Three & Out is Nebraska On3’s feature in which recruiting analyst Bryan Munson gives his weekly takes on topical issues concerning Nebraska football and recruiting.
In this week’s Three & Out , we break down the remaining 2025 recruiting targets for Nebraska, the Huskers are getting serious about the 2026 recruiting class, and Nebraska is on quite a run of producing tight ends. Here is your Three & Out:
Class size has doubled in a month; who’s left?
The Nebraska 2025 recruiting class has 14 total commitments. The class has doubled since Jamarion Parker committed to the Huskers on June 5th, and now everyone is asking who’s left.
Nebraska was the last school to host Webber, and it appears to have put the Huskers in a great spot with the long cornerback. He is also considering TCU and Utah, but I hear that the Huskers checked the boxes, and I anticipate Webber will commit to Nebraska later this week.
I haven’t predicted Hawthorne yet, but I am getting closer. Nebraska has some things to overcome. They are head-to-head with the hometown school, Iowa State, but Nebraska has been saying the right things. Put on the film, and you will see a very talented linebacker. The lack of more or bigger school interest is a bit of a head-scratcher.
Things look better with Hawthorne than with Hammerbeck, but things aren’t necessarily bad for the two-way lineman target. There aren’t a lot of players who have risen higher in recent rating updates than Hammerbeck. He’s getting his due. He is also getting a late push from several schools. I don’t feel good enough to put in a prediction for Hammerbeck to go to any school, and he will announce this week or next, more than likely.
Jones took his last official visit to Oklahoma and it appeared to go well. He also had an excellent visit to Nebraska, but Jones is talking about taking his time and possibly even more visits this call. Wisconsin is one school he is still considering for a fall official visit. As I have said in Tunnel Talk, I don’t think Nebraska is interested in chasing 2025 recruits into the fall. Jones is an in-state recruit, which likely impacts Nebraska to be more patient with Jones.
Others to think about:
Manutai has been very quiet about all of his recruiting. Nebraska wouldn’t bring Manutai in for an official visit in June if he didn’t have a committable offer. Keep an eye on this one. He’s been looking forward to the official visit to Nebraska since earlier this year.
Like Manutai, Pietrzek has been quiet. I have heard a few things, though, and I think Oklahoma was in the lead during his official visit to Nebraska. He had a good visit, but Kansas State is pushing hard. It will be interesting to see what happens here.
Nebraska has been pushing, and TJ Lateef has been helping with the push. Can the Huskers get Terry to look past the hundreds of miles difference in distance from home to Lincoln versus some of his closer options? Can they get him to recall the promise of a young quarterback he saw at the spring game?
The offensive tackle spot will keep Nebraska searching for recent decommits or recruits that emerge through the first three games of the fall. Even if the Huskers get Hammerbeck, you have to think they will be interested in adding another offensive tackle to go along with Brian Tapu and Hammerbeck.
Nebraska is getting serious about 2026 recruits
Nebraska wants to use its time in July and beyond to get going with the 2026 class. Is it early? Not really. Not anymore, at least, based on how rules have changed timelines. The quarterback board, which coach Glenn Thomas has done a great job filling with new names, has been nearly cut in half in a month.
Eight quarterback recruits who had offers from Nebraska came off the board and committed to other schools since June 1. We all know a quarterback is typically the first position for a run on commitments. It’s the position a school needs to have in the class to allow the rest of the class to take shape.
While Nebraska is dialing up the interest in 2026 quarterbacks around the country and doubling the size of the 2025 recruiting class, it’s been easy to lose the effort that the recruiting department for Nebraska has been making for other 2026 recruits.
This week, we look at what’s left on the 2025 recruiting board for Nebraska, getting serious about the 2026 class, and Nebraska is on quite a run of producing collegiate tight ends.
2026 recruits that have recently tweeted Nebraska edits:
Brock Boyd
Dveyoun Bonwell-Witte
Colsen Gatten
Hudson Parliament
James Dunnigan
Camden Jensen
Isaac Jensen
DaShawn Prince
Jayden McGregory
Most of the edits were for area recruits, and overall, there are few defenders and not enough offensive linemen. Still, Nebraska is beating the drum for 2026 recruits. It will be interesting to see which recruits make it to Lincoln for the end-of-summer recruiting weekend before fall camp starts.
Nebraska is making changes and accelerating its timelines. However, it still seems like Nebraska is behind a bit when it comes to recruiting, and it is. Nebraska is one of six teams in the Big Ten without a 2026 commitment (USC has four 2026 commits, and three schools have two).
The Huskers need to start laying out the plan for the top area players to return to Nebraska in July and several times in the fall, given their visitor-friendly schedule to start the season. Nebraska must get 2026 and 2027 recruits on campus early and often this fall.
Lots of tight ends from Nebraska
Here’s a trivia question for you. Obviously, it’s tight end related, and the theme is “tight ends from the state of Nebraska.” It’s a two-part question:
When was the last year that a tight end from Nebraska wasn’t signed by a P5/P4 or a G5 school, and how many tight ends have been signed since then?
The first answer is: 2015. Are you shocked? Because I was surprised when I started to do the research.
The second answer is even more shocking. Since the 2016 class, 26 tight ends have signed with a P5/P4 or G5 school.
I was amazed. And the run on tight ends won’t end next year because Isaac Jensen is already holding several D1 offers, including one from Nebraska.
Jensen has the chance to be different. He’s built a little differently than Chase Loftin or Carter Nelson , who were arguably the best tight ends from Nebraska in the last two years. There is more potential for Jensen to be more of a true tight than a jumbo X/flex Y.
If there was a spot for Nebraska to miss on an in-state position, it’s tight end. That doesn’t mean Matt Rhule and his staff weren’t interested. They absolutely were. Reiman Zebert had an official visit scheduled to Nebraska before choosing Stanford, and Loftin took his trip to Lincoln before he chose Florida State.
Something just seemed off when Nebraska took Bear Tenney . It seemed like Nebraska knew they wouldn’t get one of Zebert or Loftin (or both) and took Tenney when he wanted to commit. Looking back, it was a great move, and Tenney is a player who can play more tight or H-back right away for Nebraska.
Nebraska is in a good spot next year with Isaac Jensen and Camden Jensen , the No. 1 player in Colorado. The streak of tight ends from Nebraska to sign a letter of intent will remain intact after the 2026 class.
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