2017 Nebraska Cornhuskers roster
4-8
The Nebraska Cornhuskers went 4-8 in the 2017 FBS regular season, 6th of 7 in the Big Ten - West.
2017 Cornhuskers roster: passing
| CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver. | ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken. | YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | RTG: Passer rating on the NFL's 0-158.3 scale, built from completion rate, yards, touchdowns and interceptions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Lee | 246 | 428 | 3,143 | 23 | 16 | 129.4 |
| Patrick O'Brien | 18 | 30 | 192 | 0 | 1 | 107.1 |
| Zack Darlington | 1 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 |
2017 Cornhuskers roster: rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devine Ozigbo | 129 | 493 | 3.8 | 3 |
| Mikale Wilbon | 88 | 379 | 4.3 | 6 |
| Tre Bryant | 51 | 299 | 5.9 | 2 |
| Jaylin Bradley | 24 | 93 | 3.9 | 0 |
| JD Spielman | 10 | 73 | 7.3 | 0 |
| De'Mornay Pierson-El | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 |
| Luke McNitt | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 |
| Nick Gates | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Patrick O'Brien | 14 | 4 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Tyjon Lindsey | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan Jr. | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Tanner Lee | 30 | -97 | -3.2 | 2 |
2017 Cornhuskers roster: receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Morgan Jr. | 61 | 986 | 16.2 | 10 |
| JD Spielman | 55 | 830 | 15.1 | 2 |
| De'Mornay Pierson-El | 45 | 623 | 13.8 | 5 |
| Tyler Hoppes | 34 | 377 | 11.1 | 3 |
| Devine Ozigbo | 16 | 123 | 7.7 | 0 |
| Jack Stoll | 8 | 89 | 11.1 | 2 |
| Mikale Wilbon | 21 | 80 | 3.8 | 0 |
| Tyjon Lindsey | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 0 |
| Jaylin Bradley | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 |
| Conor Young | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 |
| Gabe Rahn | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 |
| Bryan Reimers | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 1 |
| Keyan Williams | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 |
| Luke McNitt | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 |
2017 Cornhuskers roster: defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Weber | 87 | 39 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Dedrick Young II | 80 | 33 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcus Newby | 55 | 31 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Aaron Williams | 48 | 31 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Joshua Kalu | 47 | 34 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Carlos Davis | 42 | 18 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Reed | 42 | 24 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Gifford | 39 | 20 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohamed Barry | 38 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lamar Jackson | 38 | 27 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Marquel Dismuke | 34 | 20 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mick Stoltenberg | 33 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Lee Jr. | 30 | 18 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Freedom Akinmoladun | 24 | 16 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Stille | 24 | 13 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kieron Williams | 19 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Davis | 17 | 10 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khalil Davis | 15 | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dicaprio Bootle | 15 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deontre Thomas | 14 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Collin Miller | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Jones | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luke McNitt | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avery Roberts | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeramiah Stovall | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Brown | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrin Ferguson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Newell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Lee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Gates | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Hoppes | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De'Mornay Pierson-El | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results
Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on December 31 of the season.