Today<\/em> on Thursday and opened up on the emotional video.\ufeff<\/p>\n"Rough… it was hard to \ufeffwatch," the brothers agreed.<\/p>\n
Wilson's dad revealed the teen had actually told his family not to pay attention to the press conference beforehand.\ufeff<\/p>\n
"It happened quickly and it kind of took us all by surprise when we watched it," Lee said.<\/p>\n
\ufeff"The tears started, there was a bit of a family hug, then we sat in silence and processed it for a bit.<\/p>\n
"\ufeffHe sent a message, he's OK, (he said) 'ignore the press conference' before we had watched it, and then we watched it straight away."<\/p>\n
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Wilson's mum admitted it was emotional watching the video, but says her son is doing OK.\ufeff<\/p>\n
"\ufeffI spoke to him as soon as I woke up yesterday morning. He was absolutely fine," she said.<\/p>\n
"You can see when he walks off at the end of the video\ufeff he's fine, he just broke down in those few moments.<\/p>\n
"He actually went on to do another hour of press after that and he was fine. They just captured that one moment\ufeff. He got asked about his family and he clearly misses us, he couldn't control his emotions."<\/p>\n
Wilson attempted to hide his face in his arm before he eventually composed himself and continued to respond to the reporter's question.<\/p>\n
"They know this is what's best for me," Wilson said of his family.<\/p>\n
"It's good I can still talk to them plenty over the phone.<\/p>\n
"They're coming here to see the first few games, so I'm looking forward to that.\ufeff"<\/p>\n
\ufeffNebraska football coach Matt Rhule admitted Wilson was the "most interesting man in the world", with the Australian talent's background in Aussie rules coming in handy.<\/p>\n
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Rhule noted Wilson's ability to kick with both feet was an impressive skill that had him convinced that, even though the young star had never played organised gridiron before, that he would be ready to take on the challenge of college football.<\/p>\n
"I've never enjoyed punt periods in my life, but it's my favourite period of practice right now," Rhule said.<\/p>\n
"I just could watch Archie punt all day. I've never seen anything like it, so it's like watching a YouTube short. The guy is amazing."<\/p>\n
Australian punters have been prominent in college football in recent years, with Joe McGuire (Ohio State) and James Rendell (Notre Dame) both featuring in the national championship game last season.<\/p>\n
If Wilson is to compete in Nebraska's \ufefffirst game of the season, he will take to the field at the home of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, Arrowhead Stadium.<\/p>\n
That match against Cincinnati will kick off at 11am AEST on August 29. \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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