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QBs Go Live in Huskers’ First Spring Scrimmage

Quarterbacks take hits, make runs during 90-play session

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The Huskers held their first spring scrimmage Saturday morning and came out of it healthy, coach Matt Rhule said afterward.

The quarterbacks took hits and made runs during the 90-play session, which was Nebraska football's seventh practice of spring ball. Rhule said the defense wasn't informed until Saturday morning that the quarterbacks would be live, which probably played a part in the offense's success. The QBs taking snaps included Jeff Sims, Heinrich Haarberg, Chubba Purdy and Richard Torres.

"The offense looked ahead of the defense, and I think a lot of it was the quarterbacks' running," Rhule said. "You get to practice, and the quarterback drops back, and you blow it dead. Well, today, they had to try to hit Heinrich, and try to hit Chubba, try to hit Jeff, try to hit Richard. They bounced off it and ran for big, long plays. So that added in a dynamic that we haven't really exposed to the defense."

Rhule revealed that center Ben Scott was hurt Thursday when he got rolled up on in a drill, but he said it's a minor injury that should keep him out of practice for only a week or so. Justin Evans-Jenkins took Scott's place Saturday and has been playing well, Rhule said.

The team will return to the practice field Tuesday morning.

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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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