Report: Nebraska's Alante Brown, Hunter Anthony no longer with the team

Nebraska receiver Alante Brown and offensive lineman Hunter Anthony are no longer with the team, The Athletic‘s Mitch Sherman reported Wednesday. Both of their bios have been taken down from the Cornhuskers’ website.

Brown has spent the past three seasons in Lincoln. He appeared in 12 games this past season to finish with a career high 16 catches for 191 yards.

Anthony played just one season at Nebraska after transferring from Oklahoma State last offseason. He appeared in 11 games along the O-line and special teams while starting at right tackle against Purdue.

The roster subtractions of Alante Brown and Hunter Anthony are only the first of what will eventually be double-digits as Nebraska works back down to the 85-man scholarship limit by fall camp. The team is still right around 100 scholarship players including the 39-man 2023 class of high school players and transfers, the bulk of which will arrive this summer and fall.​

Brown’s departure leaves senior Marcus Washington (31 catches for 471 yards) as the only receiver on the roster who had a feature role at Nebraska last year.

The Huskers are coming off of a 4-8 finish this past season that resulted in the firing of coach Scott Frost. They hired Matt Rhule as his replacement in November.

Nebraska coach Matt Rhule confident in Marcus Satterfield’s approach to offense

As he took over the Nebraska program, Matt Rhule hired an old friend to run the offense in Marcus Satterfield. The two worked together at Baylor and with the Carolina Panthers, and Satterfield spent the last two years with South Carolina.

It wasn’t the easiest year for Satterfield in 2022 with the Gamecocks. They dealt with multiple injury issues, and that meant he had to make the offense work to the personnel available to him. Rhule said that’s a testament to his ability to build the scheme around his players and, as a result, play complementary football.

“My goal is to hire coordinators who are smart enough to utilize their best players,” Rhule said. “Every year … I make them rank the playmakers, make them rank the guys on defense who can wreck the ball and build an offense and a defense that can put those guys on the field.

“What I like about what Marcus did last year at the end of the year at South Carolina was basically, everyone was injured. He was playing with four tight ends. The tight end might be taking a speed sweep, he might be lining up at wideout. He used who he had. I think we’ll find that there’s enough talent to go out there and play complementary football.”