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NEBRASKA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
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Jul 9, 2019 Updated 2 hrs ago
Alex
Henery kicks a 57-yard field goal against Colorado in 2008.
Alex Henery, one of the
most accurate kickers in college football history, headlines a class of six
nominees, including four Huskers, that will be inducted into the Nebraska Hall
of Fame in September.
Henery hit on a NCAA-record 89% of his field-goal attempts from
2007-2010 during his time in Lincoln. He scored a Nebraska-record 397 points by
sinking 193-of-194 extra-point attempts.
The Omaha Burke grad enjoyed a four-year career in the NFL.
Henery is joined by Jay Foreman, Greg Jorgensen, Mark Behning and Lincoln High
graduate Richie Ross as the 2019 inductees. Brad Smith, the former Chadron
State coach and athletic director, becomes the 36th coach to enter the Nebraska
Football Hall of Fame.
A three-time national champion, Foreman
finished his NU career with 233 tackles, was a Butkus Award semifinalist in
1998 and played eight productive seasons in the NFL with four different teams. The
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, native recorded a career-high 97 tackles, including
seven tackles for a loss and three sacks, during his senior season in
1998.
Behning, who was on the
offensive line of some of the more prolific offenses at Nebraska from 1982-84,
earned All-Big Eight honors his senior season. Jorgensen, also an offensive
lineman and two-time All-Big Eight choice, served as a starting guard for Tom
Osborne's teams in 1975-77.
Ross played at
Nebraska-Kearney and was a two-time Division II All-American, catching 279
passes for 4,882 yards and 50 touchdowns for the Lopers from 2002-2005. Smith,
who spent 18 seasons leading the Eagles, becomes the first coach since 2012 to
be inducted into the hall of fame.
