LINCOLN, Neb. - The saying of fall camp for Husker Football has been “iron sharpens iron”.

That pertains to the strengths of the defense helping the offense and vise versa. On Tuesday, members of the Husker defense discussed the benefits to matchup against an experienced offensive line and a revamped fleet of wide receivers.

“The biggest thing is iron sharpens iron,” Huskers secondary coach Addison Williams said. “That’s a recruiting tool we use to get guys here, you’re going to play against a high level quarterback every single day, so why not come here and be part of this?”

“We always say iron sharpens iron… That’s something we focus on so much as a team, because if im out there giving them the best look and they’re giving me the best look, that’s what you want,” defensive lineman Riley Van Poppel said. “Sometimes I’m going to win, sometimes they’re going to win, but that’s what you want out of a good team.”

 

Nebraska has different levels of experience of the line of scrimmage. The defensive line has youth like sophomore Riley Van Poppel, mixed with the veteran experience of Elijah Jeudy. They’re facing off with an experienced offensive line, every practice.

“It’s not my job to give an evaluation of the offensive line, but they are big and they are good,” Defensive Coordinator John Butler said. “And that’s good for us… Because the better competition you go against on the other side of the field, the better your players are going to get.”

“It gets intense,” Senior Elijah Jeudy said. “We all want to make each other better… Sometimes I’ll talk to Henry (Lutovsky) about what he can do better in his sets and I’ll ask him what I can do to be abetter pass rusher. We’re all trying to help each other.”

Nebraska is in their first year under new defensive coordinator John Butler.

The Huskers begin the year on Aug. 28 taking on Cincinnati at GEHA Field at Arrowhead in Kansas City.