Jared Crick is an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 defensive tackle for the Nebraska Cornhuskers

Nebraska Cornhuskers football

The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in college football. The program has established itself as a traditional powerhouse, and has the fourth-most all-time victories of any NCAA Division I-A team. Nebraska is one of only six football programs in NCAA Division I-A...

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College career

After being redshirted as a freshman in 2007, Crick played in nine games as a redshirt freshman in 2008, recording two tackles

Tackle (football move)

Most forms of football have a move known as a tackle. The primary purposes of tackling is to disposses an opponent of the ball, to stop the player from gaining ground towards goal or to stop them from carrying out what they intend....

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As a sophomore in 2009 Crick has recorded 75 tackles and nine and a half sacks

Quarterback sack

In American football and Canadian football, a sack occurs when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass, or when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage in the "pocket" and the intent of what he was going to do is unclear...

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As a junior in 2010 he recorded 9 and a half sack with 70 tackles also. He was then awarded postseason 2nd Team All-American.
As a senior he got his season shortened by a torn pectoral muscle and will enter the NFL Draft. He is projected to be a 1st round pick. Finished career with a total of 20 sacks putting him 8th on Nebraska all time list.

External links

• Nebraska Cornhuskers bio