“I expect him to be on the field during our first play on Saturday,” Frost said of Mills.

» Asked about how many points per game he’d like to score this year, Frost said he worries about such things during the offseason and maybe bye weeks. But 30 points per game is a good place to start.

“The big message without getting into 30.3 or 37.2 (averages) is if we can score one more time on offense every game and stop the team on defense, that’s a big difference and probably would have led to four or five more wins last year at least,” Frost said.

» No. 1 center Cameron Jurgens might be on a “pitch count” early on as NU eases him back to full-time play following an offseason lower-body injury that kept the redshirt freshman out for a portion of fall camp.

» Junior receiver JD Spielman is listed as the No. 1 punt returner. Frost said that’s true even though Nebraska’s return options include more athletes this year.

“JD is pretty special with the ball in his hands, and we are going to use him when we can,” Frost said. “When he is not ready to go, or we need to rest him, some other guys can do the job as well.”