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Ahman Green on Nebraska's Emmett Johnson, TJ Lateef and Run Defense

Former Husker great Ahman Green joins Adam Carriker to analyze Emmett Johnson's breakout season and TJ Lateef's starting debut against UCLA. The two also dig into the Blackshirts' struggles against the run.
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Former Husker Ahman Green was a Doak Walker Award finalist and second-team All-American in 1997.
Former Husker Ahman Green was a Doak Walker Award finalist and second-team All-American in 1997. | Carriker Chronicles

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Don't miss Adam Carriker’s exclusive Interview with Nebraska football legend Ahman Green. Ahman speaks candidly on running back Emmett Johnson bursting onto the national scene. Then Ahman goes into quarterback TJ Lateef’s strengths and play so far. Adam also loves his perspective on Nebraska’s struggles to stop the run defensively. Husker football fans will love what Green shares about head coach Matt Rhule and more on the Carriker Chronicles!

Ahman Green dives into detail why Emmett Johnson is so hard to tackle, how he’s evolved as a running back, why he’s able to be so successful when it comes to running with the ball and also catching the ball out of the backfield. Emmett has done multiple things this year when it comes to receiving as well as rushing with the football that no other back in the entire country has done and frankly a lot of Nebraska running backs haven’t done since Ameer Abdullah in 2014.

Just a reminder, Ameer Abdullah was a Doak Walker Award finalist as well. Emmett Johnson has more rushing touchdowns than any Nebraska back has had since Ameer in 2014 and also more rushing yards than any Nebraska running back has had in a decade since 2014. He’s also the only running back in the country with at least 10 rushing touchdowns as well as three receiving touchdowns.

Ahman details watching Emmett as a younger player versus now. Ahman talks about how offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen has evolved throughout the season when it comes to his play calling and the impact that that has had on Nebraska’s offense as a whole. Specifically, on the impact that it had for TJ Lateef and his first start of his career UCLA. Ahman breaks down why TJ is able to be so successful, what his strengths are, what he needs to improve on and what Husker fans can anticipate going forward from Lateef as well.

Ahman compares TJ Lateef to Dylan Raiola and some of the things that they both bring to the table as players comparatively speaking.

Then Adam Carriker asked him for his unique perspective on stopping the run and what some of the biggest challenges were when Ahman was a running back at Nebraska and with the Green Bay Packers that he would face against very good run defenses. Nebraska’s run defense has been leaky at times this year and Ahman shares unique insight on how the Huskers and the Blackshirt defense can shore up their run defense the last three games of the season.

You don’t want to miss this, ladies & gentlemen…Husker football, Big Ten & college football fans will love this edition of the Carriker Chronicles! TTB!


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Adam’s dream of playing for the Huskers came to fruition. He was twice named first-team All-Big 12, leading the conference in sacks and winning the Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year award his senior season, along with several other awards, including finishing with All-America honors, in addition to being named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll three times. He’s also been named to Nebraska’s All-Century Team, voted The Best Husker Defensive End since the start of the new millennium, and has been inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame. Adam went on to play eight years as a Defensive Lineman in the NFL with the St. Louis Rams and Washington Redskins. He was drafted in the 1st round, winning Rams Rookie of the Year; he’s the only Ram in franchise history to start all 16 games as a rookie. He also won the Strongest Redskin award multiple times during his career in the NFL. Since retiring, he’s experienced great success in the business world and has also appeared multiple times on National Television and Radio Shows, and currently hosts his highly popular show, the Carriker Chronicles, aka, the People’s Show, which has been viewed by millions!

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