« Reply #454 on: August 04, 2024, 08:22:59 AM »
Irving Fryar, by some accounts, may have been the most talented of the Scoring Explosion “triplets”, and yet I think he is the least heralded. While understandable (Rozier won the Heisman and Turner Gill was the QB as well as a long time assistant coach), I think that is a shame. Consider: On the magical 1983 squad, Fryar touched the ball 83 times (catches, runs, and kick returns). He averaged a staggering 14.6 yards per touch, and his yards per reception was 19.5.
Fryar easily earned All Big 8 and All-America honors – (side note: do you understand how rare it is – and how good you need to be – to earn consensus All-America honors on a team that leads the nation in rushing? Think about it, if your offense is rolling up 400 yards rushing every game, how many opportunities will you get to catch passes? That’s probably why Fryar was only the second player to ever do it, with another Husker legend – Freeman White – being the first). Fryar went on to become Nebraska’s first #1 pick in the NFL draft.
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