A 6:40 Wake-Up and a Broken Wrist
By 7 a.m., Barrett Kitrell is already in the weight room. He does not have far to go. Kitrell lives right across the street from Ashland-Greenwood High School, where summer weights start early, and the routine has become part of his everyday life.
Even with a broken wrist, the Nebraska commit has not stopped working. He has simply adjusted. “So right now I have a broken wrist,” Kitrell said, “and that kind of hinders it a little, but not too much.” That answer says a lot about Kitrell’s offseason.
The cast has changed what he can do, but it has not changed how he approaches the summer. He is still waking up around 6:40 a.m., still getting to school for 7 a.m. weights and still preparing for one final season at Ashland-Greenwood before he enrolls at Nebraska as part of the 2027 recruiting class. “So I wake up at around 6:40. I live right across the street from the school, so our weights start at 7,” Kitrell said…