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Athletic Career
Athletic Accomplishments
Career Highlights
All-State football
Member of three state runner-up football teams
Teams & Seasons
Football
Boys Basketball
College Athletics
CollegeUniversity of Nebraska
College AthleticsNebraska Cornhuskers football — four-year letterwinner (1998–2001), 2001 team captain, Second-Team All-Big 12, four-time First-Team Academic All-Big 12
Personal
ProfessionalChicago Bears (2002) · Dallas Cowboys (2002–2004) · Amsterdam Admirals, NFL Europe — All-NFL Europe (2004)
The Story
Dave Volk did it in two sports at Battle Creek, then did it again in Lincoln.
He left as an all-state football player, an all-state basketball player, the school’s all-time leading scorer on the hardwood, and a member of three state runner-up football teams.
He walked into the Nebraska program in 1998 and stayed four years, lettering every season and captaining the 2001 Huskers while earning Second-Team All-Big 12 honors and making First-Team Academic All-Big 12 four times.
The NFL came next: Chicago signed him in 2002, followed by periods with Dallas and with the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe, where he was named All-NFL Europe in 2004.