Nebraska Tight End Thomas Fidone Accepts Senior Bowl Invitation

The departing Husker accepted his Reese's Senior Bowl invitation Saturday, joining Ty Robinson and Tommi Hill for the NFL Draft evaluation game.
Nebraska tight end Thomas Fidone turns up field after catching a short pass against Rutgers.
Nebraska tight end Thomas Fidone turns up field after catching a short pass against Rutgers. / Kenny Larabee, KLIN
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Thomas Fidone will be able to wear the Scarlet "N" one final time before heading to the NFL Draft.

The former Nebraska tight end announced Saturday on social media that he will play in the 2025 Reese's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., on Feb. 1.

The 6-foot-6, 255-pound junior tight end will join teammates Ty Robinson and Tommi Hill as Senior Bowl participants. All three are aiming to boost their NFL Draft stock after the Huskers were shut out during last April's selections.

Fidone, a native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, arrived in Lincoln in 2021 as a top-40 recruit. According to 247Sports and Rivals, he was the No. 1 tight end in the 2021 recruiting cycle.

After sustaining major knee injuries in 2021 and 2022, Fidone had productive seasons under coach Matt Rhule in 2023 and 2024. The former Under Armour All-American appeared in one game during his first two seasons as a Cornhusker but played in all 12 games with eight starts in 2023 as a redshirt sophomore. Fidone led Nebraska that season with four touchdown catches and was second on the team with 25 receptions for 260 yards.

In 2024, Fidone played in all 13 games with nine starts, setting career highs with 36 receptions for 373 yards. He closed out his Husker tenure by leading Nebraska with five receptions and 50 yards in the Huskers' Pinstripe Bowl victory over Boston College.

Nebraska Cornhuskers tight end Thomas Fidone II (24) celebrates after a first down
Thomas Fidone celebrates after a first down during the first half of the Pinstripe Bowl. / Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

Fidone was a member of the Mackey Award watch list to begin his 2024 campaign and was an Academic All-Big Ten selection in 2022, 2023 and 2024. He was a member of the Senior Bowl preseason watch list, joining Robinson, Hill, Nash Hutmacher, DeShon Singleton, Ben Scott, Jahmal Banks, Isaiah Neyor and Micah Mazzcua.

Although no Huskers were chosen in the 2024 NFL Draft, Nebraska has had two picks in each class four out of the last five years, with the most recent being sixth-round selections Ochaun Mathis and Trey Palmer in 2023.


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Austin Jacobsen
AUSTIN JACOBSEN

Austin Jacobsen is a radio broadcaster and former Sports Director in Central Nebraska. He has seen the Cornhusker state from all corners; growing up in the Panhandle, completing his college degree in Kearney, working in the rural Sandhills, and now residing in Omaha. Austin is a statewide, regional, and national radio award winner and can usually be found at a high school football field on Friday nights and tuning in to the Huskers wherever they travel. If he is not on the road, Austin enjoys movie dates with his girlfriend and their dog, Ava.