LINCOLN, Neb. —

Two teenage Husker fans, Ben Skinner and Jagger Casey, fulfilled their dreams of becoming Nebraska players for a day through the Make-A-Wish program, experiencing the thrill of being part of the team.

Skinner, a 17-year-old from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the brain and central nervous system. 14-year-old Casey, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, is from Cedar Creek, Nebraska.

"They are huge, huge Husker fans," Brigette Young, Make-A-Wish Nebraska CEO, said. "And our Wish Kids, they can choose anything, they can go anywhere, they can meet anybody. And they chose to be a Nebraska Husker football player for a day. And the Huskers have made it happen for them."

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