Nebraska quarterbacks coach Glenn Thomas met with the media on Wednesday afternoon. Thomas has quite a bit on his plate in 2026 with a brand new beginning quarterback in UNLV switch Anthony Colandrea.
Colandrea joins Nebraska following a breakout junior yr with the UNLV Rebels. The St. Petersburg, Florida, native completed the 2025 season throwing for 3,459 yards, 23 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions with a 65.9 completion share. He additionally added 649 dashing yards and 10 touchdowns.
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The previous Insurgent’s play earned him the Mountain West Offensive Participant of the Yr award. Earlier than UNLV, Colandrea performed two seasons at Virginia. He joined a Nebraska workforce that was searching for a brand new opening-day starter after Dylan Raiola transferred to the Oregon Geese.
Head coach Matt Rhule made the announcement of the brand new starter earlier within the month. Thomas and Rhule have a historical past of working collectively, as the 2 beforehand frolicked at Baylor and Temple.
Thomas was requested about his beginning quarterback’s skill to improvise and spoke about embracing Calondera’s skill.
“Like, clearly you don’t need a quarterback to be a robotic, proper? The good ones, you recognize, see issues that we do not see, you recognize, as a result of they’d one of the best view within the stadium. So, I believe there is a superb line. And once more, I believe it is evaluating every play versus what occurred versus what was there. So, you recognize, we form of joke by no means apologized for touchdowns, however on the finish of the day, like, you recognize, what might have occurred totally different or how scould I reacted totally different on this play and and um you recognize, there have been occasions the place he hadn’t essentially made the perfect choice that one thing good has occurred and we’ll discuss by means of that after which vice versa.”
Nebraska opens the 2026 season on Saturday, Sept. 5, when the Ohio Bobcats go to Memorial Stadium. Kickoff time is ready for 11 a.m. CT and will be seen on FS1.
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