Imani Cross: Workout Warrior and Volunteer Linebacker

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He's still the last guy out of the Hawks Championship Center after practice. He's still sporting a muscled frame. And he's still willing — after a half-hour workout of his own making, a compilation of drills to improve his skills — to spend a few minutes with inquiring reporters.
But Imani Cross wants to get those knees higher. He isn't satisfied with the status quo for his game. Perhaps it's because the 6-foot-1, 230-pounder has stiff competition at running back in the form of redshirt freshman Adam Taylor. Or perhaps it's because Cross' default switch is to work harder and longer. Either way, he called his 2013 campaign — 447 rushing yards, 10 touchdowns, 5.3 yards per carry — “average.”

“I don't think I was very good, and I don't think I was very bad,” he said. “I was right there in the middle. I have a lot of room to improve and the time to do so.”
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Cross, Pelini said, is “one of the hard-working guys there is. He's a team guy. He's about the right things. He's the kind of guy who's going to be a leader on your team. He wants to do whatever it takes to help the football team, whether it means offense, special teams.”
Or even defense. Last year, Pelini said, Cross volunteered to play linebacker if the Huskers needed it. Nebraska was playing freshmen Michael Rose, Josh Banderas and Nate Gerry at the time.

“He said, 'I'd come over there in a second,' ” Pelini said. “He's just that kind of guy. He just wants to win. He's about the right thing. And we're lucky to have him.”
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These are the kind of guys you need on your team. Great character guy and very hard worker.

 
Imani is one of the nicest guys on the planet, too. Just a great guy.

Glad he is on this team - and he would play at a lot of other schools.

 
Sounds like Imani had about a 40 yard TD run in practice today. So the defense isn't winning all the time.
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