While he’s not getting anywhere near Deion Sanders’s fanfare at Colorado, Matt Rhule is quietly rebuilding Nebraska football after taking over as their new head coach in late November.
While it didn’t work out for Rhule with the Carolina Panthers, he has previously built up competitive programs at Temple and Baylor, radically improving both teams in just a couple of years. That college track record raises hopes of a similar turnaround in Lincoln and the work is already well underway.
The first addition for the Cornhuskers’ class of 2024 came yesterday when Rice Consolidated (Texas) four-star Junior Athlete Roger Gradney announced his commitment on Twitter.