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What Does the ‘26 NFL Draft Mean to the Husker Football Program?
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What Does the ‘26 NFL Draft Mean to the Husker Football Program?

Nebraska Cornhuskers On SI·Dan McGlynn·about 1 month ago
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One of the things we learned coming out of this year’s NFL draft is that only one Husker (RB Emmett Johnson) was taken. One player.  And as good as we think Johnson was in ‘25, he wasn’t taken until the fifth round as the 161st overall pick. One pick.  But Nebraska did worse in ‘24 when the Huskers had zero picks. Will the Big Red Rebuild of Memorial Stadium help attract better talent?  Will NU have to up its NIL and rev-share spending?  Possibly.  Is money the most important factor?  Not necessarily. Which schools had the most draft picks this year? The leader is Ohio State with 11.  Coming in a close second is Alabama with 10 players taken, It should come as no surprise that those two programs would be rated that high. So who are some of the other teams that had more draft picks than Nebraska?  The usual suspects are Georgia (8), Indiana (8), Texas (6) and Michigan (6).…

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