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Future Nebraska football QB Daniel Kaelin had a solid day at the Elite 11, plus a new crystal ball, and more Nebraska Cornhuskers news.

Many Nebraska football fans seemed to be glued to Twitter or constantly refreshing the recruiting website to get updates on Daniel Kaelin at the Elite 11 quarterback competition.

That’s how passionate Huskers fans are. There wasn’t much written about Daniel Kaelin on Wednesday night. He wasn’t among the top quarterbacks listed, but it was reported by On3 on Thursday that the 2024 Nebraska football commitment completed 15-of-20 passes and scored a 43.

Here’s what Charles Power of On3.com wrote about Kaelin’s workout Thursday:

“It was a solid session from Nebraska commit Daniel Kaelin. He was fairly accurate in this structured setting with only a few obvious misses. We charted him as accurate on 15/20 passes. The Elite 11 staff score for Daniel Kaelin is 43. I’d add that Kaelin does not have an overwhelming arm, but was able to make some nice throws there.”

A few of the throws Kaelin made are circulating on Twitter and here are some of the highlights.

Regardless of what happens at the Elite 11, I’m incredibly excited about Kaelin as the future Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback. Kaelin isn’t ranked in the top 11 right now by 247 Sports but I still think he’s helped himself in the effort to get a fourth star this week.

And at the end of the day, guys throwing in shorts, without a pass rush, really doesn’t mean a whole lot. It’s not actual football so take it with a grain of salt.

New crystal ball projection for Nebraska football in 2024

Three-star offensive lineman Jake Peters was just offered by Nebraska football last weekend. This weekend, he’s taking an official visit to the Nebraska Cornhuskers and it feels like there’s a good chance he winds up committing.

That feeling is backed up by a new crystal ball projection from Iowa 247 Sports insider Sean Bock. Peters is 6-foot-3, 265 pounds, and ranked as a three-star by 247 Sports, yet is unranked in the composite rankings.

Peers earned a Nebraska offer last week with a strong showing at one of the Husker camps. Nebraska football was the first Power-5 program to offer the interior offensive lineman and my guess is the Huskers land him if they push for a commitment.

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In case you missed it, Jordy Bahl announced her transfer to the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Thursday. It’s a tremendous move for the softball program, which now has two All-Americans and a total of seven players that earned All-Region or All-Conference a season ago.

Bahl was the Most Outstanding Player in the Women’s NCAA softball tournament posting a 7-0 record for Oklahoma on the way to the Sooners winning a national title. She went 4-0 in the Women’s College World Series and didn’t allow a single run in her 24 innings pitched.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers were already solid enough to make the NCAA tournament a season ago and with the addition of Bahl, they’ll be a legit contender to win the Big Ten and make the College World Series.

Beyond that, you never know. With an elite pitcher, just about anything is possible.

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Nebraska Football lands athletic playmaker in JD Crisp

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Nebraska football continues to recruit for the 2024 class. They picked up a commitment from 2024 wide receiver JD Crisp on Wednesday afternoon. Crisp played both sides of the football in high school, playing both defensive back and wide receiver for Second Baptist High School.

He is not ranked in the 247Sports regular or Composite Rankings. However, he does have a solid offer sheet.  Crisp had seven offers in total, including one from Minnesota. He was officially offered by the program on September 16 and quickly made his decision.

It’s also worth noting that his recruitment was active throughout the summer. He attended Texas A&M Aggies camp on June 14. At the very least, he garnered interest from a prominent Texas school. That is notable in of itself.

What could he bring to Nebraska football?

It’s interesting that he is a two-way player. He played both the receiver and safety positions in high school. As far as Nebraska is concerned, I could certainly see him playing at receiver. He has as a tremendous amount of athleticism, and played mostly on the outside and high school. Crisp was very good at catching in space, and making contested catches and tight windows.

Playing receiver would make sense for him, given Nebraska’s lack of depth at the position moving forward. He has the agility and ability to become a solid piece if developed properly.

Nevertheless, he has overall qualities that could make him a good safety as well. This coaching staff loves the opportunity to work with athletes and molding them as they see fit. His ability to fire off the football and read a play certainly stands out.

The commitment of Crisp adds to a 2024 recruiting class that ranks 24th overall nationally. The class itself is stacked with talent. It currently has 25 commitments in total.

It will be interesting to see what Crisp can do for Nebraska football. He is definitely more of a project player. Nevertheless, his athleticism and speed is intriguing. One of this coaching staff’s strengths is identifying how players fit into the program. They will have to do that with Crisp.

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Nebraska Cornhuskers news: Jeff Sims still not 100 percent, a flip attempt, and more

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Nebraska football QB Jeff Sims still isn’t 100 percent, plus more Nebraska Cornhuskers news.

One thing we know for sure about the Nebraska football quarterback situation is that we won’t know anything until kickoff on Saturday against Louisiana Tech.

Matt Rhule said that he won’t be making any announcements prior to the game, similar to last week, about the starting quarterback. Marcus Satterfield told reporters on Tuesday that Sims took “50-55 percent of the snaps” so he’s improving, but according to Rhule, he’s still not 100 percent.

Rhule indicated that Sims is throwing the ball well. The Nebraska Cornhuskers just want to see some more movement skills out of their starting quarterback. One of the starting quarterbacks I should say since Sims and Heinrich Haarberg were listed as co-starters this week on the depth chart.

We’ll see how it plays out. If Sims is healthy, I expect that he will get the start or at least play, but with how thin Nebraska football is at running back, both quarterbacks will probably be needed, especially with their prowess for pounding the rock.

Nebraska Cornhuskers aiming to flip Michigan State 4-star

Andrew Dennis is a 6-foot-5, 275-pound offensive lineman rated as a four-star prospect by the 247 Sports composite rankings. He’s out of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, and has been committed to Michigan State since April but Nebraska football is one of many programs to throw out a recent offer.

We don’t know if Dennis has any plans to visit Nebraska football. He’s been offered by Auburn, Stanford, Penn State, and Purdue just since Monday. I wouldn’t get too serious worrying about Dennis until he takes a visit to Nebraska, but if that happens, watch out.

It’s at least a name to keep on the radar and a decommitment definitely seems possible with the situation going on at Michigan State with Mel Tucker getting fired.

Nebraska Cornhuskers Big Ten basketball schedule released

We knew which teams Nebraska basketball would play in the 2023-24 Big Ten season but got the official schedule on Tuesday. The Huskers released it on their official Twitter account.

Nebraska basketball will open Big Ten on December 6th against Minnesota on the road. Fred Hoiberg’s first conference home game will be against Michigan State on December 10th.

The schedule is fairly balanced in terms of the home and road games. The Huskers have consecutive home games twice on the conference schedule. Nebraska has also back-to-back road games twice.

My first impressions though, are that Nebraska basketball is capable of a winning season in Big Ten play, which would definitely keep Fred Hoiberg in place and likely, would give the Huskers a realistic shot at making their first NCAA tournament since the 2014 season.

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Nebraska football is trending for a priority target, plus more Cornhuskers news

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Nebraska football seems to be closing in on the commitment of three-star athlete Caleb Benning, plus another win for volleyball.

For the first time this season, Nebraska football fans are enjoying a victory Monday following the Huskers’ 35-11 win over Northern Illinois on Saturday.

It was an important win for plenty of reasons. But Matt Rhule’s team needed some momentum. The Huskers got it with that win and now, they are picking up momentum with top recruiting target Caleb Benning.

Benning has been one of the top high school players in the state this fall. He was injured last year, which slowed down his recruitment, but the Huskers have been putting on the full-court press and hosted him for a visit during the game on Saturday.

After that, Benning told reporters how much he wanted to play in the Nebraska football defense. He also said that a decision could be “pretty soon” which sounds like great news for the Huskers.

Over the weekend, Nebraska football also picked up a new expert projection to land Benning from Bryan Munson of Husker Online. This was after another recent crystal ball from 247 Sports.

The On3 prediction machine now gives the Huskers a 91-percent chance to win the commitment of Benning, while all of the crystal ball projections agree. Even Greg Smith, a former Nebraska insider who covers Midwest recruiting for rivals, also projected Benning to Nebraska.

The 5-foot-10, 183-pounder is one of the top targets left on the board along with the likes of Grant Brix, Brandon Baker, and Jayshawn Ross. His addition to the 2024 class would be huge and regardless of his ranking, Benning is a player the Huskers need on their roster in the future.

Nebraska volleyball notches another top-25 win

The Cornhuskers were back in the Bob Devaney Center on Sunday and scored another win over a top-25 opponent, their second of the week with a 3-1 win over Kentucky by the scores of 25-14, 25-22, 23-25, and 25-21.

Merritt Beason was on fire for Nebraska volleyball as she had a team-high 17 kills, a total that was matched by freshman standout Harper Murray. Beason also added three blocks, as did Murrary, but Beason hit .438 compared to .308 for Murrary.

Nebraska had 62 kills compared to 53 for Kentucky, which was limited to just a .243 hitting percentage. The Huskers only had four service aces but Bergen Reilly had 32 assists in the win, while Lexi Rodriguez pitched in with 18 digs and had a perfect serve-receive percentage.

The Cornhuskers (9-0) open Big Ten play this week against Ohio State on Friday at 8 PM CST.

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