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Nebraska Cornhuskers News: Adrian Martinez among a select few, baseball crumbles, more

By Oliver Vandervoort

Former Nebraska football quarterback Adrian Martinez throws a pass during warmups prior to the game (Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports)
Former Nebraska football quarterback Adrian Martinez throws a pass during warmups prior to the game (Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports) /
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Just because Adrian Martinez finished his career as something other than a member of the Nebraska Cornhuskers doesn’t mean that Nebraska football fans can’t claim him as one of their own when he does something newsworthy. “Once a Husker, always a Husker,” after all.

As SI.com points out when former Nebraska Cornhuskers star Adrian Martinez takes the field as the starting quarterback for the USFL’s New Jersey Generals, he’ll join a relatively short list of former Huskers to play quarterback for a professional football team.

On April 15 at 6:30 p.m. CDT he’ll be the first former Nebraska Cornhuskers star to take the field for a professional football team (that isn’t an Indoor Football League team) in decades. Of course, when becomes the New Jersey Generals’ field general, he’ll also be playing for a former Nebraska football head coach.

That might be the weirdest thing of all. Scott Frost’s anointed starter for all four years he was here in Nebraska will be starting in the USFL for the man Frost replaced. That’s worth a watch all its own.

More Nebraska Cornhuskers news

  • Nebraska baseball has a mid-week problem. It’s also got a problem against in-state rivals. On Tuesday night, the Huskers blew a 5-3 lead in the 9th inning and lost to Creighton 6-5. The loss means Will Bolt’s boys are now 0-2 against UNO and Creighton this year.
  • While the Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team is having problems hitting its stride, the softball team is rolling. On Wednesday night, they beat Iowa State 3-1 to improve to 20-9 on the season.
  • 14 former Nebraska football players went through their pro-day on Wednesday including guys like Garrett Nelson and Caleb Tannor, who were not invited to the NFL combine. At least now they’ve gotten the chance to show off their skills to NFL execs.
  • Former Nebraska Cornhuskers defensive back Lamar Jackson is a free agent after the Denver Broncos released him. It’s safe to say that most people saw Jackson was cut and thought it was the other one.
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