I've been a Ken Kaelin fan since high school when he picked up our 360 pound heavyweight clean off the wrestling mat and then pinned him... they killed us in football too although we weren't very good then anyway
Kriewald was a monster... threw the shot put like 62 feet in high school for North Loup-Scotia if I remember rightI think you all are missing out on the best, Steve Kriewald. As a senior starter the guy AVERAGED 18 yards a carry and scored a TD on nearly half of his touches. He was a machine!
Bryan Carpenter FB screen vs Colorado was a lot of fun, and he was a load as a blocker.I've been a Ken Kaelin fan since high school when he picked up our 360 pound heavyweight clean off the wrestling mat and then pinned him... they killed us in football too although we weren't very good then anyway
Bryan Carpenter FB screen vs Colorado was a lot of fun, and he was a load as a blocker.
Bill Olds definitely deserves some mention. IIRC, he started in 1971 after Schneiss started in 1970 (as a Senior). There was some talk of moving him to I-Back in 1972 (Olds' senior year) and having Maury Damkroger start full time at FB (they wound up splitting time in '72). I hate to bag on Gary Dixon, but he didn't get it done in the big games. We had a huge drop off at I-Back after Kinney graduated in '71. One would have to think moving Olds to IB would have put our two best backs on the field.Four pages in ... and no one has mentioned Bill Olds. Lead blocker/Fullback for Devaney's national title teams in '70 and '71. Played four years in the NFL. Was one of the premier blockers back in the '70s.
He is for certain in the top 5 all-time.
Schlesinger gets a bit of recency bias. Well, not really all that recent, but maybe "memorable" bias. The guy busted a couple of critical TD runs against Miami for Osborne's first national title and those FB trap plays are pretty legendary in Husker fans' minds. Hard to look at just the stat lines and compare them based on production alone. I also remember Schlesinger rattling off some impressive runs against Colorado, if memory serves. He was a bull charging out of a gate and I remember him being the guy who broke facemasks and caused bloody noses - both his own and for would-be tacklers. He obviously also had a great career for the Lions.
However, here are their career numbers. Schlesinger is literally the least productive of the bunch.
Rathman: 1425 yards, 12 TDs (70 yards / 1 TD Receiving)
Joel Makovicka: 1143 yards, 11 TDs (127 yards / 1 TD Receiving)
Jeff Makovicka: 902 yards, 6 TD (19 yards / 0 TD Receiving)
Schlesinger: 706 yards, 6 TDs (no Receptions at NU)
In the interest of continuing the fullback nostalgia, I'll also throw an honorary mention out there for Omar Soto. He was a really quality fullback with good production for 1.5 years at Nebraska, and was enough of a key guy that Miami dug up a 5 year old JUCO scrimmage technicality to get him disqualified from the Orange Bowl the day before the game where they had to get by us for a national title.
Nope, no forfeits. Never heard the details of how the rest of that went down, but with such a small technicality & a (relatively speaking) less consequential player, it stands to reason that they commission/investigation recommended no further action.I presume we didn’t end up forfeiting the 5 regular season games that he played in?
Four pages back I did.Four pages in ... and no one has mentioned Bill Olds. Lead blocker/Fullback for Devaney's national title teams in '70 and '71. Played four years in the NFL. Was one of the premier blockers back in the '70s.
He is for certain in the top 5 all-time.