WALK-ONS THREAD

At Nebraska, Scott Frost is bringing the walk-on program back to the future


LINCOLN, Neb. — Scott Frost probably needed a night off.

It was Dec. 14, 2017, his 11th day on the job as Nebraska’s head football coach and a period of time he admits is a complete blur in hindsight. He was coaching UCF and recruiting for the Huskers, flying back and forth between both duties and trying to get too much done each day.

The unbeaten Knights had just begun bowl practices. The December early signing date was one week away. Frost had just made a cross-country trip from Orlando to Lincoln to Fresno, Calif., for an in-home visit with his future quarterback Adrian Martinez the night before. And he had a 5-week-old baby at home.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever been as physically exhausted as I was there for a couple weeks, trying to coach and recruit,” Frost said.

Pausing for one night to relax and regroup would have been nice. But, no, long-term priorities won out. He boarded a jet in Orlando that Wednesday night and landed in Lincoln at 7:33 p.m. He made time for the walk-on program.
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Nebraska 2019 walk-on class




Nebraska has re-upped its focus on the walk-on program since Scott Frost and his staff came to Lincoln last winter, and after bringing in a big walk-on class in the 2018 recruiting class, the Huskers would like to add another full walk-on class in 2019 as well. 

Frost said earlier this season that the walk-on program is a big priority going forward. 

"We’re going to keep building the walk-on program," Frost said. "It’s one thing just to have numbers on a team, it’s another to have guys that we genuinely feel like can contribute to this program, that we’re going to work with and build, that can come not just players but starters on this football team. If there’s a young man that we think can be a great player here we’re going to try and get him in this program. 
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