The start of the 2024 season for the Nebraska Cornhuskers is officially just a week away. With seven days remaining Huskers junior defensive back Malcom Hartzog Jr is today’s featured Husker.
The Silver Creek, Mississippi native is entering his third season with the program and has been a regular for the Huskers through his first two seasons, playing in all 24 games including making 18 starts.
The versatile defensive back can play both cornerback and safety, starting seven games at corner and three at safety a year ago. In those 12 games and 10 starts in 2023, Hartzog Jr set a career high for tackles with 40 and also had 1.5 tackles for loss and six pass breakups. In his 24 career games played, he has 62 career tackles including 38 solo tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss.
This fall, Hartzog is expected to be the Huskers starting safety, starting alongside strong safety DeShon Singleton.
Hartzog and the Huskerswill kickoff their season next Saturday, August 31 at 11:00 a.m. central time against the University of Texas – El Paso Miners.
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