LINCOLN — Six players will join the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame, the school announced Tuesday.
Sam Foltz, Charles Fryar, Jim Scott, Cory Schlesinger, Cory Ross and Lavonte David will be inducted at a ceremony Sept. 4 and recognized at Nebraska’s home game against Ohio the next day.
Former Chadron State tight end Joe Planansky is a state college inductee. Former coach Frank Solich and longtime play-by-play broadcaster Kent Pavelka will be honored as well, receiving the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame Legend Award and the Lyell Bremser Special Merit Award, respectively.
David retired from football in March after a 14-year career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that included a Super Bowl title and all-pro honors. The linebacker spent two years at Nebraska and set the program single-season record for tackles (152) in 2010 before he was a second-round NFL draft pick in 2012.
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Schlesinger helped secure Tom Osborne's first national title in 1994, as the fullback scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns in the Orange Bowl rally to beat Miami. He went on to become a three-time Pro Bowl selection for the Detroit Lions.
Fryar was a two-time All-Big Eight pick on Nebraska’s secondary in the 1980s. Scott was all-conference on the offensive line in 1991. Ross rushed for 2,743 yards over his career from 2002 to 2005.
Foltz was Nebraska’s starting punter for three years before he died in a car accident 2016, along with Michigan State punter Mike Sadler. The Grand Island grad has been memorialized in the years since.
That season, the Huskers wore a small logo on their helmets with his initials and jersey number 27. In the years since, NU annually honored 27 athletes with the Sam Foltz 27 Hero Award.
Remembering Sam Foltz: A compilation of The World-Herald's coverage of the Husker punter's life and legacy
The voice of late Husker punter Sam Foltz opens the special senior day video tribute that played in Memorial Stadium before kickoff Saturday.
Memorial Stadium has hosted hundreds of games — wins and losses, nail-biters and blowouts — but never a day quite like Saturday, the first opportunity for a sellout crowd to remember punter Sam Foltz together.
Family, friends, teammates, coaches and Nebraska athletic department members were among those who crowded inside a sanctuary Saturday to memorialize punter Sam Foltz at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.
It isn’t quite Memorial Stadium, but considering the circumstances, it’s almost perfect. Thirty yards of green grass, half-shaded by a towering tree, bordered by concrete sidewalks and a small sign: Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.
"It's a heartbreaking week," Mike Riley said as he stepped away from the luncheon held after Foltz's funeral.
A fitting closure to an emotional week, see video from Sam Foltz's funeral for more on how Foltz was remembered by his friends, family and fans
One of the benefits of following college football is being around these young men at a great time in their lives — for many, it’s the time of their lives. It’s truly a joyful thing, and a terrific escape from the cruelties of real life.
Over the weekend, Foltz was working a punting camp in Wisconsin, and died as a passenger in a car that struck a tree in Merton, Wisconsin.
Husker fans mourn the loss and honor the memory of Sam Foltz on Monday at Memorial Stadium.
New details from the tragic death of Sam Foltz and former Michigan State punter Mike Sadler continue to come to light following the Saturday car wreck that left two programs in mourning this weekend.
Teammates of Nebraska punter Sam Foltz remembered and praised him during a prayer vigil held at Memorial Stadium Sunday afternoon.
Nebraska brought out 10 players and no punter for its first punt formation Saturday night against Fresno State, honoring former teammate Sam Foltz.
LSU kicker Colby Delahoussaye was in the backseat the night Sam Foltz died. He escaped the wreck with second-degree burns and has played this entire season with the weight of loss on his shoulders.
The Huskers had a special guest from the other team Saturday for their weekly tribute to late punter Sam Foltz.
Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh took a moment during a live interview on the NFL Network during the draft to pay respect to late Husker punter Sam Foltz.
There was an outpouring of emotion Sunday on social media as those who knew him shared cherished memories, messages of Nebraska punter Sam Foltz's impact and more.
