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Dillard authored one of the best comeback stories at Nebraska in recent years. After he suffered a season-ending injury midway through the 2008 campaign, then dropped on the linebacker depth chart during spring ball and fall camp, he was nowhere to be found on the football field during the Huskers first two 2009 contests. The coaches finally let him suit up, as he moved back into the starting lineup for nine of his twelve appearances.Thanks to his hard work under the guidance of Nebraska’s strength and conditioning coach, James Dobson, the staff saw that Dillard was a “new man.” No longer playing the “battle of the bulge,” more the result from inactivity due to large amounts of time recovering from his rash of injuries, he developed into the perfect compliment playing behind Nebraska’s renowned defensive front wall.“Obviously this is the best shape I’ve been in, and Coach Dobson has stayed

of him played that day and about how much fun he had helping coach them from the sideline. Dillard wasn’t bothered at all that he hadn’t played a snap. As he told his father, he did his part. “His dad said he was literally sobbing after he got off the phone,” Ek

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eler recalled, “just saying, ‘Thank you, God. He finally gets it. It’s not all about him.’“At that moment, I just kind of went, ‘Wow.’ ” That moment, in part, led to another this weekend when Dillard began his professional football career.

Mike Ekeler’s cell phone rang one Saturday last September. The caller ID indicated it was Tyrone Lynn, one of his best friends. Still, Ekeler didn’t want to answer.Hours earlier, Nebraska had beaten Arkansas State, 38-9. The game was never in doubt and the Cornhuskers had emptied the bench late in the game. But for the second week in a row, one key player and team leader didn’t see the field. That was Lynn’s adopted son, Phillip Dill

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ard, who had lost his starting job at linebacker after butting heads with the coaching staff at the end of the previous season.Ekeler, Dillard’s position coach, put the phone to his ear and braced for the worst. “This,” Ekeler recalls Lynn telling him, “is the greatest day of my life.” The father told the coach how his son was breathlessly ecstatic about the team’s victory, about how well the junior and two freshmen ahead

Linebacker Phillip Dillard authored one of the best comeback stories at Nebraska in recent years in 2009. Dillard suffered a season-ending injury midway through the 2008 season, then dropped on the linebacker depth chart during spring ball and fall camp. However, Dillard moved back into a starting role early in his senior season and never looked back, developing into a leader and play-maker on one of the nation’s best defenses.

Despite not playing in the first two games, Dillard finished second on the team with 83 tackles, including 11 tackles for loss and three sacks. Dillard was at his best in Big 12 play, registering at least five tackles in each of the season’s final eight games, including five games with at least eight tackles. His 7.8 tackles per game in conference play ranked ninth in the Big 12.

Dillard’s play helped Nebraska lead the nation in scoring defense and pass efficiency defense, while ranking in the top 10 in total defense and rushing defense. The 6-1, 240-pound Dillard was honored for his play, being named second-team All-Big 12 by numerous outlets.

Dillard made five tackles in his 2009 debut at Virginia Tech. He had a personal-best 12 tackles, including eight solo stops and four tackles for loss against Texas Tech. He had 12 tackles for the second straight game against Iowa State, then had eight tackles, including five solo stops, a pair of tackles for loss and a sack against Oklahoma. He capped the win over his homestate school with a fourth-quarter interception.

Dillard had eight tackles, a sack and a forced fumble against Kansas State, then led the team with eight tackles at Colorado. He had six tackles and a pair of tackles for loss against Texas, before capping his career with a team-high seven tackles in the Holiday Bowl shutout against Arizona.