Greatest Special Teams Player in NU History

TGHusker

TGHusker

Heisman Trophy Winner
This may be more challenging then best QB, RB or DE/DT. Who are our all time top 5 best special teams players - Kicker, Punter (K), Punt return, Kick off returns ®.

Who is # 1? (Johnny Rogers IMHO)

Some of these guys played Def or OFF besides their special team duties.

Some great names come to mind:

Johnny the Jet Rogers R

Bobby Newcombe R

DeJuan Groce R

Kris Brown K

Josh Brown K

Alex Henery K

Jesse Kosch K

Tyronne Hughes R

Irving Fryar R

Sam Koch K

Darin Erstad K

Kyle Lawson K

Ameer Abdullah R

Niles Paul R

Nate Swift R

Brett Maher K

Dan Hadenfeldt K

Eric Hagg R

Dana Brinson R

Cortney Grixby R

Josh Davis R



 
Johnny Rodgers, DeJuan Groce, Alex Henery, Josh Brown and it's a tossup for the fifth.

 
Tyrone Hughes was an awesome returner in the NFL - but I don't recall much about his Husker career.

 
Eric Hagg is an interesting person to put on there. He never really played special teams, but had two huge plays on the two fake FG's of 2010.

 
^^^ Good point. The awareness of the fake against the Cyclones was clutch, but that makeshift return against Texas was legendary...if only it produced a win. :(

 
Honestly, trying to take five from special teams by comparing kickers and returners becomes, to me, an effort in futility, because it's just really tough to compare those accomplishments. Obviously, in those respective groups, I don't think you have a returner yet that can touch JR, and Alex gets the nod on kickers, easily. I don't know that I've paid close enough attention to returners to make much a value judgment beyond Johnny. For me, the kickers come down to four/five -- Henery, the Browns (close together enough to be tied for 2 for me), Maher, Erstad.

 
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