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Nebraska football was busy offering scholarships this past weekend, plus more in our Nebraska Cornhuskers news roundup.

Matt Rhule and Nebraska football aim for the stars and this past weekend, they extended scholarship offers to two of the best recruits in the entire 2025 class — David Sanders and DJ Pickett.

Sanders is a five-star offensive tackle who is 6-foot-6, 270 pounds and is ranked as the No. 1 offensive tackle in the 2025 class. He’s also ranked second overall according to the 247 Sports composite rankings.

Nebraska football quarterack Dylan Raiola has reached out and is recruiting the elite offensive tackle. The Huskers were in the mix with Brandon Baker in the 2024 class and Donovan Raiola has been doing an exceptional job on the recruiting trail for the Huskers.

If Sanders takes a visit this spring, then I’d take the Husker as a serious threat. But it’s good to see them extend the offer, just like they did with five-star defensive back DJ Pickett on Saturday.

Pickett is 6-foot-2, 170 pounds, and ranked seventh overall in the 2025 class according to the 247 Sports composite rankings. The five-star safety resides in Tampa. Nebraska has found success in Florida but Phil Simpson, who had strong ties to the area, was recently hired away by Florida State.

LSU, Georgia, Oregon, and Miami are all getting official visits from Pickett, so the Huskers have work to do but the next step is a visit. Until then, the offer doesn’t mean much, just like with Sanders.

Beyond those recruits, Nebraska offered a total of four players on Saturday, plus seven more offers in the 2025 class on Sunday. 

Matt Ludwig, a 6-foot-4, 230-pound athlete was also offered by Nebraska football on Sunday. Ludwig is a zero-star recruit now in the 2026 class but won’t be for long. He’ll be ranked No. 1 in Montana and I’ve seen him live a few times — he’s legit, like seriously legit.

He plays tight end, receiver, quarterback, and defensive line. He reminds me of Carter Nelson in some ways and I’m glad to see the Huskers get in the mix early.

Nebraska Cornhuskers get top-20 win in wrestling

The third-ranked Nebraska wrestling team went on the road and defeated 19th-ranked Arizona State on Sunday to wrap up the regular season. The Cornhuskers won seven matches in the dual, including one by bonus points on their way to a 26-9 victory over ASU, which improved their mark to 12-2 overall.

Here are the full results via Huskers.com.

No. 3 Nebraska 26, No. 19 Arizona State 9
125: No.  24 Richard Figueroa (ASU) dec. No. 7 Caleb Smith 4-3 (ASU 3, NEB 0)
133: No. 16 Jake Van Dee dec. No. 27 Julian Chlebove (ASU) 8-6 (NEB 3, ASU 3)
141: No. 7 Brock Hardy dec. No. 18 Jesse Vasquez (ASU) 6-1 (NEB 6, ASU 3)
149: No. 4 Kyle Parco (ASU) dec. No. 1 Ridge Lovett 4-3 (NEB 6, ASU 6)
157: No. 3 Jacori Teemer (ASU) dec. Ethan Stiles 7-2 (ASU 9, NEB 6)
165: No. 15 Antrell Taylor dec. Chance McLane (ASU) 11-5 (NEB 9, ASU 9)
174: Bubba Wilson dec. Cael Valencia (ASU) 1-0 (NEB 12, ASU 9)
184: No. 3 Lenny Pinto dec. No. 27 Tony Negron (ASU) 7-4 (NEB 15, ASU 9)
197: No. 13 Silas Allred tech. fall Jacob Meissner (ASU) 21-6 (4:35) (NEB 20, ASU 9)
HWT: Nash Hutmacher dec. no contest (ASU) FF (NEB 26, ASU 9)

Chris has worked in sports journalism since 2005 writing for multiple newspapers and websites such as the Bleacher Report and Fansided before starting Husker Big Red, A fan site for hardcore followers of the #Huskers offering articles, podcasts, videos and more exclusive content on all things Nebraska

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