On earning a scholarship 
“To be honest with you, no, I wasn’t expecting it. I knew it was on the way if I kept working hard, and eventually it would come. A lot of emotions. Just a lot of emotions.” 

On his process at Nebraska 
“The process, it was hard. It was a lot of self-doubt. It was a lot of ups and downs in this journey. But, if you keep putting your best foot forward and keep striving, eventually it’ll come.”

On earning return duties
“Pretty much every day at practice, I just kept talking to Coach (Mike) Ekeler to just give me a chance. That chance came, and I took the best opportunity I could.”