The Huskers have their first in-season roster departure of 2018, with Tyjon Lindsey deciding to move on from the team, an NU football spokesman confirmed on Tuesday night. Lindsey requested and has been granted his scholarship release, the official said. The sophomore wide receiver's name disappeared from the team roster on Tuesday prior to the news being made official later that night. Since the season is just four games old, Lindsey can technically make this a redshirt season under the new NCAA rule. In those games this season, Lindsey had three catches for 22 yards and two rushes for nine yards, as he was among the Husker receivers – not named Stanley Morgan and JD Spielman – who have struggled to get on track. Lindsey also served as a punt returner the first three games, though no positive big plays came out of the experience. He did fumble one punt that was recovered by Michigan. NU gave Spielman a turn at the job this past week against Purdue. One of the more ballyhooed recruits of the 2017 recruiting class, Lindsey came aboard the Husker program after once being committed to Ohio State. He played as a true freshman but admittedly never quite found his comfort zone, finishing his first year with 12 catches for 76 yards and seven rushes for four yards. He'll end his Husker career with 111 total yards of offense to his name. After suffering a health scare during winter conditioning in January, Lindsey showed up to spring ball with a renewed purpose. He said then he wanted to finish business with guys like Morgan and Spielman. “My brothers are my family," Lindsey said then. "We realized this is what we need to do, stay with each other, stick with each other.” Lindsey was very reflective about his first year on campus as he talked about his eagerness to see what he could do in Scott Frost's offense. "Last year I was very scared. New. I was a freshman, new type of offense. My biggest downfall is that I was always nervous going into the game," he said in the spring. "I never wanted to mess up because, you know, it's my freshman year. I always had that in the back of my head, 'Don't mess up, don't mess up.' But what that means is you're (not) going to go 100 percent every play. No matter, if you mess up, make sure you give it your all ... and have no fear of failure." The 5-foot-9, 200-pound Lindsey admitted he even tried to trick himself into thinking he was ready that first year. "I wasn't really ready. Every time I got the ball, I felt like I wasn't ... doing what I used to do. And then I would see it on film. It just wasn't a year for me to be ready. This year I'm trying to be." Even after early struggles this year, opportunity has remained for receivers like Lindsey to step up and be an additional weapon to Morgan and Spielman. Offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Troy Walters has been preaching as much, with grades for receivers going up on the door each day. Showing how wide open the position battle there was, redshirt freshman walk-on Kade Warner jumped from the third team to a starting role last week after a strong week of practice. “Some of the changes that you guys are seeing now kind of started last week," Husker head coach Scott Frost said on Monday. "We’re going to play the guys we can rely on, maybe even if they’re not as talented as somebody else. If they’re a guy we can trust to do the right thing those guys belong on the field. The leaders of the team are ready for that now too because they see what’s gotten them beat three times is bad decisions, being in the wrong spot, bad assignments, penalties, I think the team’s fed up with it.”<doc-sep>Wide receiver Tyjon Lindsey is leaving the Nebraska football program, according to a report from Husker Online.Lindsey, who has accounted for three receptions for 22 yards this season, has requested his scholarship release and received it, according to the report. The sophomore will have three years of eligibility remaining, thanks to the NCAA's newly established four-game redshirt rule. Lindsey was a highly coveted player out of high school and received more than a dozen scholarship offers. Wide receiver Tyjon Lindsey is leaving the Nebraska football program, according to a report from Husker Online. Lindsey, who has accounted for three receptions for 22 yards this season, has requested his scholarship release and received it, according to the report. Advertisement The sophomore will have three years of eligibility remaining, thanks to the NCAA's newly established four-game redshirt rule. Lindsey was a highly coveted player out of high school and received more than a dozen scholarship offers.<doc-sep>Troy Walters did not see Tyjon Lindsey's departure coming. Sure, the sophomore was unhappy with his playing time so far, but he thought the slot receiver would stick it out because you never know what's going to happen. "It was a shocker," Walters, Nebraska's offensive coordinator, said. "I know he didn't play as much as he would have liked to, but we have a long season and things happen. "But he felt it was best that he pursued other opportunities." Lindsey's departure was confirmed Tuesday night after he met earlier in the day with Husker coaches. Walters said that once Lindsey asked for his release, they granted it to him right away and that the staff wishes him the best. Walters called the rash of players around the country leaving after four or fewer games an "unintended consequence" of the new redshirt rule. The interesting part, though, is that it appears only players eligible as graduate transfers really retain an extra year of eligibility. As far as people around the NU program are aware, a player leaving after four games now are still eligible to redshirt this season -- if, like Lindsey, they still have one at their disposal -- but he will still have to sit out next year to satisfy NCAA transfer requirements.<doc-sep>Nebraska’s football program has announced a major roster loss this evening, as one of the Huskers’ former top recruits has decided to transfer. Tyjon Lindsey, ranked by some outlets as a five-star recruit coming out of high school in 2017, has decided to leave the Nebraska football program. The Huskers are just four games into the 2018 season, so the new four-game redshirt rule can apply to Lindsey, who will pursue other options. Nebraska’s Rivals.com site has the details: Former four-star wide receiver Tyjon Lindsey has asked for and been granted his scholarship release per a University of Nebraska football spokesperson. The 5-foot-9, 200 pound Lindsey never was able to catch on at NU. After having a minimal impact in 2017, Lindsey had just 22 receiving yards, 9 rushing yards and 1 punt return yard on 10 all-purpose touches over the first four games. There is always a lot of turnover when a program goes through a coaching change and Nebraska has not been immune to this. The loss of Lindsey is a big one, though, as expectations for the former top recruit were quite high coming out of high school.<doc-sep>
Wide receiver Tyjon Lindsey, Nebraska's top-rated signee from two years ago who picked the Cornhuskers over scholarship offers from Alabama, Ohio State and other schools, is leaving the program, a school spokesman said Tuesday night. Lindsey requested and was granted his release after playing in the first four games for Nebraska, which is 0-4 in coach Scott Frost's debut season. The sophomore recorded three catches this season for 22 yards and rushed twice for 9 yards. He was replaced after struggling on punt returns and lost playing time last week to walk-on Kade Warner, who made his first career start against Purdue. Lindsey was rated as the No. 78 prospect nationally in the Class of 2017 out of powerhouse Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas. Originally from California, Lindsey played for several years with quarterback Tate Martell, another Bishop Gorman graduate who redshirted last year in his first season at Ohio State. Lindsey, in fact, was committed to the Buckeyes before switching his pledge to Nebraska in January 2017. Other schools that pursued him included USC, Notre Dame and Michigan. By playing in four games this season, Lindsey will be allowed to take a redshirt season and retain two years of eligibility after sitting out in 2019 at another school. His transfer leaves Nebraska without another top signee from 2017, the final recruiting class for ex-coach Mike Riley. Quarterback Tristan Gebbia transferred to Oregon State in August after he lost the starting job to true freshman Adrian Martinez, and receiver Keyshawn Johnson Jr. left Nebraska before his first season of eligibility a year ago.