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Spring Competition Pushes Nebraska Quarterbacks

Satterfield provides updates on progress of Sims and Haarberg after Tuesday’s practice

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Jeff Sims and Heinrich Haarberg are engaged in a "healthy competition" at quarterback, says Nebraska football offensive coordinator and QBs coach Marcus Satterfield.

Speaking after Tuesday's practice, Satterfield of Sims: "We went into this spring wanting to take care of the football and increase his completion percentage, and he's done both of those to this point."

The transfer from Georgia Tech has "a nice, calming demeanor out there," Satterfield said. "He's never too high, never too low."

As for Haarberg, the sophomore from Kearney is a big, tough and athletic runner, but "he can throw the football as well," Satterfield said. "So he allows you to be multiple in a lot of the things we're doing offensively. Really pleased with his development thus far."

Satterfield said last season's starter, Casey Thomson, is "right on schedule" in his rehab from shoulder surgery. "Mentally, he's really good," Satterfield said. "He works at it, grinds at it."

Tuesday's practice was the 13th of spring ball, which wraps up with Saturday's Red-White game at 1 p.m. in Memorial Stadium. Scroll down for more from the post-practice press conference, which also included offensive line coach Donovan Raiola, O-linemen Ben Scott and Teddy Prochazka, and defensive back Corey Collier. Asterisk indicates item may require a subscription. Refresh this page for the latest additions. Go here for the HuskerMax discussion.

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Posted by Nebraska Football on Tuesday, April 18, 2023

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Joe Hudson has operated a Husker-related website since 1995 and joined forces with David Max to form HuskerPedia (later renamed HuskerMax) in 1999. It began as a hobby during his 35 years as a newspaper editor and reporter, a career that included stints at the Lincoln Star, Omaha World-Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer and Denver Post. In Denver, Joe was chief of the copy desk during his final 16 years at the Post. He is proud to have been involved in Pulitzer Prize-winning projects in both Philadelphia and Denver. Joe has been a Nebraska football fan since the mid-1960s during his childhood in Omaha. He earned his bachelor of arts degree in journalism and economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1976. He resides a few freeway exits north of Colorado Springs and enjoys bicycling and walking his dogs in his spare time. You can reach him at joeroyhud@outlook.com.

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