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I wonder if the coaches did as they promised and cleared the recruiting of this QB with Beck before it was done. If not, it's hard to blame him for leaving. BY STEVEN M. SIPPLE / Lincoln Journal Star Wednesday, Aug 09, 2006 - 12:11:11 pm CDT Turns out Nebraska won’t stand pat with three quarterbacks in preseason camp. Brian Hildebrand, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound player at Mt. San Antonio (Calif.) College, plans to enroll at Nebraska this month and could be practicing as soon as this weekend — assuming he passes an Oceanography lab on Thursday to earn his associate’s degree. If he does, he said, he’ll be on a flight to Lincoln on Friday. The news comes in the wake of sophomore Harrison Beck leaving the program earlier this week, leaving Nebraska with starter Zac Taylor and backups Joe Ganz and Beau Davis in camp. Hildebrand redshirted at Oregon State in 2004, leaving the school after one semester for Mt. San Antonio. He started five games last season, then tore a ligament in his right (throwing) thumb. He completed 56 of 99 passes for 791 yards and three touchdowns with five interceptions. At Nebraska, he would join the team as a sophomore and have three seasons of playing eligibility remaining. A native of Corona, Calif., Hildebrand was ranked in 2004 as the nation’s No. 12 pro-style quarterback by Rivals.com. Beck, who left preseason camp Saturday, was aware that Hildebrand was on the verge of becoming a Husker, said John Davis, Beck’s former coach at Countryside High in Clearwater, Fla. “I think it miffed him a little and maybe was a factor in him leaving, but I don’t think it was a determining factor,” Davis said. Beck is right now considering “two or three” Division I-A schools as places to resume his career, Davis said. He hopes to enroll in time for the start of the fall semester. Beck likely would use his redshirt season this year. “I just told him he has to stay out of the limelight and work his tail off,” Davis said of Beck. “He just needs to get a thicker skin, grow up and go compete somewhere.”