Nebraska Football Spring Spotlight: Vincent Shavers, Jr.

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TJ Birkel
April 24, 2025

Spring practice is coming to a close for the Nebraska football team. The Big Red will go into the 2025 season with different offensive, defensive, and special teams coordinators than the ones who were in place a year ago at this time, in addition to having dozens of new players on the roster. Even amidst all the change, optimism is high heading into year three for Head Coach Matt Rhule. 

So far during our spring spotlight series, we’ve highlighted two offensive players: Emmett Johnson and Dane Key. Both are expected to be major contributors in Dana Holgorsen’s revamped offense. But for Nebraska to take a leap in 2025, they will need the defense to maintain the strong production we saw in the first two years of Rhule’s tenure in Lincoln. 

On that note, today we continue with our spring spotlight series by looking at one of the most exciting young players not just on the defensive side of the ball, but on the entire roster: Vincent Shavers, Jr. 

Today’s Spotlight: Linebacker Vincent Shavers, Jr. 

From huskers.com: “Vincent Shavers Jr. played in all 13 games as a true freshman with two starts. He recorded 25 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and one forced fumble. PFF College ranked Shavers as the highest graded true freshman linebacker in the country in 2024.

View from the Common Fans: In addition to the strong stats and impressive PFF ranking…