Nebraska Football legend gets new hometown honor
One former Nebraska Football great is finally getting the recognition he so richly deserves. No, he’s not finally getting that attention from the Huskers. Mike Rozier has gotten plenty of that from the school for which he won a Heisman. This time around, the former running back is getting the attention from his hometown.
One of the best running backs to ever come through the Nebraska Football program is getting a street named after him in Camden, New Jersey. Mike Rozier Way Was officially unveiled earlier this week, along with a sign in the city showing that it is the home of the famed former Nebraska, USFL and NFL running back.
This is just the latest honor for Rozier, who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
The former Nebraska football running back transferred to the Huskers after spending one season in Junior College at Coffeyville. Rozier immediately made an impact when he landed in Lincoln, putting up bigger and better numbers through his three seasons.
Mike Rozier Way
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Husker legend, Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier was honored earlier today in his hometown of Camden, NJ with a street dedicated in his honor.
In his three years at Nebraska, Rozier rushed for 4,780 yards & 49 TDs. #GBR pic.twitter.com/2BQR0XkyIi
That improvement culminated in the 1983 season when he rushed for 2,148 yards and 29 touchdowns. He also had 10 catches for 106 yards and won the Heisman that year.
Ex-Nebraska Football great put up eye-popping numbers everywhere he went
Rozier finished his Cornhuskers career with 4,780 yards rushing and 49 touchdowns. He then went to the USFL then a league that was directly competing with the NFL. In 1984 he ran for 792 yards and 3 touchdowns for the Pittsburgh Maulers and then in 1985 he rushed for 1,361 yards and 12 touchdowns for the Jacksonville Bulls.
In 1986 he signed a contract with the Houston Oilers and played there from 1986 to part of the 1989 season. His best year with Houston was his only 1,000 yard rushing season in the NFL. He tallied 1,002 yards and 10 touchdowns.
The Nebraska Football great finished his pro career with the Atlanta Falcons in 1991. That year, he ran for just 361 yards, the only season in his college and pro career in which he didn’t score a touchdown.