Husker recruits excited to play football for Nebraska
There is an air of uncertainty and yet undiminished enthusiasm when Sean Fisher and John Levorson talk of their futures at the University of Nebraska.
“I’m excited to get to the next level,” said Fisher, who is an honorary captain of the Lincoln Journal Star Super-State football team, along with Levorson. “Now I can focus on that and working and training toward that.
“I’m excited about getting down to Lincoln and being part of the solution.”
Fisher, of Millard North, and Levorson, of Crete, are committed to a Husker program that again finds itself in a transition state.
Levorson said he feels bad for Bill Callahan and the staff that recruited him.
“I kind of got to know those coaches and it’s too bad this had to happen to them,” he said. “I guess my class will be the start of a new era and hopefully we can be part of the solution and start to help Nebraska get back to where it was.”
Fisher, a 6-foot-5, 215-pound free safety and running back, was slated to play defense, while Levorson, a 6-3, 190-pound quarterback and free safety, was recruited as an athlete at Nebraska.
Both said they will be happy to play whatever position helps the Huskers and will allow them the earliest opportunity to get on the field.
“Defense is more my thing. That’s where I’ve always critiqued my performance,” said Fisher, whose father, Todd, was a NU cornerback in the early 1980s out of Omaha Burke. “You can never be satisfied, but I wasn’t disappointed with how I played. You have to be confident in what you can do.”
Levorson agreed.
“They’ve talked about free safety and wide receiver. I think I’d choose free safety, because I’ve played that,” Levorson said. “Wide receiver would be a brand-new position, but that would be a challenge.”
But, if there were a parallel universe in which players could pick and choose, would he make a run at quarterback?
“I think it would depend on the offensive system, but I would certainly consider it,” Levorson said.
Reach Ryly Jane Hambleton at 473-7314 or rhambleton@journalstar.com.
“I’m excited to get to the next level,” said Fisher, who is an honorary captain of the Lincoln Journal Star Super-State football team, along with Levorson. “Now I can focus on that and working and training toward that.
“I’m excited about getting down to Lincoln and being part of the solution.”
Fisher, of Millard North, and Levorson, of Crete, are committed to a Husker program that again finds itself in a transition state.
Levorson said he feels bad for Bill Callahan and the staff that recruited him.
“I kind of got to know those coaches and it’s too bad this had to happen to them,” he said. “I guess my class will be the start of a new era and hopefully we can be part of the solution and start to help Nebraska get back to where it was.”
Fisher, a 6-foot-5, 215-pound free safety and running back, was slated to play defense, while Levorson, a 6-3, 190-pound quarterback and free safety, was recruited as an athlete at Nebraska.
Both said they will be happy to play whatever position helps the Huskers and will allow them the earliest opportunity to get on the field.
“Defense is more my thing. That’s where I’ve always critiqued my performance,” said Fisher, whose father, Todd, was a NU cornerback in the early 1980s out of Omaha Burke. “You can never be satisfied, but I wasn’t disappointed with how I played. You have to be confident in what you can do.”
Levorson agreed.
“They’ve talked about free safety and wide receiver. I think I’d choose free safety, because I’ve played that,” Levorson said. “Wide receiver would be a brand-new position, but that would be a challenge.”
But, if there were a parallel universe in which players could pick and choose, would he make a run at quarterback?
“I think it would depend on the offensive system, but I would certainly consider it,” Levorson said.
Reach Ryly Jane Hambleton at 473-7314 or rhambleton@journalstar.com.
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