RECRUITING
The 1972 class
0 Bill Armstrong, FB/LB, 6-1, 210, Beatrice, NE (Beatrice) 0 Larry Bailey, MG, 6-1, 230, Jersey City, NJ (Snyder) 1 Jim Belka, FB/LB, 6-3, 189, Prairie Village, KS (Bishop Melge) 0 Randy Benish, QB/DB, 6-1, 175, Norfolk, NE 3 Rick Bonness, C, 6-4, 200, Bellevue, NE 3 Dan Brock, FB/T, 6-4, 210, Columbus, NE (Scotus) 0 Bill Bunkers, B, 6-0, 170, Fulda, MN 3 Dave Butterfield, QB/S, 5-11, 180, Sterling, CO 0 Scott Copple, QB, 6-2, 195, Omaha, NE (Creighton Prep) 0 Joe Dervin, FB/LB, 6-1, 200, Omaha, NE (Creighton Prep) 3 Percy Eichelberger, G/DE, 6-1, 210, Louisville, MS (Louisville) 0 Tyrone Fambro, OG/LB, 6-1, 225, Detroit, MI (Northern) 0 Dick Gannon, End, 6-3, 185, Holdrege, NE 2 Tom Heiser, HB/CB, 5-10, 172, Columbus, NE 3 Gary Higgs, FB/LB, 6-2, 190, Toledo, OH (Scott) 3 Steve Hoins, L, 6-3, 220, Bellevue, NE 0 Ken Homola, WR/S, 6-3, 190, Indianapolis, IN (Chatard) 1 John Kane, LB, 6-2, 210, Kansas City, MO 0 Bill Kraft, QB/S, 6-2, 185, Oelwein, IA 3 John Lee, T, 6-4, 238, Red Bank, NJ 0 Rick Lemerond, QB, 6-4, 185, Green Bay, WI (Premontre) 3 Randy Lessman, TE, 6-3, 205, Sioux City, IA (East) 3 Robert Lingenfelter, OT/MG, 6-8, 275, Plainview, NE 3 Chuck Malito, SE, 6-1, 160, Lakewood, CO 3 Bob Martin, IB/LB, 6-1, 180, David City, NE 3 John O'Leary, HB, 6-1, 190, Port Washington, NY (Holy Cross) 3 Ron Pruitt, T, 6-4, 240, Compton, CA (Centennial) 0 Jeff Pumphrey, SE, 6-0, 165, Scottsbluff, NE 0 Glen Ray, QB/S, 6-4, 205, Midland, TX (Midland) 3 Dan Schmidt, OG/DE, 6-2, 215, North Platte, NE 3 Dave Shamblin, SE, 6-3, 185, Laverne, CA (Bonita) 0 James Sledge, DT, 6-1, 225, Omaha, NE (Creighton Prep) 0 Chip Smith, T, 6-4, 220, McCook, NE 0 Wayne Stuberg, C/OG, 6-2, 195, Omaha, NE (North) 1 Chester Talley, HB/DB, 6-1, 180, Denver, CO (East) 2 Willie Thornton, T, 6-2, 220, Amory, MS 1 Richard Varner, T, 6-2, 230, Wichita, KS (Southeast) 1 Nicholas Zanetich, OG/LB, 6-2, 222, Hoboken, NJ (St. Joseph's)1 Letter(s) earned CLASS SCORECARD • 54 letters earned by 22 of 38 recruits • All-America: 3 (Bonness, Butterfield, Martin) • All-conference: 5 (Bonness, Butterfield, Lingenfelter, Martin, Schmidt) • Notable walk-on: Clete Pillen, LB (all-conference)