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Nebraska Cornhuskers News: Izaac Dickey staying home, Matt Waldron’s debut, more

By Oliver Vandervoort

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 24: Matt Waldron #61 of the San Diego Padres pitches during the first inning of a game against the Washington Nationals at PETCO Park on June 24, 2023 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 24: Matt Waldron #61 of the San Diego Padres pitches during the first inning of a game against the Washington Nationals at PETCO Park on June 24, 2023 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers added yet another fullback to its recruiting roster as a walk on. Matt Waldron made his major league debut and more Huskers news.

While there’s been quite a bit made about the Nebraska football team’s additions to the scholarship roster this weekend, Matt Rhule and company are also pulling in quite a few interesting walk-ons. EDGE player James Williams is one such PWO. Izaac Dickey is another.

Dickey announced on Twitter, Sunday that he’d decided to walk-on with the Nebraska Cornhuskers and it means the team has added yet another player who could take on the fullback position in the coming years.

The addition of the Stromsburg player is interesting entirely because it appears that the Huskers are trying to stock that position with players much the same way Rhule’s predecessors did back when there was a fullback position to be filled. It’s all about not using a scholarship player but seeing if someone might rise to the occasion and earn a scholarship later.

Other Nebraska Cornhuskers news

  • Former Nebraska baseball pitcher Matt Waldron took the hill in his MLB debut on Saturday night for the San Diego Padres. He wasn’t great, but he also was far from bad. In all, Waldron went 4.2 innings, allowing four hits, walking one, and giving up two earned runs while striking out two. The former Husker was unfortunately tagged with the loss thanks to no offensive support at all from his teammates.
  • There was a sad bit of news to surface on Saturday morning as former Nebraska football running back Dahrran Diedrick passed away at the age of 44. Reports are that Diedrick passed after a long battle with cancer.
  • A couple of schedules were announced over the weekend as the Nebraska Cornhuskers program readies itself for the upcoming seasons. The Nebraska wrestling squad released it’s non-conference schedule.
  • The Nebraska women’s basketball program also announced its home slate for nonconference games. That slate is headlined by Georgia Tech and Creighton, among others.
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