 kills and hit a team-high .625 while leading the Husker defense with seven blocks.

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