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Six Huskers Set to Play in Post-Season All-Star Games
Courtesy: NU Media Relations
          Release: 01/16/2007
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Ola Dagunduro will play in the East-West Shrine Game, one of six Huskers set for all-star games over the next two weeks.
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Ola Dagunduro will play in the East-West Shrine Game, one of six Huskers set for all-star games over the next two weeks.

Six members of Nebraska’s 2006 senior class are scheduled to participate in post-season all-star games over the next two weekends. Three Huskers will take part in this Saturday’s East-West Shrine Game in Houston, Texas with another three players set to play in the Senior Bowl on Jan. 27 in Mobile, Ala.

 

The West squad for the Shrine contest includes quarterback Zac Taylor, tight end Matt Herian and defensive tackle Ola Dagunduro. The West team will be coached by former Denver Broncos, New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Reeves. The East-West Shrine Game will be played at Reliant Stadium and will be televised on ESPN2 beginning at 6 p.m. (CST).

 

Taylor completed his two-year Nebraska career with nearly every Husker passing record. The 6-2, 210-pound Taylor threw for 5,850 yards and 45 touchdowns in his career and was named the 2006 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.

 

Herian left Nebraska as the school’s all-time leader in receptions and receiving yardage among tight ends. The 6-5, 245-pound Herian completed his career with 12 receptions for 150 yards and two touchdowns as a senior.

 

Dagunduro was a key cog in an impressive Husker front seven. Dagunduro completed the 2006 season with 31 total tackles, including nine tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks.

 

The Senior Bowl will feature three Husker defenders who spent three seasons as members of the Blackshirts—defensive ends Adam Carriker and Jay Moore and linebacker Stewart Bradley.

 

Carriker was chosen as the 2006 Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year, following a season in which he recorded a team-leading seven sacks and 16 tackles for loss. He finished his career in sixth place on the Nebraska career sacks list (20.5) and fifth on the tackles for loss chart (41).

 

The 6-4, 280-pound Moore lined up opposite Carriker each of the past two seasons and gave Nebraska one of the nation’s top end tandems. As a senior, Moore had a team-leading 17 tackles for loss, including six sacks, and finished his career with 38 career tackles for loss.

 

Bradley led Nebraska in tackles from his SAM linebacker spot, finishing the year with 76 tackles, including 41 solo stops. The 6-4, 250-pound Bradley had four games with seven or more tackles in 2006, including 10-tackle efforts against USC and Kansas State.

 

The Senior Bowl will be played at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala., and will be televised on the NFL Network, with kickoff at 3 p.m. The coaching staffs of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and San Francisco 49ers, including head coaches Jon Gruden and Mike Nolan, will serve as the coaches for the Senior Bowl.

 

Senior defensive tackle Barry Cryer participated in the Inta Juice North-South All-Star Classic in Houston on Saturday, Jan. 13.

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