Nebraska football offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen is clarify a specific point to his wide receivers. Holgersen wants his receivers to block better, as he told the media during his press conference Tuesday.
Saturday afternoon was the Huskers’ first game with Holgerson as offensive coordinator. The unit racked up 310 yards of offense, which was broken down into 191 passing yards and 119 rushing yards. They averaged 4.9 yards per play and recorded 19 first downs on 63 total plays.
Offensive production is certainly important. However, Holgerson wants to see Nebraska’s receivers pay more attention to offensive blocking.
“Those guys (the wide receivers) are big bodies. I’m like, ‘Why don’t you block the penalty on the perimeter?’ It’s embarrassing.”
Blocking has been a problem for the Huskers wide receivers all year. Marcus Satterfield also noted that this was a point that was emphasized earlier in the year.
The program will need to do all the little things right as it looks to become bowl eligible in its final two games of the season.
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