Nate Boerkircher has always wanted to play for the Huskers, so when the opportunity finally arrived on Saturday, he didn't waste any time.
The Aurora standout wondered for years if he'd get the chance to play for Nebraska and was enjoying the latest of countless unofficial visits to Lincoln when he was approached by Kenny Wilhite, NU's director of high school relations and the man who oversees much of the walk-on recruiting process.
u203cufe0fExtremely blessed to commit to the University of Nebraska and join its walk-on traditionu203cufe0f Thanks to everyone who got me to this point!