« Reply #636 on: August 21, 2024, 08:32:47 AM »
Roy Helu, Jr. is one of my favorite I-Backs from the last 20 years. He combined speed, power, vision, and a love for hurdling over defenders to become one of the most vaunted rushers in school history. Two memories of Helu stand out: 2009 at Kansas, Nebraska is in a dogfight until the Huskers decide to put the game on Helu’s shoulders. Despite several nagging injuries, Helu picked up 85 yards and two critical touchdowns on Nebraska’s final two drives.
And then there is his masterpiece: 2010 versus Missouri. On NU’s first play, Helu went 66 yards for a touchdown. Later in one of the most complete quarters of football Nebraska has ever played, Helu went for a career long 73 yard TD run. When it was all said and done, Helu had 307 rushing yards (and 317 all-purpose) breaking Calvin Jones’s twenty year old record of 294. It was one of the most dominating performances I’ve had the pleasure to watch at Memorial Stadium.
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