Lamar Jackson came to Lincoln as one of the top recruits during the Mike Riley era of Nebraska football.

The athlete from Elk Grove, Calif., played some safety and a lot of quarterback during his time at the prep level, but at Nebraska he was asked to transition to cornerback. After playing sparingly as a freshman, Jackson had started every game of his career up until Wisconsin, where he found himself in a rotation.

During the game Jackson broke up a pass and finished with a couple tackles. Afterwards, he talked about going to work and earning back his starting job.

“I’ve got to look at it like it’s going to help me for the future and help me grow,” he said. “I just attacked it with the best mindset possible.”

Jackson was pulled from the Purdue game after a series of miscues and a penalty that led to taking away what might’ve been a pivotal Nebraska interception.

The defensive back said he was able to talk with Travis Fisher and other Nebraska coaches after the game and figure out what he was doing wrong and some advice

“Once I was able to talk with my coaches after the game we were able to work out the kinks and the things they had problems with and I could explain myself a little bit,” he said. “They told me to go to work and become a pro. I took what they told me and I tackled it as best as I can. I tried to stay positive throughout the week.”

Nebraska came back with Eric Lee, Lamar Jackson and Cam Taylor in a bit of a rotation against Wisconsin. Lee finished with five tackles in the game while each of Jackson and Taylor finished with two tackles and a breakup.

Jackson said after the game he felt the rotation helped Nebraska against Wisconsin.

“Coach Fisher was mixing in a lot of guys and we were rotating series after series,” he said. “Due to the game and the gameplan it was to set edges and to fill gaps. He wanted to make sure we could stay in there and stay fresh and hit stuff.

“For this game it’s OK. Of course you don’t want to rotate every week because playing cornerback is a rhythm thing. You’ve got to make sure you stay in a rhythm.”

Head coach Scott Frost didn’t announce a starter exactly for the Northwestern game, but said again the the Huskers will look to mix in a few guys opposite of Dicaprio Bootle.

The Wildcats have had an effective passing attack and Frost feels giving a couple different looks and staying fresh might help overall.

“All those guys are going to have to play well this week, Northwestern does a really good job with their passing game. It’s not too many more of those plays to get over the hump, it’s just another guy breaking on a ball, breaking up a pass, it’s a guy getting a sack and forcing a team to punt.”