Johnny "The Jet" Rodgers National College Football Return Specialist Award

[Nexus]

No press release as of yet, but @RKaipustOWH tweeted about it. Just go to his twitter feed for more details.

http://twitter.com/#!/RKaipustOWH

 

[Comish]

That, along with the Rimington and Outland awards makes 3 honors directly tied to Nebraska......

 

[hskrfan4life]

HELL YES! About time he gets some respect!

 

[GSG]

 

[HuskerInLostWages]

Well deserved and even more reason to be proud that we're all Husker fans. You have to be a great one to have an award named after you.

 

[Nexus]

Here is the Press Release

 

[The Dude]

I think it was Johnny's idea, and he's the one who named it.

Edit: whoops, didn't see Nexus added the link.

 

[HuskerInLostWages]

So he named it himself, so be it I'm sure that Greg Pruitt will be so happy about this new trophy.

 

[The Duke]

Here is what the award looks like. It features Johnny "The Jet" Rodgers eluding an Oklahoma defender during his return in The Game of the Century.

 

[The Duke]

Here is Johnny with the new award that will be named after him.

 

[Comish]

And here is Joe Adams of Arkansas with the return that most predict will win him the inaugural award....

 

[HUSKER 37]

Hard to believe I was my Son's age when I first saw this play..And both of my older Brothers were dog piling on me in the living room.

 

[NUance]

Great idea for an award! I'm not real crazy about that bronze statue thing. Maybe it just b/c we're looking at it from an odd angle.

 

[PaulCrewe]

Honey Badger was the most dynamic returner last fall. Just another way the kid could change the tide of a game, except the last one.

 

[ladyhawke]

Very cool!! I love that play with Lyle Bremser calling the play-by-play!!! Congrats to 'The Jet' for making this award possible! (It will be really special when a Husker wins it!)