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Honors & Awards
- Honorable-Mention All-Big 12 (AP, Coaches, 2008)
- Honorable-Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches, 2007)
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Academic Honor Roll (2007)
2009 Game by Game (updated 12-14-09)
Florida Atlantic: Second on team with seven tackles, including three solos... added career-best two PBU, two fewer than career season best. Arkansas State: Led the team with eight tackles, including seven solo stops... was impressive all day long, adding a forced fumble and helping Blackshirts hold ASU to just 274 total yards. Virginia Tech: Provided six tackles including three solo stops... added one pass breakup. Louisiana-Lafayette: Recorded 74-yard interception return for TD to put NU ahead 34-0 at halftime... it was NU’s first INT return for a score by a defensive back since 2002... added two solo tackles on the night. Missouri: Tied for third on team with six tackles, including five assists... added two pass breakups while helping NU hold MU to just 134 yards passing. Texas Tech: Recorded three tackles, all assists. Iowa State: Had three tackles, including one solo stop. Baylor: Tied for second on team with six tackles, including three solo... had first TFL of season with two-yard stop behind line of scrimmage... added one PBU. Oklahoma: Finished second on team with eight tackles, including five solo stops... added one pass breakup. Kansas: Posted five stops, including two solos, to rank third on the team. Kansas State: Had most productive game of the season with team-best and season-high 10 tackles, including four solos... added second interception of the season... forced fumble at the 1-yd. line as KSU was going in for a score, turning the table for the Huskers. Colorado: Ranked second on team with six tackles, including five solo. Texas: Posted six total tackles including four solos... tackle total was fourth on squad and one of fi ve with at least six stops.
2009 Outlook
The 6-1, 215-pound Asante was a key component in one of the nation’s most improved defenses in 2008. He has the all-around ability to be a difference-maker in both pass defense and run support. Asante’s play has earned him honorable-mention All-Big 12 honors each of the past two seasons.
The Virginia native arrived at Nebraska in January of 2007 after two seasons at Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College, the same school that produced 1983 Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier. Asante is on track to earn his degree in economics this December.
Senior Larry Asante returns for his final season with Nebraska as one of the most experienced players on the Huskers’ 2009 roster. Asante has held down the starting role at strong safety for each of the past two seasons and is expected to continue in that role while leading the Husker secondary in 2009.
2008 (Junior)
The Virginia native started 12 games and finished the 2008 season as NU’s second-leading tackler with 67 stops, including 45 solo tackles. Asante added two tackles for loss, including a sack, four pass breakups and grabbed his first career interception against Colorado. He helped Nebraska rank second in the Big 12 in total defense, while also finishing second in passing yards allowed. The 2008 Huskers allowed 126 fewer yards per game than the 2007 unit.
Asante made at least five tackles in eight games, led by a career-high 13 stops at Oklahoma. He added nine tackles and a pass breakup in the Huskers’ narrow overtime loss at Texas Tech. Asante recorded seven tackles in the victory over Baylor and had his first career sack (four yards) and a pair of tackles for loss in the contest.
2007 (Sophomore)
Asante arrived at Nebraska in time for spring practice and made the transition to safety after playing linebacker at Coffeyville. Asante won the starting strong safety job during spring ball and made 78 tackles on the season, including 40 solo stops.
Asante made at least two tackles in every game, and recorded at least eight tackles six times, including a season-high 10 stops against Texas A&M. He had nine tackles in four games–Wake Forest, Iowa State, Texas and Kansas–and made eight tackles against top-ranked USC. Asante also forced a fumble against the Trojans and finished the year with four pass breakups, including two at Texas.
Before Nebraska (Hayfield/Coffeyville CC)
Asante played linebacker for Coffeyville CC, using his speed and ball-hawking abilities to register 76 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, three blocked kicks and an interception as a redshirt freshman in 2006. His performance netted Asante All-Jayhawk League honors, and honorable-mention All-America honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association. Asante was ranked among the top 10 overall junior college prospects in the nation by Rivals.com.
Asante originally hails from Alexandria, Va., where he attended Hayfield High School. As a prepster, Asante starred on both sides of the ball. He earned all-league honors as a running back in the AAA Patriot Division according to the Washington Post. He chose Nebraska over Clemson, and also visited Kansas State and Iowa State.
Personal
Larry is the son of Paul and Juliana Asante and was born on March 7, 1988. He is majoring in economics and was named to the 2007 Big 12 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Asante's Career Statistics
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Tackles
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QB
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Year
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G/S
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UT
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AT
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TT
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TFL
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Sacks
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C-R
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BK
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PBU
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PI
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Hry.
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2007
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12/10
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40
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38
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78
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0-0
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0-0
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1-0
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0
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4
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0
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1
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| 2008 |
13/12 |
45 |
22 |
67 |
2-4 |
1.0-4 |
0-0 |
0 |
4 |
1-0 |
1 |
| 2009 |
13/13 |
40 |
36 |
76 |
1-2 |
0-0 |
2-0 |
0 |
7 |
2-74 |
0 |
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Totals
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38/35
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125
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96
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221
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3-6
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1.0-4
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2-1
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0
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15
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3-74
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2
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Single-Game Highs
Tackles–13 at Oklahoma, 2008
Solo Tackles–9 at Oklahoma, 2008
Tackles for Loss-2-4 vs. Baylor, 2008
Sacks-1.0-4 vs. Baylor, 2008
Pass Breakups-2 at Texas, 2007 & Florida Atlantic, 2009
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Courtesy: Scott Bruhn/NU Media Relations
