Driving for 6: An interesting midweek LB visit and an early set-up on a big recruiting weekend

Husker inside linebackers coach Barrett Ruud surveys the scene at practice March 11 at Hawks Championship Center.

Curtis recently listed NU among his top six schools along with home-state Vanderbilt, Virginia and three more SEC schools in Kentucky, South Carolina and Mississippi State. Such is the challenge of recruiting high-profile kids from Tennessee or anywhere in the Southeast.

“We do get the Big Ten schools, but (Nebraska head coach Scott Frost and staff) were the first time that Nebraska’s recruited here,” White said. “I think what people have to fight from the Big Ten here is that these kids, they’re so engrained with the SEC mantra and if they’re good enough, which Devyn is, it’s hard to pull them out of that.