Distinction Under Devaney #14 | JERRY TAGGE
#72 | DARYL WHITE
#85 | FREEMAN WHITE
(1969-70-71), QB
(1971-72-73), OT
(1963-64-65*), E
6-2, 215, Green Bay, Wis.
6-4, 247, East Orange, N.J.
6-5, 220, Detroit, Mich.
Tagge shared time with
White drew
White held most of
Van Brownson as a
comparisons to
Nebraska’s pass
All-Americans Bob
receiving records when
Brown and Bob
he completed his
Newton, whom he
eligibility. He and Tony
followed at left tackle.
Jeter gave Nebraska two
sophomore and junior. He stretched the ball across the goal line for the winning touchdown with 8:50 remaining in the 1971 Orange Bowl game against LSU to give Nebraska its
He earned sophomore All-America
All-America ends in 1965. White was a
recognition from the Football News and
big-play receiver. As a junior, he and
was a three-year starter. White was a
quarterback Bob Churchich hooked up
first national championship, then directed
co-captain along with John Dutton on
on a school-record 92-yard touchdown
the Cornhuskers to a second as a senior,
Tom Osborne’s first team. Both earned
pass against Kansas. As a senior, White
breaking the school single-season record
All-America honors. Nebraska first
broke his own record, teaming with
for total offense in the process. By the
noticed Rich Glover when it was in
quarterback Fred Duda on a 95-yard
end of his junior season, he already held
New Jersey recruiting White. They were
touchdown pass against Colorado. His
Nebraska’s career records for passing and
members of the same recruiting class,
son, Freeman White III, was a
total offense. Tagge had a Cornhusker
but White redshirted his second season
Cornhusker letterman as a walk-on
connection before stepping on campus.
before playing.
safety in 1989.
His father was a graduate of Wood River
DARYL WHITE
(Neb.) High School and his grandparents farmed near Shelton, Neb. He was born in Omaha. But the family moved when he was 4-years-old. Tagge cared little for media or fan attention.
#36 | LARRY WACHHOLTZ (1964-65-66), S/PR 5-8, 166, North Platte, Neb. Wachholtz, an all-state high school quarterback, came to Nebraska with teammate Pete Tatman, the more heavily recruited of the two. Wachholtz’s opportunity to get on the field came when NCAA rules changes allowed for a return to two-platoon play in 1964. Wachholtz was a two-time, first-team All-Big Eight safety and a co-captain as a senior, when he set school records with seven pass interceptions and eight field goals. He also led the nation in punt returns for much of that season.
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