Nebraska Cornhuskers News: Fullback camp, baseball changes, more

The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team saw even more changes on Wednesday as Bolt tries to reshape his team and get ready for 2024.

Since the 2023 season ended, Will Bolt has made it very clear in his actions, if not his words, that he knows the way the Nebraska baseball team played down the stretch was not acceptable. He’s already taken quite a few steps to reshape his Nebraska Cornhuskers squad.

Hiring Rob Childress and Mike Sirianni was the first step but it’s hardly the only ones he had up his sleeves. Some of that has been recruiting but there’s also been some changes in the actual athletic department. On Wednesday, the changes in the AD involved the departure of Curtis Ledbetter.

Grant Hansen reported on Wednesday evening that while the Huskers haven’t made an official announcement, Ledbetter no longer appears on the Huskers.com page. A source of Hansen’s confirmed the lack of presence on the website is the former Husker player’s departure.

It’s yet more reshaping of the baseball program as Bolt tries to make a team that can consistently make run towards the postseason

Other Nebraska Cornhuskers news

• The Nebraska baseball team also worked to reshape itself by adding to the roster on Wednesday. Former Tulane freshman Grant Cleavinger announced he was transferring to Nebraska. He’s certainly a live arm, recording 32 strikeouts in just over 20 innings. It’s his wildness that new pitching coach Childress will need to solve before next season.
• Cleavinger was one of two transfer pitchers the Nebraska Cornhuskers scooped up on Wednesday. They also hauled in a JUCO pitcher by the name of Mason McConnaughey. This past season he posted a 3.69 ERA with an 8-4 record in 68 1/3 innings pitched. He also had 93 strikeouts compared to 23 walks.

• While the baseball team was quite busy on Wednesday, the football team was as well. Matt Rhule and company were busy running the fullback camp and The Athletic‘s Mitch Sherman wrote all about what exactly that camp entailed.
• The Nebraska volleyball team also had an eventful Wednesday when it released its 2023 schedule.

• The final Nebraska Cornhuskers news of the day comes for a former Nebraska football player Maliek Collins. The defensive tackle got himself a new contract with the Houston Texans. That deal will make him a member of the squad for at least two more years and give him $23 million over that period.