Branson Yager is sold. Nebraska has virtually everything he’s looking for.
“Virtually” is the key word, because the offensive lineman from Grantsville, Utah, still hasn’t physically been to campus. But the 6-foot-7, 332-pound three-star prospect saw enough since the Huskers offered him a scholarship six weeks ago to make things public Monday night, committing as the fifth known member of NU’s 2021 class.
The fan base is “insane,” Yager said. His head coach and position coach — Scott Frost and Greg Austin — are both alumni. The new facilities are impressive. Plus, he has grandparents and other family 350 miles away in Scott City, Kansas, a place he still visits two or three times a year.