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FootballRaqng 6E SUNDAY, APRIL 24. 1994 LINCOLN JOURNAL-STAR rtify Pair from secondary fiw NU defensive push in draft BY KEN HAMBLETON Lincoln Journal-Star KFL DRAFT ORDER 1. Cincinnati 2. Indianapolis 3. Washington 4.

New England 5. Los Angeles Rams 6. Tampa Bay 7. Indianapolis (from Atlanta) 8. Seattle 9 Cleveland 10.

Arizona 11. Chicago 12. New Orleans 13. New York Jets 14. Philadelphia (from San Diego) 16.

Miami 17. Pittsburgh 18. Minnesota (from Denver) 19. Minnesota 20. Green Bay 21.

Detroit 22. Los Angeles Raider 23. San Francisco 24. New York Giants 25. Kansas City 26.

Houston 27. Buffalo 28. Dallas Trev Alberts is the leader of the pack. But two other of the Nebraska football team's NFL prospects won't be far behind during the NFL draft Sunday and Monday in New York City. Alberts, a consensus All-American and the Butkus Award winner as the nation's best linebacker, is projected to be picked anywhere from fifth to 13th in the first round.

He will likely be talking contracts soon after the 2: 30 p.m. start of the draft. Nebraska's other NFL hopefuls .7 I 1 0 GS 15. San Francisco 29. '-Philadelphia '-compensatory selection.

tually learns that Nebraska offers the preparation for the pros as well as for life. "Coach (George) Darlington and I didn't see eye-to-eye all the time, but it turns out he taught the mechanics you need to play in the pros," said Wright "It was hard for me to see when I was there, but it's easy to see Wright, who will be at his family home in Phoenix during the draft, said he is prepared for anything that happens Sunday. "I have two brothers playing pro ball now and they weren't drafted," he said. Kerry Wright played three years with the Indianapolis Colts and is now with the Hamilton TigerCats of the Canadian Football League. T.C.

Wright recently signed with the new Las Vegas team in the CFL. "Outside, I'm confident Inside, I'm all tangled up, just like everybody else is about the draft," Toby Wright said. "John Reece and I are pretty close and we've talked about how much we don't know about what's going to happen." Wright was timed in 04.42 in the 40-yard dash by Cleveland scouts and posted a score of 96 out of 100 in ba-ckpedaling and change of direction. Reece has a similar time in the 40, and tested well for a number of NFL teams. According to one draft analyst, teams seeking defensive backs in this year's draft include: Cincinnati, Los Angeles Rams, Cleveland, Arizona, New York Giants, Kansas City, Denver, New York Jets, Miami and could be picked in the first two rounds Sunday, and, if not, will almost certainly go in the final five rounds Monday.

Nebraska defensive backs Toby Wright and John Reece are TED KIHKUNCOLN JOURNAL-STAR Reece could be surprises. "There are a number of teams looking for defensive backs and these are two pretty good players," he said. "Reece has the overall athletic ability, solid speed and a chance to play cornerback or safety. "Wright hits as hard as anybody around, and his speed (4.43 seconds in the 40) plus his backpedal quickness make him pretty tempting." Wright is rumored by one NFL assistant coach to be the Los Angeles Rams' pick (34th overall) in the second round. Plus, the coach added, Nebraska has produced a number of good NFL defensive backs in recent years.

Brian Washington is a starter with the New York Jets. Tyrone Legette plays for New Orleans. Bruce Pickens earned a starting spot with Kansas City late last year. Tahaun Lewis played two seasons with the Chiefs and Brian Davis just completed his sixth year in the NFL. Wright said a defensive back even Kareem Moss (29) pulls away from Shalis Winder on a long kickoff return Saturday in the first quarter of NU's annual Spring Game at Memorial Stadium.

Secondary depth primary concern picked anywhere Toby Wright from late in the first round to early in the third. The same goes for running back Calvin Jones, who opted to bypass his senior season at Nebraska to turn pro. NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. said Alberts is most likely to be picked No. 8 by Seattle.

He said the other three top NU prospects are likely to be among the top 150 players taken. However, a director of player personnel for an NFL team, who asked to remain anonymous, said Wright and BY KEN HAMBLETON Lincoln Journal-Star award, presented to the senior who best exemplifies a love of Nebraska, good work ethic, competitiveness, leadership, pride and loyalty was present to former NU center Ken Mehlin. The jerseys of Outland Trophy winners Larry Jacobson (1971) and Will Shields (1992) as well as Butkus Award winner Alberts, were retired athalftime. More than 7.000 youngsters took a pledge to "Say No To Drugs" at half-time. The pledge was led by Gov.

Ben Nelson. NU Coach Tom Osborne and Alberts. SPRING GAME NOTES Trophy presented annually to the NU senior "who best exemplifies courage and determination despite all odds in the manner of Nebraska Ail-American center Tom Novak." Former NU outside linebacker Trev Alberts received the Guy Chamberlin Trophy, presented to the senior who has shown by play and contributions to the betterment of Nebraska football that he has the qualities and dedication of Chamberlin. The Native Son SPRING GAME Pac-10 asks ASU about current Nebraska player ASSOCIATED PRESS White 7 6 0 6 19 Red 13 10 7 13 43 Red Tommie Frazier 6 run (Darin Erstad kick) White Riley Washington 51 pass from Brook Berringer (Erstad kick) Red Damon Beming 1 tun (pass failed) Red Lawrence Phillips 9 run (Tom Seller kick) Red FG Seder 34 White Washington 12 pass from Matt Turman (kick failed) Red Frazier 1 run (Sieler kick) White Turman 20 run (kick failed) Red Clinton Chdds 7 run (Sieler kick) Red Berringer 2 run (kick tailed) A 28,999 SpringNU offense has good game FOOTBALL NOTES "We need to get in the weight room, definitely." said quarterback Chad Johnston, who was 5-for-13 passing a nd was sacked four times. Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne and defensive coordinator Charlie McBride said the glaring need for the Cornhuskers before the season opener is depth in the secondary, especially at safety.

"We're thin with Tyrone Williams out for the first game at least (disciplinary reasons) and with Eric Stokes injured, (that) makes us concerned for the secondary," Osborne said. safety is a lot to learn for anybody new coming in, too." However recruits Tray Crayton and Eric War-field could both get a chance at safety as well as Michael Booker and Ja-inelle Williams, who were held out this past season while gaining eligibility. "We need people who can fly and hit people," said McBride. "We're going to feel the graduation of Toby Wright (last year's strong safety). He made this 4-3 thing work because that poisition is kind of a glorified linebacker." McBride said it appears the depth at defensive line will be solid.

The linebacker depth is good but lacks experience, "and in the secondary, we're ilown to the nubs." The only injuries reported Saturday relatively minor. I-back Damon Penning aggrivated an arch injury during warmups. He played but left the game in the third quarter. Corner-back Barron Miles suffered a bruised shoulder in the first quarter and linebacker Leonard Alexander sprained his ankle. Baseball player Darin Erstad Kicked two extra points and punted twice one for 56 yards then switched to his baseball uniform and was l-for-5 for the Cornhuskers against Kansas.

I Former Cornhusker safety John peece was awarded the Tom Novak Red 31 63-350 231 14-26-0 581 13 2-1 8-52 5-16 White First downs 14 Rushes-yards 35-102 Passing yards 242 Passing 14-23-2 Total yards 344 Return yards 1 1 Punts Fumbles-tost 2-1 Penalties-yards 6-55 Third-down conversions 4-12 BRAKE SPECIAL Front Disc Pads, Resurface Rotors, Labor, Repack Bearings, per axle The Pacific-10 Conference has asked Arizona State to respond to allegations its football program violated seven NCAA recruiting rules, the Arizona Republic said Saturday. The charges are the result of a four-month investigation prompted by a complaint by the mother of John Livingston, a receiver recruited by ASU who has since transferred to Nebraska. Livingston was hurt in ASU's 1993 spring drills and played only two games. He was given another year of eligibility by the Pac-10, meaning he will can play two years at NU. Ex-ASU assistant Dan Bocchi is accused of making excessive visits to Livingston's home and giving gifts to the Livingston family.

The quarterback had one more completion than sacks and the new star running back had more autographs than yards Saturday in West Virginia's spring game at Morgan-town. W.Va. 81(3195 per axle use or Most cars Drum Rear Bum; New Shoes, Resurface Continued from page IE catches of 15 and 8 yards by Abdul Muhammad and a 7-yard dive by fullback Jeff Makovicka. Phillips broke away for a 22-yard run on fourth-and-9 to set up a 4-yard touchdown run to open the second quarter. Walk-on quarterback Matt Turman then hit Washington on a 12-yard pass to cut the score to 23-13 at halftime.

Phillips, a freshman back from Baldwin Park High School in suburban Los Angeles, picked up the pace in the second half with runs of 10, 19 and 4 yards, and Frazier hit Reggie Baul on a 37-yard pass to set up another score. "Phillips played particularly well and Tommie made four or five plays when people had their hands on him that would have blown the play dead in other scrimmages this spring," Os-. borne said. "It does make a difference. You just hold your breath a bit because he took eight or nine hits." Nebraska defensive coordinator Charlie McBride said his defenses were limited in play selection and in personnel and that may have led to some of the offensive success.

"This is a good offense." he said. "The offensive line, even without a couple of guys (tackle Zach Wiegert out for disciplinary reasons and center Aaron Graham out with ah injury), could be as good as there's been around here. "And Phillips, he just ran over our guys out there. "But it was tough for us because we were without a couple of guys (nose guard Christian Peter for discipline and tackle Terry Connealy with an injury) and we had Larry Townsend playing nose guard for the first time and Jason Peter playing both tackle and nose and they were just guessing a lot of the time," McBride said. He said if the defense hadn't had better scrimmages earlier this spring he would be very concerned.

"Basically, we were sloppy defensively. But we're not starting from scratch and I think we got a lot out of the spring." Nebraska will begin fall practices in late July in preparation for the season opener Aug. 28 against West Virginia in the annual Kickoff Classic at East Rutherford, N.J. Oiums, Adjust Labor. Melaic Pads Exlrr 1145' INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING White, Childs 8-33, Turman 9-26, Marvin Sims 7-22.

Jesse Kosch 1-16. Chris Norris 2-4, Bennmg 2-4, Todd UhHr 2-3, Brian Schuster 1- 1, Mike Smith H-1), Berringer 2--6). Red, PhilHps 16-156, Vinnie Murphy 4-41, Frazier 10-40, Childs 7-35, Schuster 2-23. Berringer 8-20, Jeff Makovicka 4-17, Cory Schlesinger 3-10, Berming 4-8. Uhlir 3-7, Abdul Muhammad 1-6, Turman 1-(-13).

PASSING White, Berringer 5-10-1. 106; Turman 9-13-1, 136. Red, Frazier 10-180. 153; Ber-nngers 4-7-0, 78; Murphy, 0-1-0, 0. RECEIVING White, Washington 4-90.

Aaron Davis 2-9. Matt GUman 1-44, Lance Brown 1-34, Jacques Allen 1-22. Jason Vedral 1-11. Childs 1-10, John Livingston 1-10. Uhlir 1-8, Sims 1-(-1).

Red, Eric Alford 3-39. Oester Johnson 3-28. Reggie Baul 2- 53, Muhammad 2-48, Vedral 1-33. Livingston 1-22. Bennign 1 -8.

Duane Wiles 1 -0. TACKLES White, Kareem Moss 2-7-9. Doug Coknan 3-6-9. Dennis Bailey 2-5-7, Leslie Dennis 4-3-7, Dwayne Hams 3-3-6, Ed Stewart 1-5-6, Mike Minter 2-4-6. Troy Dumas 2-3-5, Donta Jones 3-2-5.

Barron Miles 1-3-4, Larry Townsend 1-3-4. Leonard Alexander 3-1-4, Jason Pesterhekj 1-3-4, Darnell Anderson 0-4-4, Clint Brown 1-3-4, Luther Hardin 0-3-3, Jason Fisher 1-2-3, Scott Amy 1-2-3, Jason Peter 0-2-2. Sedric Colings 1-1-2. Jeff Olsen 1- 1-2, Darren Schmadeke 1-1-2, Matt Vrzal 0-1-1, Norris 0-1-1. Allen 1-0-1, Adam Skoda 1-0-1, Ian Mitchell 0-1-1.

Red, Jeff Sakatowsky 3-4-7, Tony Wragge 1-5. Sean Nosier 1-4-5, Ramone Worthy 2- 3-5, Mike Roberts 1-4-5. Trampis Wrice 3-2-5, Jerad Higman 2-3-5, Jeff Ogard 1-3-4. Jason Jenkins 2-2-4, Chad Brouse 1-2-3, Jon Hesse 0-3-3, Michael Hoffman Jared Tomich 3-0-3, Matt Hunting 0-3-3, Chad Biahak 2-0-2. Ryan Terwilliger 0-2-2, Ed Morrow 0-2-2, Larry Arnold 0-2-2, Sieler 0-1-1, Jeremy Jensen 0-1-1, Ike Anigbo 0-1-1, Dave Alderman 0-1-1, Keith Mercer 1-0-1.

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