Pelini Places Four Players on Scholarship
Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini has awarded scholarships to four members of the Husker football program. Former walk-ons earning scholarships include senior I-back Austin Jones, senior fullback Tyler Legate, senior defensive back Lance Thorell and junior long snapper P.J. Mangieri.
Pelini said it was rewarding to be able to add the four players to scholarship before the start of the 2011 season and commended their well-rounded work as members of the football program.
"These four young men are very deserving of being placed on scholarship," Pelini said. "They come from different backgrounds and different circumstances, but each of them represents what Nebraska football is all about. They have worked hard and done the right things on and off the field. The walk-on program has been a vital part of the success here for decades, and it will continue to be very important for us into the future."