Report Card: Grading Nebraska’ Defense

A deep dive into the Nebraska Cornhusker’s defense during their annual spring game on Saturday.

Another Nebraska Spring Game has come and gone. This year’s edition saw the defense defeat the offense 43-39 in a modified game format. All spring camp questions remained the same for the Nebraska defense, “who will replace the production of Cam Taylor-Britt and Jojo Domann?” Defensive end Garrett Wilson raised his hand and answered the call on Saturday but more on that later. Last year’s unit was better from a statistical perspective than what you would expect from a 3-9 team. Erik Chinander’s defenses have been some of the few bright spots in the Scott Frost era, and he’s hoping to recreate some of that magic in 2022.