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Index to Dave Feit’s Greatest Huskers by the Numbers

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Counting down the greatest Nebraska football players by jersey number.
Counting down the greatest Nebraska football players by jersey number. | HuskerMax

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Here is your guide to Dave Feit’s 2025 preseason series on the greatest Nebraska Cornhusker football players by jersey number -- one hundred of them in all. There will be one installment per day through Aug. 28. That's when the jersey countdown hits zero and head coach Matt Rhule's Year 3 Nebraska team kicks off its season against the Cincinnati Bearcats of the Big 12 Conference at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.

Willie Harper in action against Kansas State.
Willie Harper | Nebraska Football Media Guide
Rich Glover
Rich Glover | Nebraska Athletics
Tony Jeter helps Bob Brown shave his beard after the Huskers' 1963 win at Missouri. Brown had vowed he would shave if Nebrask
Tony Jeter and Bob Brown | Lincoln Journal & Star via Newspapers.com
Dave Rimington
Dave Rimington | Nebraska Football Media Guide
Jerry Murtaugh was a team captain in 1970 despite his tendency to land in coach Bob Devaney's doghouse.
Jerry Murtaugh | Nebraska Athletics
Sep 1983; Lincoln, NE, USA; FILE PHOTO; Nebraska Cornhuskers running back #30 Mike Rozier in action during the 1983 season at
Mike Rozier | Malcolm Emmons-Imagn Images
Nov 25, 1971; Norman, OK, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers punt returner Johnny Rodgers celebrates his punt return for a TD
Johnny Rodgers | Malcolm Emmons-Imagn Images
Oct 30, 1971; Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback Jerry Tagge in action against the Colorado Buffaloes
Jerry Tagge | Malcolm Emmons-Imagn Images
Eric Crouch
Eric Crouch | Nebraska Athletics

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