9:05 p.m.: Who’s No. 1? Nebraska receiver Khiry Cooper is now, according to the Huskers’ updated football roster. The sophomore-to-be has changed from the No. 6 he wore last season.
Senior kicker Adi Kunalic started wearing No. 1 last season after changing from No. 20.
The new NU roster on Huskers.com also includes offensive lineman Jermarcus Hardrick wearing No. 50, defensive end Chase Rome with No. 97 and defensive tackle Jay Guy with No. 99. All three newcomers arrived in January and will go through spring practice.
The Husker roster no longer lists offensive lineman Quentin Toailoa. And walk-on Joe Broekemeier is
listed as a receiver after joining the team as a potential quarterback.
Some other Husker football items:
- Chris Kiffin left Lincoln on Thursday night for Southern Cal. Kiffin, 28, recently accepted an administrative assistant position on the Trojans’ staff similar to what he held the past two seasons under Bo Pelini at Nebraska.
Kiffin is expected to work with the defense at USC, where his father, Monte, is defensive coordinator and his brother, Lane, is head coach.
Monte Kiffin was in Lincoln on Wednesday night and Thursday and the former Husker player and assistant coach spent some time with Pelini and the NU staff.
"He’s such a smart football coach, it’s great to throw things by him and get his thoughts on it,’’ said NU defensive coordinator Carl Pelini.
- Nebraska offensive line recruit Tyler Moore showed well at a Nike Football Combine held Saturday in Orlando, Fla. Moore, from Countryside High in Clearwater, Fla., posted a SPARQ Rating of 71.91 (SPARQ testing measures speed, power, agility, reaction and quickness).
Among his numbers, the 6-foot-5, 305-pound Moore bench-pressed 185 pounds 32 times, posted a 4.75-second shuttle time and was clocked at 5.07 in the 40.
"It was a lot of fun all the way around," Moore told ESPN.com. "There was a lot of talent out here and it was great to compete."
- The Football Writers Association of America has recognized Nebraska in its first "Super 11" field of sports information departments. The FWAA criteria was based on press box operations, the accessibility of players and coaches and the distribution of media materials.
The other sports information offices picked for 2009 were Texas, Buffalo, Clemson, East Carolina, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, San Jose State, USC and Utah.
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