This week in Husker history
The week of April 29-May 5, looking back in stretches of years divisible by five:
«1972: Running back Jeff Kinney, a first-round draft pick, signs with the Chiefs. Kinney would play five years in the NFL, moving to the Buffalo Bills in 1976, his final season.
2002: Curt Dukes,* a true freshman who enrolled a semester early to take part in spring ball, is named No. 2 at quarterback.*
2007: Fullback Dane Todd is awarded the Walter Byers Scholarship, the NCAA's foremost academic honor
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