Nebraska Football: Kade Warner set for breakout role in 2019
Kade Warner is ready to assume his new role for Nebraska Football.
Last season, if you were a Nebraska football receiver whose name wasn’t Stanley Morgan Jr., JD Spielman, or Mike Williams, you were kind of lost in the shuffle. It wasn’t that the team did not care about the other wide receivers, it was just there was so much star power at the position. Now with Morgan gone, other receivers will have to step up and make a name for themselves.
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Enter Kade Warner. Warner did not have the type of season that would make the front page headlines. However as a freshman, he showed he could make an impact, catching 17 passes for 95 yards, averaging 5.6 yards per catch. His longest catch of the season went for 14 yards. That came on November 17 in a tough win against Michigan State. With Nebraska football narrowly winning 9-6, Warner did his part. He caught three passes for 23 yards, averaging 7.7 yards per catch.
This season, there is a very good chance he will not have small stat lines. If anything, he is going to have to step up and show Nebraska football that he can avoid the sophomore slump. When he has a quarterback like Adrian Martinez who is throwing to him, the chances that he can improve upon his 2018 numbers are good. At the very least, he should be able to be a big part of trying to replace the void left by Morgan. Has as good a chance as any. If anything, the fact that his father is former NFL quarterback and tremendous competitor Kurt Warner works in his favor. That competitive spirit was (hopefully) born into him. Even still, the younger Warner knows that replacing Morgan will be a challenge, but he seems confident in the receivers unit.
"“We know what Stan did for us last year,” Warner told Steven M. Sipple of the Lincoln Journal-Star. ($) “We know how good he is and how good he was here. We know the rest of the receivers have to pick it up this year if we want to be where we want to be. We have players around us, but we have a couple of receiver spots we need to fill and will fill, and there are guys who are confident in their abilities to do that.”"
As the top wideout on the depth chart at right wide receiver per OurLads.com , Warner will have to be ready to handle a heavier workload. The fact that he recognizes that the rest of his unit and himself will have to pick up their play is a great thing. It shows they are hungry and will not settle for anything less than success. It goes back to the culture Scott Frost has created. The culture of wanting to win and hunger to win is very apparent for Nebraska football.
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Keep an eye out for Kade Warner in 2019. In a new role and his desire to be successful, he will have opportunities to really be a game-changer. He is literally getting thrown into the fire offensively after having a promising freshman season. Perhaps that is what he needs in order to show that he really belongs and is more than just another recruit.