Huskers news: A transfer QB to watch, elite 2026 recruit to visit, more

The Huskers are in Las Vegas to take on the Utah Utes for the Las Vegas Bowl on Wednesday, but the offseason chatter follows Nebraska football, and every program, wherever it goes.

Unless your team is playing in the College Football Playoff, the focus is more on next season than winning the bowl game. For Nebraska football, that means finding a transfer portal quarterback.

TJ Lateef has a chance to lay claim to the Huskers’ starting quarterback job this week. Regardless, Nebraska football will need more bodies in the room, which has just one scholarship QB heading into next season.

The Huskers need at least two. Dana Holgorsen told the media on Monday that dominoes will fall quickly. That means Nebraska will have to act quickly.

Aidan Chiles is a name to know. He’s expected to visit the Huskers next month. But Steve Sipple of Husker Online also noted that Notre Dame’s Kenny Minchey is a quarterback for watch for Nebraska football.

The four-star QB coming out of high school in the 2023 class completed 20 of 26 passes this season for the Irish for 196 yards. He also ran seven times for 84 yards and a touchdown. Minchey lost the starting QB battle to CJ Carr last fall. Would he be willing to compete with Lateef for the Nebraska starting job?

We shall see but those are two quarterbacks Nebraska fans should have on their radar. The portal opens on Friday.

Huskers eye a big-time 2026 recruit

As much as the 2026 Nebraska football recruiting class has been criticized, the recruiting cycle isn’t over just yet, and the Huskers have made a move with a blue-chip defensive tackle, Dylan Berymon.

Berymon is the top-ranked recruit who is uncommitted, according to 247 Sports, which has the 6-foot-2, 330-pound defensive tackle ranked 97th overall. He’s ranked 199th overall via the 247 Sports composite rankings.

Out of Monroe, Louisiana, Berymon committed to Texas over the summer, only to reopen his recruitment in November. That’s when Nebraska football offered. The Huskers are one of two teams in the mix for his commitment. Kentucky is the other.

Both programs will host Berymon for official visits next month. Watching his tape, Berymon is exactly what Nebraska needs on the interior. During his first two seasons of high school football, he had 10 sacks. He’s explosive and disruptive.

This is a golden opportunity for the Huskers to add a blue-chip talent at a major position of need.

First Nebraska basketball loss of the season

The Nebraska women’s basketball team hosted USC in a top-20 matchup on Monday, but the Huskers fell short 74-66, making that the first loss between either Nebraska basketball program.

Britt Prince scored 18 points. The Huskers built a 20-12 lead at the end of the first quarter, but the Trojans cut the deficit to just two at the break, then outscored Nebraska 29-14 in the third quarter to pull away.

The men’s basketball team will put its 12-0 record on the line against New Hampshire on Tuesday night. Tip-off time is set for 8 PM CST on BTN. The women will play at Iowa on Thursday in another ranked matchup. That game will tip at 1 CST on the Big Ten Network.

New Hampshire (4-8) is ranked as the No. 330 team in college hoops via KenPom. Nebraska basketball is 23rd in that same metric, with the No. 35 adjusted offense and the No. 26 adjusted defense. Those are Final-Four type metrics (I know it’s 12 games), but this Huskers team is balling.

This is the final tune-up before the restart of Big Ten play on Friday, with a massive ranked matchup against Michigan State at the Vault.

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