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Nebraska football has had a rough go of it in recent years, as the program hasn’t topped five wins or made a bowl game since 2016 and is stuck in a long rut of four or five-win seasons that has fans frustrated.
Help is on the way this upcoming season, as a former Buffalo Bills assistant coach is reportedly heading west to Lincoln to help this team get out of this rut.
ESPN’s Pete Thamel shared that Nebraska is expected to hire former Bills assistant coach John Butler as the program’s new secondary coach.
Sources: Nebraska is expected to hire former Buffalo Bills assistant coach John Butler as the program’s new secondary coach. He’s a longtime NFL defensive backs coach with stints at the Texans (2014-17) and Bills (2018-23). pic.twitter.com/9XJtEum6Oe
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) July 6, 2024
Butler was a defensive backs coach with the Bills from 2018-23 and occupied the same role with the Houston Texans from 2014-17.
This is a big hire, as Nebraska is landing an NFL coach with nearly a decade of experience coaching secondaries, most recently coaching up the Bills to having one of the league’s best secondaries led by Jordan Poyer and Tre’Davious White for years.
Nebraska had a solid defense last season and only gave up 18.3 points per game, but the 210.6 passing yards per game is a number that could stand to improve if the Cornhuskers have hopes of ever elevating in the Big Ten and competing with the likes of Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State, all of which held opponents under 155 passing yards per game last year.
Nebraska’s run defense was third in the conference at 92.9 yards per game and five of the team’s top six tacklers will be returning this upcoming season, so Butler will have plenty of talent and experience to work with.
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