Nebraska Red-White Spring game first and second starting lineups
Nebraska has its annual Red-White Spring game on Saturday. The White team came out victorious with a 21-7 win.
During this spring game, the No. 1 offense and defense played each other. The top offense was in White and the top defense was in red. The second-string offense wore red and the second-string defense wore white.
With a new coaching staff, it’s important to see who they have chosen as their starters for the game.
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Here is Nebraska’s starting lineup for the spring game:
First team starting offense (White):
| Player | Position |
| Jeff Sims | QB |
| Gabe Ervin Jr. | RB |
| Janiran Bonner | FB/TE |
| Rahmir Johnson** | RB |
| Marcus Washington | WR |
| Zavier Betts | WR |
| Billy Kemp IV** | WR |
| Thomas Fidone | TE |
| Nate Boerkircher* | TE |
| Turner Corcoran | LT |
| Nouredin Nouili | LG |
| Ben Scott | C |
| Ethan Piper | RG |
| Bryce Benhart | RT |
Note: Jeff Sims started at quarterback. However, he played the first two drives then Heinrich Haarberg came in. They switched off every two drives of the game. Since Haarberg was taking reps with the No. 1 team, he is Nebraska’s No. 2 quarterback at the moment.
Second team starting offense (Red):
| Player | Position |
| Chubba Purdy | QB |
| Ajay Allen | RB |
| Joshua Fleeks | WR |
| Ty Hahn | WR |
| Alex Bullock | WR |
| Arik Gilbert | TE |
| John Goodwin* | TE |
| Gunner Gottula | LT |
| Keegan Menning | LG |
| Justin Evans-Jenkins | C |
| Henry Lutovsky | RG |
| Jacob Hood | RT |
Note: Purdy and redshirt freshman Richard Torres also switched off drives on the Red team.
First team starting defense (Red):
| Player | Position |
| Nash Hutmacher | DL |
| Cameron Lenhardt | DL |
| Princewell Umanmielen | DL |
| Elijah Jeudy | DL |
| MJ Sherman | LB |
| John Bullock | LB |
| Jimari Butler | LB |
| Corey Collier | S |
| Isaac Gifford | S |
| Malcolm Hartzog | CB |
| Quinton Newsome | CB |
| Omar Brown | S |
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Second team starting defense (White)
| Player | Position |
| Blaise Gunnerson | DL |
| Brodie Tagaloa | DL |
| Jacob Herbek* | DL |
| Stephon Wynn Jr. | DL |
| Chief Borders | LB |
| Grant Tagge | LB |
| Gage Stenger | LB |
| Mikai Gbayor | LB |
| Javier Morton | S |
| Jalil Martin | CB |
| Tommi Hill | CB |
| Myles Farmer | S |
