2021 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

The 2021 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska as a member of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Scott Frost and played its games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The 2021 Nebraska Cornhuskers were the first team in Division I history to lose nine games by single digits.

2021 NFL Draft
The following players declared for the 2021 NFL Draft:

Recruits
The Cornhuskers signed a total of 20 scholarship recruits and 20 walk-ons during national signing period.

Preseason Big Ten Media poll and awards
Below are the results of the preseason Big Ten media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses. For the 2021 poll, Ohio State was voted as the favorite to win both the East Division and the Big Ten Championship Game. This is the 11th iteration of the preseason media poll conducted by Cleveland.com, which polls at least one credentialed media member for each Big Ten team. Only three times in the last 11 years has the media accurately predicted the Big Ten champion.

Below are the results of the annual Preseason Big Ten Player of the Year awards conducted by Cleveland.com.

Schedule
The Big Ten released a revised conference schedule on February 5, 2021 to correct home/away matchups that were altered from the 2020 COVID-stricken season.

Roster

 * Due to COVID-19, the NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to student-athletes who competed during the 2020-21 season where it would not count against a student's years of eligibility. As a result, all returning players are listed as the same class as 2020.

All-Conference awards
2021 Big Ten Offense All-Conference Teams and Awards