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Top Nebraska signee Thomas Fidone is putting in prep work for a breakout spring


OMAHA, Neb. — The Nebraska football weight room is going to feel otherworldly next week to Thomas Fidone.

In fact, a fitness center wedged into a strip mall would appear luxurious by comparison to the space in which Fidone worked for the past two months to ready his body for the rigors of college.

Too often, athletes get serious about injury prevention only after they endure a major setback. For Fidone, the four-star tight end out of Council Bluffs (Iowa) Lewis Central blessed with a rare combination of size, speed and skill, the primary obstacle in his way to an NFL career is not grounded in achievement or potential.

It’s the challenge of playing healthy. And staying healthy.

So four times a week since his senior season of high school ended in early November, Fidone has worked with Grant Eberly, co-owner of First Pick Performance, to strengthen the areas of Fidone’s lower body most susceptible to wear and tear.

Fidone has…





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