Ken Graeber Season 1984

Honors & Awards

• Honorable-Mention All-Big Eight (AP,  1984)

1984 (Senior)

Ken would start at middle guard for his senior season. Ken would have his best career performance against Missouri. When he was credited with a total of seven unassisted tackles and a sack in the end zone for a safety. Graeber would end the season with 28 tackles with 12 of them being assisted, seven tackles for loss, four sacks. Ken also played in the 1985 Sugar Bowl against Louisiana State. Graeber had two unassisted tackles and one fumble recovery. Ken would later be awarded with Honorable-Mention All-Big Eight in his senior season. 

1983 (Junior)

Ken was listed as the alternate middle guard behind co-captain MIke Tranmer. Graeber was still regarded as a second starter at that position and finished the year with 27 total tackles with 15 of them being unassisted, including four for losses totaling 18 yards, plus two quarterback sacks for nine yards in losses, and had a fumble recovery. Ken's top tackle games as a junior came against Missouri and Oklahoma with four tackles in each game. Ken would appear in the Orange Bowl against Miami, recording three tackles. 

1982 (Sophomore) 

Ken was listed as an alternate reserve behind Jeff Merrell. Graeber was still able to get 11 total tackles with 6 of them being assisted. Ken would play in the Orange Bowl against Louisiana State, recording two tackles and half a sack.

1981 (Redshirt)

Ken Graeber would redshirt in his second season with the Huskers in 1981.

1980 (Freshman)

Ken was a walkon for the Huskers’ 5-0 freshman team starting at middle guard. He would later get a call up to varsity for a game, recording one tackle.

Personal

Son of Jack and Mary Graeber, Ken Graeber was born on Oct. 30, 1961, in Minneapolis, Minn. Ken enrolled at Nebraska as a mechanical engineering major. Ken later signed with the Detroit Lions as a free agent. Ken would later be cut by the Lions later that year.