Pair of Nebraska football corners among top Big Ten defenders

It should come as a surprise to no one that the Nebraska football defense is once again one of the best in the country. The Huskers are 7th in the country in points per game allowed, 14th in yards per game, 9th in rushing yards allowed per game, and hasn’t allowed a rushing touchdown yet this season (they only team in the country.)

The Huskers’ passing defense is also very solid, though it’s been hampered a bit by Tommi Hill being injured the last few games. In his absence, another Cornhusker has stepped up and shown off he’s ready to put his up and down career at USC behind him

Ceyair Wright doing what he’s doing, and Tommi Hill being quite solid before he went down means that according to PFF, the Nebraska football team currently has two of the Top 10 cornerbacks in the entire conference.

In fact, Wright is currently the 4th ranked corner in the Big Ten with an 81 overall rating. That puts him behind only Iowa’s Jermari Harris, Penn State’s A.J. Harris, and Rutgers’ Eric Rogers.

Tommi Hill and Ceyair Wright put Nebraska football’s corners near the top of the Big Ten

Meanwhile, Hill is at the bottom of the Top 10, but the Husker corner is still in there with a rating of 76.6 overall.

The Huskers are going to need both of those DBs when they take on an Indiana offense that has routinely scored more than 30 points in a game. 

The good news there is that Hill was almost ready to return for the game against Rutgers and with the bye week this Saturday, it feels like there’s a decent chance to get Wright and Hill on the same field for the Nebraska football team. And that could be a shutdown kind of game.