Sophomore cornerback Corey Young told Rivals.com he has been granted his scholarship release and is leaving Nebraska because of personal reasons.
the Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:00 pm
Sophomore cornerback Corey Young told Rivals.com he has been granted his scholarship release and is leaving Nebraska because of personal reasons. Young, listed as a backup to senior starter Cortney Grixby at weakside cornerback, played in 11 games as a true freshman.
FRESHMEN MAKE THEIR WAY TO CAMPUS: All 15 incoming recruits who were scheduled to participate in summer school arrived on Monday for the first day of summer classes. “A lot of those freshmen are going to be playing,” Callahan said. “I’m in favor of playing freshmen early.” He told the audience he’s in favor of a fifth year of eligibility, a proposal Nebraska athletic director Steve Pederson broached at last month’s Big 12 Conference meetings.
COACH LIKES ESPN DEAL: Callahan said he’s excited about the Big 12’s new contract with ESPN. The one-year deal means five Big 12 games will be shown in prime time this season on the network. “If you really think about it, ESPN has been Big 10-dominated,” Callahan said. “Now, we can get more exposure in areas where we haven’t had that type of exposure. To us, I think it’s huge.” As for the possibility of playing at Missouri in an 8 p.m. game on Oct. 6? “It doesn’t matter to me,” Callahan said. “I think it will be great, going down there at night.” No official game time has been announced.
SLAUSON ON WATCH LIST: Offensive tackle Matt Slauson was among 41 players named Tuesday to the Outland Trophy watch list by the Football Writers Association of America. Slauson started 11 games last season at right tackle and earned second-team All-Big 12 honors.
NU MAKES NEW HIRE: Brian Lehmann has been hired as Nebraska’s director of sports nutrition. Lehmann comes to Nebraska following six years at the University of Tennessee. Since 2005, Lehmann has served as sports nutritionist for both the men’s and women’s athletic programs in Knoxville. He will work with all of Nebraska’s 23 varsity sports. Lehmann replaces James Harris, who resigned last month.
— Brian Rosenthal