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Huskers lose commitment from 2025 WR CJ Simon

The Nebraska Cornhuskers lost a commitment from their 2025 recruiting class on Tuesday evening.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers 2025 recruiting class took a hit on Tuesday evening when wide receiver CJ Simon announced he would be decommitting from the Huskers.

“After careful consideration, prayers, and conversations with my family, I have decided to announce that I will be decommiting from the University of Nebraska. I would like to thank the coaches and staff for giving me an opportunity. My recruitment is now open.”

The Moore, Oklahoma native committed to the Huskers on December 2 over offers from Kansas, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech.

With Simon’s decommitment, the Huskers now hold three commitments in their 2025 recruiting class, including running back Connor Booth, defensive tackle Tyson Terry, and running back Caden VerMaas.

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Nebraska offers four-star Florida safety Dallas Golden

The Nebraska Cornhuskers offered one of the country’s top safties over the weekend.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have extended an offer to one of the country’s top safeties. 2025 Berekely Prep (Tampa, Florida) standout Dallas Golden reported an offer from the Huskers over the weekend.

Golden is considered a consensus four-star prospect by all the major recruiting services ranging anywhere from the No. 57 overall player in the country to No. 210 overall.

On top of his offer from the Huskers, Golden also holds offers from Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Iowa, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas A&M among others. Overall, Golden has reported nearly 40 scholarship offers in his recruitment.

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2024 Nebraska signee among top performers at Polynesian Bowl

Nebraska’s 2024 tight end signee Carter Nelson continues to impress on the all-star game circuit.

2024 Nebraska tight end signee Carter Nelson put together a strong performance at the All-American Game earlier this month and is now impressing at the Polynesian Bowl in Hawaii.

On Wednesday, Nelson was named one of the top performers from day two of the Polynesian Bowl’s practices by Rivals. He was listed alongside Notre Dame wide receiver signee Logan Saldate, Arizona running back signee Jordan Washington, Utah quarterback signee Isaac Wilson, and UCLA wide receiver signee Kwazi Gilmer.

Nelson is ranked as a four-star recruit across the recruiting industry including both by 247Sports and Rivals as a top 100 prospect in the country. Nelson was the Huskers’ second-highest ranked prospect in the class only behind quarterback Dylan Raiola who is ranked by three of four services as a top-10 prospect.

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Nebraska offers impressive 2027 wide receiver Antayvious Ellis

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have offered a 2027 wide receiver out of Texas who put up impressive numbers this fall.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers on Wednesday extended an offer in the 2027 recruiting class to Antayvious Ellis. An impressive 6-foot-0, 170-pound wide receiver out of Crowley, Texas.

Ellis was very productive in his freshman season for Crowley, recording 36 receptions for 719 yards and seven touchdowns in 11 games. Thanks to his strong freshman season, the Texas native has already received offers from Arizona State, Baylor, Nebraska, Oklahoma, TCU, Texas Tech, UNLV, and UTSA.

Ellis is now just one of nearly two dozen prospects in the 2027 recruiting class to receive an offer from the Huskers including one of five wide receivers.

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Nebraska offers rising 2026 offenisve lineman out of Texas

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have offered an impressive 2026 offensive lineman out of Texas.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers on Wednesday extended an offer to 2026 offensive lineman John Turntine III.

The North Crowley High School standout stands at 6-foot-5 and 300 pounds. He also held offers in his recruitment from Baylor, Houston, Miami, Nebraska, Oklahoma, SMU, TCU, Texas, and Texas Tech. A strong offer sheet for the rising junior to say the least.

Turntine currently is unranked across the recruiting industry. While he is being recruited as an offensive lineman, Turntile does play both ways for North Crowley, playing defensive tackle as well.

The Cornhuskers currently do not hold any commitments in their 2026 recruiting class but do hold four commitments in their 2025 recruiting class in WR CJ Simon, RB Conor Booth, DT Tyson Terry, and DB Caden VerMaas.

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In-state tight end receives offer from Nebraska

Nebraska has extended an offer to an in-state tight end coming off a big junior season

The Nebraska Cornhuskers already have four commitments in their 2025 recruiting class and are looking to add to that group.

On Wednesday, Springfield native and Platteview standout Reiman Zebert reported an offer from the Huksers on X. The offer is the first for Zebert in his recruitment.

In nine games for Platteview this fall, Zebert recorded 28 receptions for 677 yards and seven touchdowns. He also had 11 receptions for 170 yards and a touchdown as a sophomore in 2022.

Matt Rhule and the Huskers hold three commitments from in-state prospects as part of their 2025 recruiting class: Caden VerMaas, Tyson Terry, and Connor Booth. They also have a commitment from Oklahoma wideout CJ Simon.

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Cornhuskers offer standout athlete from Lincoln

The Nebraska Cornhuskers offered a tight end from just down the street on Wednesday.

The Nebraska Cornhusker’s coaching staff was busy on Wednesday extending offers to multiple recruits in the 2025 recruiting class. One of those offers went to a prospect just down the street from Memorial Stadium.

Jackson Carpenter, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound athlete out of Lincoln Southwest, picked up an offer from the Huskers. The Huskers join Kansas as Football Bowl Championship programs to offer Carpenter. He also has offers from top Football Championship Subdivision programs North Dakota State, South Dakota State and Northern Iowa.

On Wednesday, the Huskers also offered in-state athlete Pierce Mooberry and tight end Reiman Zebert. Nebraska has commitments in the 2025 recruiting class from safety Caden VerMaas, defensive lineman Tyson Terry, running back Connor Booth and wide receiver CJ Simon.

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Nebraska offers Omaha linebacker Pierce Mooberry

Nebraska has extended an offer to an in-state athlete out of Omaha

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have extended an offer to in-state linebacker prospect Pierce Mooberry out of Millard North in Omaha.

The Huskers are Mooberry’s third scholarship offer joining Iowa State and Minnesota. The Omaha native received the offer directly from Huskers head coach Matt Rhule according to his tweet.

Mooberry finished a junior season with Millard North that saw the 6-foot-4, 205-pound athlete record 87 tackles including 48 solo tackles. He also had two interceptions while recording 218 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns on the offensive side of the ball.

The Huskers currently hold four commitments in the 2025 recruiting class including three commitments from in-state prospects Caden VerMaas, Tyson Terry, and Connor Booth. They also hold a commitment from Oklahoma wide receiver CJ Simon. Notably, VerMaas also hails from Millard North in Omaha. Terry another Omaha native attends Omaha North.

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Cornhuskers flip: Former Miami linebacker Vincent Shavers commits to Nebraska

Vincent Shavers commits to Nebraska on National Signing Day.

Days after opening up his recruitment, three-star linebacker Vincent Shavers committed to Nebraska. Shavers had been committed to Miami till this past weekend but is now heading to the Big Ten.

The commitment from Shavers, a three-star recruit, comes after he took an official visit to Nebraska over the weekend. It points to another great job of closing the deal by Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule.

The 6-foot-1, 205-pound linebacker from Miami Central (Miami, Florida) also held offers from Arizona State, Cincinnati, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisville and Rutgers among others.

In eight games this season, Shavers had 46 total tackles, seven sacks and a pass defended.

 

It was certainly a good recruiting weekend for Nebraska as they landed five-star quarterback Dylan Raiola over the weekend. Raiola had previously been committed to Georgia but after his official visit to the Cornhuskers, he flipped to the Big Ten program.

Two big flips for Nebraska…certainly not a bad weekend for Nebraska.

REPORT: Huskers add Baylor transfer QB Blake Shapen to list of targets

Add Baylor quarterback transfer Blake Shapen to the list of potential quarterbacks for Nebraska.

Michigan State transfer Sam Leavitt and Ohio State transfer Kyle McCord are two of the most recent names to be discussed at the quarterback position for Nebraska when it comes to the transfer portal targets. But there is another name to throw in that group as well.

That name would be Baylor transfer Blake Shapen, according to multiple reports, including from the Omaha World-Herald and Husker Online. Communication between the two sides has gone as far as Cornhuskers offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield meeting with Shapen recently in Waco.

Shapen was originally a three-star prospect in the 2020 recruiting cycle out of Shreveport, Lousiana, committing to Baylor over about a dozen other scholarship offers, including Arizona State, Ole Miss, UCLA, and USC. Notably, he committed to the Bears after the departure of Matt Rhule from the Baylor program.

During his career with Baylor, the 6-foot-0, 192-pound quarterback played in 27 games, completing 63.7% of his passes for 5,574 yards with 36 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. This season, Shapen appeared in eight games for Baylor, completing 61.7% of his passing attempts for 2,188 yards and 13 touchdowns while throwing just three interceptions. He also has 184 career rushing yards and six touchdowns on the ground.

On top of Leavitt, McCord, and now Shapen, another name that has been discussed and will be worth keeping an eye on is Kansas State transfer Will Howard.

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