Life in the Red suggests that true freshman, Rex Burkhead from Plano, Texas, is now poised to make a big contribution in the wake of Quentin Castille’s removal from the team.
Burkhead, Pelini said on Saturday, is now the clear No. 2 guy behind Roy Helu.
For those of you who don’t know about Burkhead, and didn’t follow him during the recruiting season, he was known down in Texas as a “throwback,” a player who made the varsity team at a very proud program as a freshman. As far as anyone down there can remember, it’d been either a long time or never since someone made varsity as a freshman at Plano. But Burkhead did.
ESPN says, “He’s a warrior, throwback type of player that will fight, scrap and sellout to get the job done and make the play.”
As exciting a time this must be for Burkhead, it’s also an exciting time for the fans. To have a four-year man in our backfield is something rarely experienced in college football today. If he’s capable of doing damage today, what’s he going to be like in 2010, 2011 and 2012?
