Cortez Mills started playing football around age 7. He played about every position growing up.
The Husker true freshman wide receiver once shared that he even played O-line. Yeah, look out Justin Evans. He played some center back in the day. He was pretty good at that too.
It breeds confidence as a kid when you bounce around the field and contribute. And it only grows when you had 1,640 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns as a high school junior.
A four-star recruit, Mills flipped to Nebraska last cycle and now is one of the young receivers trending toward playing for the Huskers in 2025. It’s worth recalling what he said as a recruit about offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen too.
“Soon as he got there, he gave me a few calls, we had a few talks, created a bond really fast. I like how his personality is. He keeps it real with me,” Mills said. “He lets me know that he’s going to get me the ball and get me in space where I can make plays and do my thing.”
The development of Mills and Isaiah Mozee as early enrollees are among the things we learned this spring about that Husker position group.
“He looks like a college player,” said fellow Miami native, linebacker Vincent Shavers, of Mills. “He’s been working hard. Just been getting with the older guys … they’ve been helping him better with his routes and learning how to catch the ball and get open in zone coverage.”
It’ll take a solid rotation to help the Huskers find those dynamic elements to push beyond the 6.8 passing yards per attempt (96th) last season.
It’s a room with some new faces in 2025, though, and belief in what they can do.
“Just being out there with guys like that, I know all of us have a mindset that we’re going to make a play,” said a key returner, Jacory Barney. “If all of us have that mindset, someone is going to make a play.”
What do we know about the receivers room with spring ball gone and summer on the way?
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