One transfer departure Nebraska football should try to get back

Roster management is more difficult than ever in college football, especially because Nebraska football and other programs don’t even know what the rules will be.

There are supposed to be roster limits at some point in the future. However, it looks like those will be pushed back or that current players will be grandfathered in, so we don’t know what that’s going to look like for the 2025 season.

The potential roster limit is probably why some Nebraska football players entered their names in the transfer portal this spring, including two who were competing for playing time — D’Andre Barnes (cornerback) and offensive tackle Grant Seagren.

The 6-foot-6, 305-pound offensive tackle out of Oakland, Nebraska, will be a redshirt sophomore this season. He came on the radar a few weeks ago when Nebraska football head coach Matt Rhule talked about him as a press conference.

Rhule said he would be a starter someday. Seagren entered the portal this week and other programs were quick to pounce. Wisconsin, Rutgers, and Washington State have each offered.

The former tight end/basketball player grew into an offensive tackle and played in seven games last season as a redshirt freshman. He caught seven passes for nearly 200 yards as a high school senior. That’s the kind of athlete you want playing tackle.

Seagren was competing at right tackle. Even if he didn’t end up as a starting tackle this season, Nebraska football could use more depth, and a swing tackle would be valuable.

Seagren could have been that this season, in addition to being another candidate for the future. Others were ahead of him on the depth chart for a season.

But Seagren is ascending, and Nebraska football should try to persuade him to remove his name from the portal. He’s worth keeping.

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