On campus: South Dakota natives show well during bowl season

Jan. 8—Here’s a look at what former South Dakota high school standout athletes are doing at colleges around the country:

BRONX, N.Y. — Chamberlain High School graduate Nash Hutmacher capped his Nebraska football career in winning fashion as the Cornhuskers won 20-15 over Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 28 at Yankee Stadium.

Hutmacher played his 49th game and made his 27th career start in the win over the Eagles. He did not figure into the game’s final stats. The win capped Nebraska’s first winning season since 2016 at 7-6 and secured the Huskers’ first bowl win since 2015.

The 6-foot-4, 310-pound Hutmacher started all 13 games for the season at nose tackle in the Huskers’ 3-3-5 defense. He finished his career for Nebraska with 79 total tackles, 6 1/2 sacks and 12 1/2 tackles for loss in his fifth-year senior season.

Hutmacher was one of nine game captains for the Huskers in the game alongside his fellow seniors. Hutmacher was also honored in December as an academic all-Big Ten selection for the fourth time, as one of 71 players honored on the Huskers for having a grade-point average of 3.0 or better.

Hutmacher will represent the Cornhuskers at least one more time as he works towards potentially being drafted in the NFL Draft in April. He has accepted an invite to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl, which will be played Jan. 30 in Arlington, Texas.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State quarterback Lincoln Kienholz is South Dakota’s only player on the roster of the four remaining teams in the College Football Playoff semifinals, with the Buckeyes playing in the Jan. 10 Cotton Bowl Classic semifinal game against Texas in Arlington, Texas.

Kienholz, a backup quarterback for the Buckeyes from Pierre, took the final snaps in OSU’s 42-17 CFP first-round win over Tennessee on Dec. 21. It is one of two games he’s played in…

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Author : The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D.

Publish date : 2025-01-09 00:48:00

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