Huskers tight end Thomas Fidone named to Mackey Award watch list

Another Nebraska Cornhusker has been included on a watch list for a major college football award.

Tight end Thomas Fidone II was named to the Mackey Award watch list on Friday. The award is given each year to the most outstanding tight end in the country.

The 6-foot-6 Council Bluffs native joined the Huskers as the nation’s top tight end recruit but has been limited by injuries in his first two collegiate years.

Still, he managed 25 catches for 260 yards and four touchdowns last season and now enters 2024 as one of the revamped offense’s top weapons.

The Mackey Award winner will be announced on Dec. 12.

Nebraska’s Isaac Gifford and Brian Buschini have also made preseason watch lists this summer.