Nebraska Football: All-Time Husker Greats Fantasy Draft, Rounds 4-6

We are through the first three rounds of the Nebraska football all-time greats fantasy draft, and there have been some surprises. Just as a reminder, here is where the Red Team and the White Team stand after those first three rounds. The positions in italics still need to be selected, while the number (in parentheses) is the number of the overall selection.

RED TEAM	WHITE TEAM
QB: Frazier, Tommie (1)	QB: Gill, Turner (2)
IB	IB: Rozier, Mike (4)
FB	FB
OG	OG
OG	OG
OT	OT
OT	OT
C: Rimington, Dave (5)	C
TE	TE
WR: Rodgers, Johnny (3)	WR
WR	WR
DE	DE
DE	DE
DT	DT: Suh, Ndamukong (6)
DT	DT
OLB	OLB
OLB	OLB
MLB	MLB
S	S
S	S
CB	CB
CB	CB
PK	PK
P	P

Rounds four through six are on tap, so let’s see how the teams start to fill out!

Red Team, Round 4: Grant Wistrom

It’s time for the Red Team to start adding to the defense, and selecting a dominant rush end seems like a pretty good place to start.

Wistrom was a four-year performer for Nebraska, playing on some of the best teams in school history. A terror off the edge, he still holds Nebraska's school record for tackles for loss. Wistrom should provide a strong start for the Red Team's defensive structure.

Draft Ticker

7: Red Team, Round 4—Wistrom, Grant (DE)

White Team, Round 4: Will Shields

If the Red Team needed to start taking defensive players, then it was time for the White Team to start building an offensive line.

It’s hard to imagine Shields lasting much longer on the board, and putting Shields on the line would help anchor the White Team’s offensive line going forward.

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7: Red Team, Round 4—Wistrom, Grant (DE)

8: White Team, Round 4—Shields, Will (OG)

Red Team, Round 5: Bob Brown

The first historical pick, Brown’s size (6’5” and 280 pounds, huge for his time) and aggressiveness would make him a natural fit on the Red offensive line.

With historical players like Brown, you have to make a little bit of an assumption about what modern nutrition and training techniques would add to a player’s frame. By adding that to the natural talent Brown possessed, he would be a fearsome addition to the Red offensive line.

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7: Red Team, Round 4—Wistrom, Grant (DE)

8: White Team, Round 4—Shields, Will (OG)

9: Red Team, Round 5—Brown, Bob (OG)

White Team, Round 5: Irving Fryar

Drafts are as much about position scarcity than anything else. So with one truly elite wide receiver left on the board, the White Team needed to move in order to ensure that the Whites would have at least one high-quality receiver.

Fryar may not be the multi-talented weapon that Johnny Rodgers is, but putting him out wide will give opposing defenses plenty to worry about.

Draft Ticker

7: Red Team, Round 4—Wistrom, Grant (DE)

8: White Team, Round 4—Shields, Will (OG)

9: Red Team, Round 5—Brown, Bob (OG)

10: White Team, Round 5—Fryar, Irving (WR)

Red Team, Round 6: Rich Glover

The Red Team now has a dominant edge pass rusher, but needs a premier player on the interior of the defensive line. With Glover’s addition, particularly considering the addition of modern nutrition and training methods, the Red Team now has an interior defensive presence that may rival the White Team’s selection of Ndamukong Suh.

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7: Red Team, Round 4—Wistrom, Grant (DE)

8: White Team, Round 4—Shields, Will (OG)

9: Red Team, Round 5—Brown, Bob (OG)

10: White Team, Round 5—Fryar, Irving (WR)

11: Red Team, Round 6—Glover, Rich (DT)

White Team, Round 6: Broderick Thomas

The first true linebacker, and the White Team adds what might be the single, most dominant back-seven player on the board. The Sandman is the perfect anchor to a linebacking corps, and he can guide the back seven and provide run protection and a fierce pass rush.

Draft Ticker

7: Red Team, Round 4—Wistrom, Grant (DE)

8: White Team, Round 4—Shields, Will (OG)

9: Red Team, Round 5—Brown, Bob (OG)

10: White Team, Round 5—Fryar, Irving (WR)

11: Red Team, Round 6—Glover, Rich (DT)

12: White Team, Round 6—Thomas, Broderick (OLB)

Team Summary

Here is a summary of how the teams currently stand, with the players selected, the overall draft selection position (in parentheses), and the remaining positions to fill in italics.

RED TEAM	WHITE TEAM
QB: Frazier, Tommie (1)	QB: Gill, Turner (2)
IB	IB: Rozier, Mike (4)
FB	FB
OG: Brown, Bob (9)	OG: Shields, Will (8)
OG	OG
OT	OT
OT	OT
C: Rimington, Dave (5)	C
TE	TE
WR: Rodgers, Johnny (3)	WR: Fryar, Irving (10)
WR	WR
DE: Wistrom, Grant (7)	DE
DE	DE
DT: Glover, Rich (11)	DT: Suh, Ndamukong (6)
DT	DT
OLB	OLB: Thomas, Broderick (12)
OLB	OLB
MLB	MLB
S	S
S	S
CB	CB
CB	CB
PK	PK
P	P

What do you think of the teams so far? Who should be taken next? Who has been the biggest snub? Let me know in the comments section below!

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