In reality, the Norfolk Catholic lineman essentially had his decision made as soon as Nebraska head coach Scott Frost offered him a scholarship.
Piper kept his word and took an unofficial recruiting trip to Iowa, the first Power Five school that offered him a scholarship, but he intimated that he would likely make his decision shortly after the trip.
"It's every Nebraska kid's dream to wear the crimson and white," he tweeted. "We never had season tickets but would find a way to take the whole family to at least one game per season where I'd sit next to people I'd never met (who sometimes left me finish off their popcorn) and we'd leave as friends.