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)
The only downside for Nebraska wrestling was the 4-3 defeat Ridge Lovett, the top-ranked wrestler at 149 pounds suffered to Arizona State’s Kyle Parco, ranked fourth at the weight class. It was Lovett’s first loss of the season.
Up next are the Big Ten championships on March 9-10.
Nebraska baseball with a series win
The Nebraska baseball team took three of four games over the weekend from Grand Canyon and it started with a 7-2 win on Thursday. Drew Christo was stellar on the mound allowing one run on seven hits with four strikeouts to earn the win.
Josh Caron sparked the Huskers to an 11-1 win on Friday thanks to a couple of home runs. Nebraska scored 11 runs on 17 hits and delivered head coach Wil Bolt his 100th win.
Grand Canyon won 8-5 on Saturday before the Nebraska Cornhuskers notched a 10-8 win on Sunday to win the series (3-1). Cole Evans and Cayden Brumbaugh had two hits apiece for the Huskers in the win. They are now 4-3 overall and will face the College of Charleston in Charleston on Thursday. The first pitch goes out at 1 PM CST.
Nebraska women’s basketball beats down Minnesota
The Nebraska basketball team is the talk of the town, the Nebraska women also olled on Saturday, which was Senior Day, by a score of 70-51. They are 19-9 overall and 11-6 in the Big Ten. Jaz Shelley hit four 3-pointers on her way to 16 points. Natalie Potts tacked on 12 points and seven boards, while Alexis Markowski notched another double-double (10 points and 12 boards).
Nebraska will travel to Illinois next Sunday to close out the regular season.
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