"Since Frost was hired, the Huskers have put an emphasis on walk-ons and taken big classes of them out of high school in each recruiting class. It will take years before there’s a consistent average known about how many of those players, overwhelmingly from the state, turn into true contributors. Right now, sophomore linebacker Luke Reimer looks on track to be a real factor and NU is high on incoming wide receiver Ty Hahn. Trent Hixson won a scholarship and a starting job, though he predated Frost’s staff. He’s a model, though, for how a lineman here and there could develop and turn into a contributor."