‘A Lot of Game-Time Decisions’ Will Shape Nebraska Football’s Lineup vs. Purdue

Gunnar Gottula will start at left tackle Saturday for Nebraska against Purdue, and cornerback Tommi Hill will be a game-time decision.

Those were two of the personnel updates from Husker head football coach Matt Rhule as he met with reporters Thursday for the final time before the team’s trip to West Lafayette, Ind.

An injury to Turner Corcoran during the first quarter of Nebraska’s overtime loss to Illinois last week led to the move up by Gottula. The redshirt freshman from Lincoln finished the game in Corcoran’s place.

Hill had to leave the Illinois game because of severe heel pain from an inflammation of the plantar fascia, and he was relieved by USC transfer Ceyair Wright.

“If you get to the game and if he can go, great,” Rhule said of Hill. “If he can’t, then Ceyair proved that he’s a starting-level corner in the Big Ten.”