Nebraska defensive lineman Brodie Tagaloa to miss 2023 season after suffering injury in a car wreck

Some tough news to start the work week for Nebraska football. During Monday’s press conference, new Cornhusker head coach Matt Rhule ran through some practice updates, providing updates for some players who had missed practice recently. One of those is redshirt freshman defensive lineman Brodie Tagaloa, who Rhule says suffered an injury off the football field.

The Nebraska coach revealed that Tagaloa was in an auto accident and was hurt bad enough to keep him out for the year.

“Brodie Tagaloa… unfortunately, Brodie was in a traffic incident, a single-car accident maybe about a week ago, a couple weeks ago,” said Rhule. He added that Tagaloa is back west at his home in California for the time being, but is still a member of the team and will hopefully be back on the field next season.

“He’s home in California with his family recuperating. I face timed him last night, and so he had a cut to his face and had to have surgery on his knee. We expect him to miss the year unfortunately. Brodie was coming along great but he’s got a bright future and good things will happen for Brodie. So he’s with us, he’s just home with his family recuperating post-accident.”

A tough break for a developing youngster. Hoping for a speedy recovery.

Matt Rhule says Myles Farmer is suspended

In more Monday news, Rhule announced defensive back Myles Farmer is suspended from the team.

“Myles was suspended to end the summer by us just for simple things, nothing major. Just some of our standards, and [he] was not a member of the [120-man fall camp roster],” Rhule said.

Farmer is entering his junior season with the Cornhuskers. Last season, Farmer started 11 games at safety, ranking second on the team with a career-high 73 tackles. He also added a tackle for loss, four pass breakups and one interception.

Farmer was a three-star prospect coming out of high school, according to On3 Industry Ratings. The 6-foot-3 safety was the No. 694 overall recruit in the Class of 2019. Rhule is unsure when Farmer will return.

“It’s just kind of day-by-day,” Rhule said of Farmer’s potential to return. “I love Myles. He’s a competitive kid. It’s so hard when you have a new coach and there have different standards than you’re used to, so I get that.

“We’ve been patient with a lot of guys. We’ll see what happens with Myles,” Rhule said. “The ball’s in his court. We’d love him to be here, but whatever he wants to do, I respect him as a man.”