Again in November when he signed, baseball assistant coach Lance Harvell stated, “Mikey is a really proficient, athletic child with a big-league body at 6-foot-5, 205. He’s a 6.8 runner, hits for energy, is a flexible defender and has a powerful arm. He showcased these abilities on the soccer discipline as a extremely touted quarterback for Blue Valley Northwest. He shall be a two-sport athlete right here who Husker followers would possibly get a sneak peek at subsequent fall with the soccer staff.”
Certainly, NU goes to provide him an opportunity to play soccer this summer season when he will get to campus. He’s a scholarship baseball participant and a walk-on in Frost’s program. Bear in mind, although, if he ever really appeared in a soccer recreation, he’d then must depend instantly in opposition to the Huskers’ 85-man scholarship restrict.
It’s Jan. 3, and quarterbacks nonetheless dominate the dialog. That probably received’t change a lot between now and Aug. 27 round right here.
Bonus spherical: Better of luck to former Nebraska offensive line coach Greg Austin, who ESPN reported is about to take the offensive line coach job at Florida Worldwide.
Austin had spent the previous six years with Frost, relationship again to the pair’s UCF days, till he was among the many 4 offensive assistants fired on Nov. 8. Now he and Ryan Held (offensive coordinator at North Alabama) have new gigs, whereas Mario Verduzco and Matt Lubick stay available on the market.
