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Good News for Huskers at Linebacker Ahead of Michigan Game

Luke Reimer should be ready; quarterbacks Heinrich Haarberg and Jeff Sims both might play

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Linebacker Luke Reimer should be ready to play, defensive end Cam Lenhardt is still questionable, and quarterback Jeff Sims remains less than 100% but might play.

Those were the key injury updates Thursday from Nebraska head football coach Matt Rhule, who met with reporters for the final time before the Huskers' home game Saturday against second-ranked Michigan.

Reimer did not finish last week's game against Louisiana Tech, and Lenhardt didn't suit up after injuring an ankle the week before against Northern Illinois. Sims injured an ankle Sept. 9 at Colorado and has played just one snap since. Sims' replacement the last two weeks, Heinrich Haarberg, did not finish the Louisiana Tech game after he "felt something tighten up," as Rhule described it after the game.

Both Sims and Haarberg have practiced all week. 

"Heinrich has looked good," Rhule said. "How much can he completely open up and all those things? I don't think we'll completely know 'til game time, but there's been no restrictions on him."

Rhule said Sims "looks good in terms of moving and sliding in the pocket," but "I wouldn't say Jeff's 100%." Even so, he said, "We'll be ready to probably use either one of them or both of them as needed."

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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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