The Nebraska football coaching staff has entered its most active recruiting month of the year.
After hitting the road in May for home visits, Husker coaches expect to see several of those recruiting targets in Lincoln. With Nebraska set to welcome hundreds of high school students to campus for June football camps, and official visits scheduled for the end of the month, there are likely to be fireworks for NU’s recruiting efforts in June.
While Nebraska added three commitments in June 2021 and four commitments in June 2022 under the previous coaching staff, head coach Matt Rhule’s efforts a year ago led NU to add 12 commitments in a one-month span.
That said, fewer under-the-radar prospects may emerge this June because of the connections Nebraska made last summer.
One of his current 2025 commitments, Maize (Kansas) wide receiver Bryson Hayes, earned an offer last June when his 40-yard dash time and overall performance in camp impressed Nebraska coaches. Just as NU coaches evaluated the 2025 prospects a year ago, this year they will also look at the 2026 and 2027 classes.
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The main focus for Nebraska this June is the Class of 2025, which is already starting to take shape.
Here are the key stories to follow during a vital month for Husker recruiting:
Visitor recruitment
Nebraska currently has eight commitments in its upcoming recruiting class, five of whom committed to the Huskers in April or May: Hayes, Lincoln Southwest wide receiver Jackson Carpenter, Littleton (Colorado) Heritage athlete Tanner Terch, Highland (Utah) Lone Peak tight end Bear. Tenney and Orange (California) Lutheran quarterback TJ Lateef.
Nebraska invited dozens of recruits to campus for unofficial visits throughout the spring with a handful of official visits scheduled around the Spring Game.
Several of those targets committed elsewhere, namely Lee’s Summit (Missouri) North wide receiver Isaiah Mozee to Oregon and Lancaster (Calif.) Quartz Hill cornerback Adonyss Currie to Texas A&M, but Nebraska remains a contender for most of the players who visited Lincoln in April.
It’s a strong sign when players who previously took unofficial visits later return for an official visit, and NU has several recruits scheduled to return later this month.
College football programs are currently in a quiet period of the recruiting calendar that runs from May 30 to June 23. Campus visits are permitted during the term, opening up four weekends in which programs could take official visits.
Nebraska has chosen to focus on two of those visiting weekends, June 14 and June 21, where more than two dozen potential 2025 recruits are expected to take official visits. The weekend of June 21 will be the biggest weekend of the summer for NU, with several current commitments taking visits along with state targets and elite national recruits.
camping season
June is as much about the players hoping to get on Nebraska’s radar as it is about the recruits already in the Huskers’ 2025 plans.
Nebraska coaches will spend a portion of the month evaluating current and future prospects during camp competition. Teams can hold a maximum of 10 camps and Nebraska will use all 10 over a 12-day span, with the events officially called Matt Rhule football camps.
Camp in Lincoln begins on Friday, June 7 with one of NU’s major annual summer events, Camp Friday Night Lights. NU’s first FNL camp, typically a chance for high-level prospects from surrounding states to work out in front of Husker coaches, has already reached its registration limit.
NU coaches will hold camps for five consecutive days from June 7-11, a period that includes a camp date for special teams players, a specific session for fullbacks and a camp for graduate players on June 10.
High school seniors, transfers and college players will work out during graduate camp, and it was at that event a year ago that Nebraska coaches discovered James Williams. Williams, a second-year defensive lineman, earned a roster spot and played in four games last fall with a larger role on the horizon this season.
A second FNL camp will be held on June 14, followed by a final high school camp on June 16 and youth camps on June 17-18.
Satellite camps
Not all of the month’s recruiting action will take place in Lincoln.
Just as Nebraska is operating its own camps this summer, many smaller colleges are inviting coaches and athletes from around the country to satellite camps. The relationship is mutually beneficial: Big-name schools attract more players to camps, while NU coaches get to see more players than if they had participated in preparing for the events themselves.
Linebackers coach Rob Dvoracek and running backs coach EJ Barthel began attending Lindenwood University’s camp on Saturday, one of the largest annual summer camps in the Midwest.
Before Nebraska-operated camps begin Friday, most of the NU coaching staff is expected to be in Texas this week for a pair of satellite camps. Husker coaches will attend the Mary Hardin-Baylor Camp in Belton, Texas, on Monday, followed by the Houston Christian Showcase in Houston on Tuesday.
The Hardin-Baylor camp will be based in the Austin and Waco areas, where wide receivers coach Garret McGuire recruits heavily, while defensive line coach Terrance Knighton has boosted NU’s efforts in Houston.
Husker coaches attended both camps a year ago, identifying at least one player who earned an offer from the event and then signed with NU’s 2024 recruiting class: Braylen Prude.
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