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For the first time since 2002, a Nebraska football tight end has been selected in the National Football League draft. Thomas Fidone II, a 6-6, 255-pound tight end, was picked by the New York Giants as the No. 219 pick in the seventh round on day three of the NFL draft Saturday. Fidone becomes the 370th Cornhusker selected in the NFL draft dating back to 1936.

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Nebraska football has its first selection in the 2025 National Football League draft. Ty Robinson, the 6-6, 310-pound defensive lineman was picked by the Philadelphia Eagles as the No. 111 pick in the fourth round on day three of the NFL draft Saturday. Robinson becomes the 369th Cornhusker selected in the NFL draft, dating back to 1936, and is the first Nebraska player drafted since the 2023 draft.

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Mike Ekeler thanks his return to Nebraska football on one person - a former Blackshirt and National Football League veteran - Will Compton. Ekeler was hired as an assistant coach to join Matt Rhule's Nebraska Cornhuskers as the special teams coordinator over the offseason.

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Nebraska basketball's in-state rivalry will come later in the 2025-26 season than the most recent iteration, according to a report posted Tuesday on social media. CBS college basketball insider Jon Rothstein posted on his social media account that the next matchup between Nebraska and Creighton men's basketball would take place Sunday, Dec. 7, at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. Nebraska won the most recent matchup in the series, 74-63, in Omaha on Nov. 22, 2024.

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Jordy Bahl continues to dominate on the field and in the Big Ten awards. The Nebraska softball pitcher claimed her fourth Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honor this season as announced by the conference on Monday. Bahl completed the feat across Nebraska's three wins last week, compiling an ERA of 1.27 and a 2-0 record. Prior to Monday night's victory over Northwestern, Nebraska had claimed two victories over the Wildcats led by Bahl.