| Nebraska Cornhuskers–No. 10 | |
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| Position | Quarterback, tight end |
| Class |  Junior |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 15, 2003 |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Kearney Catholic (Kearney, Nebraska) |
Heinrich Haarberg (born March 15, 2003) is an American football quarterback who plays for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Haarberg grew up in Kearney, Nebraska and attended Kearney Catholic High School. [1] As a senior, he passed for 1,857 yards and 19 touchdowns and also rushed for 556 yards and 10 touchdowns. [2] Haarberg was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Nebraska over offers from Boston College, Vanderbilt, and NC State. [3] He became the first in-state quarterback to sign a National Letter of Intent to play at Nebraska since 2001. [4]
Haarberg joined the Nebraska Cornhuskers as an early enrollee in January 2021. [5] He did not play in any games and redshirted his true freshman season in 2021. [6] Haarberg also did not see any playing time as a redshirt freshman in 2022. [7]
During 2023 spring practices, he began playing tight end in addition to quarterback. Haarberg made his collegiate debut in the 2023 season opener against Minnesota, lining up at tight end and catching one pass for ten yards. [8] The following game against Colorado, he played the final 15 offensive snaps at quarterback following an injury to starter Jeff Sims and completed 2-of-6 pass attempts for 13 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 17 yards in a 36-14 loss. [9] Haarberg was named the starter in place of Sims for the following game against Northern Illinois. [10] In his first career start he completed 14 of 24 passes for 158 yards and two touchdowns while also leading the Cornhuskers with 98 rushing yards and scoring another touchdown on 21 carries in a 35-11 win. [11] Haarberg remained the starter for most the rest of the 2023 season, accumulating 967 passing yards, 477 rushing yards, 5 rushing touchdowns, 7 passing touchdowns, and 7 interceptions.
For the 2024 season, Haarberg remained with the Huskers but the starting quarterback position was given to true freshman Dylan Raiola; Haarberg was announced as the primary backup quarterback but would also be a utility player featured in various packages and formations alongside Raiola, with his role being described as similar to the use of Taysom Hill by the New Orleans Saints. [12]
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 2021 | Redshirt | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 10 | 8 | 5–3 | 77 | 257 | 49.0 | 967 | 6.2 | 7 | 7 | 106.6 | 120 | 477 | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 0–0 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 101 | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | 97.0 | 17 | 69 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 |
| Career [13] | 18 | 8 | 5–3 | 87 | 174 | 50.0 | 1,068 | 6.1 | 7 | 8 | 105.6 | 137 | 546 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 |
Haarberg's father, Rod, played football at Nebraska as a fullback. [14] [15] [16] His mother, Liz, ran track at Oklahoma State. [17] Haarberg is in a relationship with Nebraska volleyball player Harper Murray.
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