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I’.IlkilXJ »,iri Ml MIM II AVAM.IAII I) 1675 "l*" Si j vaxumc ixoi tr. Cooper Veteran safety starters to lead NU secondary this season By Todd Cooper Staff Reporter___ Nebraska’s secondary will rely on a couple of “war veterans’ ’ at safety this season. Returning starters Reggie Cooper at strong safely and Tyrone Byrd at free safety “have been to war a lot’ over the past season, and will use their experience to help lead the team this year, Nebraska secondary coach George Darlington said. Cooper, the all-time leading tack ier among Nebraska defensive backs, may be considered the general of the secondary this season, according to Darlington. “Reggie was a leader as a junior so it’s just part of his responsibility,’’ he said. “The younger players look to him for that leadership on the field. If he says something, they tend to do it.” Cooper said leadership is just one of his duties. “It’s not added any pressure, it’s just part of being a senior in the posi tion I’m in,” he said. Despite being slowed with carti lage damage to his left knee in the season opener against Northern Illi nois, Cooper went on to collect sec ond-team All-America honors and was named a finalist for the Thorpe Award, which recognizes the nation’s top defensive back. With the knee now fixed, Cooper says he’s anxious to begin his senior season. ‘‘The first game (Sept 1, against Baylor) will be very important,” he said. “It’ll be a big game... a chance to make a statement. We’ll be able to prove whether we’re as good or as bad as they say.” With four starters back in the sec ondary, Cooper still expects oppos ing quarterbacks to repeatedly check out the coverage. “I don’t know how much they’ll respect us,” he said. “We have all reluming starters, but I’m sure we’ll gel tested.” Sharing that test at strong safety will be junior Curtis Cotton, who set the highest performance index record by a Cornhuskcr athlete during test ing Aug. 16. He also was voted Weight lifter of the Year by his teammates. His off-season work will help, Darlington said. “Curtis will very much be involved in our dime defense,” he said. “With that, he’s guaranteed 190-somc snaps. “When Reggie was a sophomore we rotated him at strong safety with Mark Bla/ck and Tim Jackson. So that’s a possibility for Curtis this year.” Rotation also is a possibility at free safety, Darlington said. Byrd, last season’s Big Eight Freshman of me Year, win dc competing witn redshirt sophomore StevcCarmcr and junior Will Thomas. Byrd’s return was questionable after last year’s Fiesta Bowl. Byrd, from Chandler, Ariz., stayed home after the game, and there was some doubt as to whether he would return. “1 thought about slaying home .. . I just got homesick,” he said. ”1 really didn’t want to leave Arizona.” Though nervous about Byrd’s re turn, Darlington said he was more concerned with the 5-fool-Il, 165 pounder’s state of mind. “I felt he was making a big mis take academically and athletically,” he said. “But he had to determine for himself what he wanted to do. “In football, a guy has to want to play. It’s loo demanding of a sport, and even more so if you don’t want to play.” Byrd changed his mind after de ciding that he “didn’t want to leave the team or get behind in acadcm • . 11 ICS. “I fell I had a responsibility here,” he said. “I was very pleased,” Darlington said of Byrd’s decision to return. “Obviously, he’s a good athlete. 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