Schiano praises Nebraska native Vedral as 'the ultimate competitor'

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — One of the most notable former Nebraska high school football players competing at the college level isn't in Lincoln. Wahoo native and Bishop Neumann grad Noah Vedral is coming off two seasons as the primary starting quarterback at Rutgers.

Head Coach Greg Schiano said Vedral's competitive instincts put him in a good place to compete for the job.

"Noah is the ultimate competitor," Schiano said. "He is an awesome guy to have on our team...Noah is competing really hard. He's a monster in the offseason program. "

Vedral competed in the state championship game for Bishop Neumann in 2016. He has since competed for Scott Frost at UCF and Nebraska, before transferring to Rutgers.

"He wants to be a coach, and he is gonna be a great coach," Schiano said. "Any of you coaches that are listening to this, I would highly recommend getting him on your staff when he's done playing. We're gonna try."

Though Vedral has starting experience, something Schiano said gives him a leg up, his place at the top of the depth chart is not guaranteed. Gavin Wimsatt and Evan Simon are also in the running, Schiano said.

"The one thing that I've learned over the years is when you have good players, you've got to let them compete, and it's got to sort itself out," Schiano said. "And if it doesn't sort itself out by game one, then we'll play more than one guy. And if it does, then we'll play one guy."

The Scarlet Knights head coach says he's excited to welcome the new California conference members and isn't bitter about them getting the full revenue package from the conference instead of having to work up to it like Rutgers and Nebraska.

"I'm really excited about UCLA and USC coming into the league," Schiano said. "I think what it does is it takes a great league and it just made it greater...You do what you need to do in the times that you're in. I'm really proud of our conference for doing something that puts us right there."