LINCOLN – College junior and Wahoo Neumann alumni Noah Vedral has entered his name in the transfer portal and will play his final two seasons for someone other than the Huskers.
Nebraska also confirmed the departure. Vedral, the son and nephew of former Huskers, will graduate in May 2020 and seek a new spot where he’ll be eligible to start immediately.
Vedral spent his first season at Central Florida before transferring to UNL. AAs a Husker, he spent two seasons as Adrian Martinez’s backup. While Vedral led the winning drive in a 13-10 win over Northwestern and started two games last season while Martinez was hurt — earning praise from coaches for his command of the offense — he was sent back to the bench as soon as Martinez recovered.
Further, in a 54-7 win over Maryland, redshirt freshman Luke McCaffrey was the No. 2 quarterback. In the season finale — a 27-24 loss to Iowa — Martinez took the bulk of the snaps while Vedral and McCaffrey each had a package.
NU now has three scholarship quarterbacks on its roster: Martinez, McCaffrey and true freshman Logan Smothers of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Martinez, who has started 21 games in his career, will be the clear No. 1 whenever the team can return to workouts.
Vedral knew Frost’s offense the best, having played at UCF for one season behind McKenzie Milton. He transferred to NU in the 2018 offseason as a walk-on, received a scholarship that summer, and tried to become immediately eligible. A snag with the NCAA delayed that eligibility until the Northwestern game. Vedral got his first major action in a 45-9 win over Bethune-Cookman, when he ran for a score.
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