"I didn't really feel any pressure until I kept throwing it out of bounds," Jurgens said. "Then I'm like, 'Oh, man.' Throw it in bounds one time."
Oh, he did, sparing the out-of-bounds marker further abuse. And when he did, that shot put ball traveled far, 60 feet, 4 ½ inches, though not as far as he hoped. The Beatrice sophomore who looks nothing like most high school sophomores you've known and has been committed to the Nebraska football program since age 15, had opponents yelling "Come on Cam!" as he prepared for that final winning throw on Friday morning.