Huskers in the NFL - Week 17

Lincoln - A total of 20 former Huskers saw action in Week 17 of the NFL season.

 

Barrett Ruud had one of the top performances across the NFL, as the former Husker and five-year NFL veteran totaled a career-high 17 tackles, including 13 solo stops for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a 20-10 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. On the year, Ruud finished with a career-best 142 tackles, tying him for second best in the league with Washington’s London Fletcher and Carolina’s Jon Beason, with all three trailing San Francisco’s Patrick Willis (152 tackles).

 

Former Husker defensive backs Zackary Bowman and Josh Bullocks each helped the Bears end the season on a high note with a 37-23 win over the Lions in Detroit. Bullocks totaled a season-high seven tackles, while Bowman added five tackles, an interception and two pass deflections. The interception was Bowman’s sixth of the year, which tied him for fifth in the NFL this season with seven other players. The league lead was help by four players, who each intercepted nine passes.

 

The Cardinals’ Ralph Brown capped the regular season with a career-best 80-yard interception return against the Packers in a 33-7 Arizona loss. The two teams will meet back in Arizona on Sunday at 3:40 p.m. on FOX in the first round of the playoffs.

 

In other action, Jacksonville Jaguars’ rookie Zach Potter started his first NFL game and caught the first pass of his career on Sunday in a 23-17 loss to the Cleveland Browns. Potter, who played defensive end at Nebraska, was recently activated by the Jaguars and moved to tight end. Potter was only targeted once in the game, catching the pass for three yards.

 

Huskers in the NFL Playoffs this Weekend
Philadelphia at Dallas (Sat., 7 p.m. - NBC)
Steve Octavien ? Dallas (LB)

Green Bay at Arizona  (Sun, 3:40 p.m. ? FOX)
Ahman Green ? Green Bay (RB)
Brandon Jackson ? Green Bay (RB)

Ralph Brown ? Arizona (DB)

New York Jets at Cincinnati (Sat., 3:30 p.m. ? NBC)
Matt Slauson ? New York (Guard)

 

Baltimore at New England (Sun., Noon ? CBS)

Sam Koch ? Baltimore (P)

 

- Scott Shanle (New Orleans), Carl Nicks (New Orleans) and Cody Glenn (Indianapolis) are also in the playoffs, but their teams have earned a first-round bye.

Offense

  Rushing ReceivingPlayer, Team Opp. ATT YDS AVG LNG TD Rec Yards AVG LNG TDBuckhalter, Correll, Denver Kansas City 6 18 3.0 11 0 2 3 1.5 5 0Green, Ahman, Green Bay Arizona 12 42 3.5 14 0 0 0 0 0 0Jackson, Brandon, Green Bay Arizona 6 17 2.8 5 0 2 29 14.5 17 0Nunn, Terrence, Tampa Bay (NA) - - - - - - - - - -Potter, Zach, Jacksonville Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.0 3 0Purify, Maurice, Cincinnati (PS) - - - - - - - - - -Linemen                      Hochstein, Russ, Denver (IR)Incognito, Richie, Buffalo Started at right guard vs. IndianapolisMurtha, Lydon, Miami (IR)Nicks, Carl, New Orleans Started at left guard vs. CarolinaPatrick, Chris, Kansas City (PS)Raiola, Dominic, Detroit Started at center vs. ChicagoSlauson, Matt, New York Jets (NA)

Defense

  Defensive Stats Special TeamsPlayer, Team Opp. TKL AST CMB SK YDS IN YDS PD FF FR TKL AST CMB FF BL FRAdams, Titus, Cleveland (NA) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Bingham, Ryon, San Diego (IR) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Zackary, Bowman, Chicago

Detroit

5 0 5 0 0 1 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bradley, Stewart, Philadelphia (IR) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Brown, Mike, Kansas City Denver 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0Brown, Ralph, Arizona Green Bay 0 0 0 0 0 1 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bullocks, Daniel, Detriot (IR) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Bullocks, Josh, Chicago Detroit 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Carriker, Adam, St. Louis (IR) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Glenn, Cody, Indianapolis Buffalo 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kelsay, Chris, Buffalo Indianapolis 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Moore, Jay, St. Louis (PS) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Octavien, Steve, Dallas Philadelphia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ruud, Barrett, Tampa Bay Atlanta 13 4 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Shanle, Scott, New Orleans (NA) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Smith, Le Kevin, Denver (PS) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Swift, Nate, Jacksonville (PS) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Vanden Bosch, Kyle, Tennessee Seattle 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Washington, Fabian, Baltimore (IR) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Williams, Demorrio, Kansas City Denver 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Special Teams

. Returns Field Goals Ex. Pts PuntsPlayer, Team Opp. KR YDS PR YDS TD ATT Made YDS ATT Made No. YDS AVG TB i20 LNGBrown, Kris, Houston New England - - - - - 0 2 (56), (38) 4 5 - - - - - -Brown, Josh, St. Louis San Francisco - - - - - 2 3 54, (45), 29 0 0 - - - - - -Koch, Sam, Baltimore Oakland - - - - - - - - - - 5 212 42.4 0 1 50

() missed field goal; DNP - Did Not Play; NA - Not Active; INJ - Injured; IR - Injured Reserve; PS - Practice Squad; S-Suspended