OWHNebraska recruit Monte Harrison, should he decide to forgo a Major League Baseball career and come play for coaches Bo Pelini and Darin Erstad in Lincoln, would be the exception and not the rule.
Two-sport college athletes are rare, but that’s not to say they don’t exist; Nebraska’s produced a handful over the past few decades. Here’s a look at some of the more memorable multi-sport athletes we’ve seen — or almost seen — at NU.
Turner Gill, Darin Erstad, Erick Strickland, Matt Davison, Curt Tomasevicz, Khiry Cooper, Carl Crawford and Bubba Starling