After year-plus NCAA dead period, the June recruiting bonanza is finally about to begin | Football

Schools will use the workouts for different reasons, but mostly to evaluate whether to offer a player a scholarship. In some cases, it might help clear up a pecking order for potential transfers. Nebraska, of course, is always looking to sort out its list of potential walk-ons, too.

Nebraska has multiple official visitors already confirmed for each of the four weekends of June. For comparison, NU hosted 11 official visitors in the spring and summer of 2019, so it is planning to approximately double that number this year. 

Any 2022 player who wants to use all five visits next month has to make at least one mid-week trip, since the quiet period only includes four weekends. NU will have at least a couple of those later in the month in tight end Gabe Burkle (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and offensive lineman Jake Maikkula (Littleton, Colorado).

First, though, the Huskers are kicking things off by having at least eight confirmed official visitors next weekend.

Among the group: Quarterback Richard Torres (San Antonio, Texas) and running back Justin Williams (Dallas, Georgia).

“Me, personally, I’ve been to one college, but I’ve never been far away to see what any other schools look like,” Williams, rated a four-star prospect by Rivals and a three-star by 247Sports, told the Journal Star earlier this spring. “It’s really exciting because I finally get to see what colleges and facilities look like in person instead of just in photos and videos and stuff.”