Thomas Fidone officially became a Husker tight end at about 8:20 a.m. Wednesday.
And after he signed his national letter of intent, the top-ranked recruit in Nebraska’s 2021 class grabbed his phone and caught Nebraska coach Scott Frost and offensive coordinator Matt Lubick on FaceTime.
“Can we start teaching you the signals now?” the coaches asked Fidone.
No doubt, the Nebraska coaching staff is excited to get the nation’s top tight end prospect, according to 247 Sports, on campus. Fidone is just as excited to get to Lincoln.
The list of Fidone’s scholarship offers was about as loaded as dad’s Christmas shopping list for Lowe’s. Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State, Texas A&M, LSU, Penn State, USC …
So when Nebraska limped to a 1-4 start in an abbreviated Big Ten season, Fidone received text messages from other coaching staffs, checking to see if Fidone had second thoughts about his Husker commitment.
You sure you want to go there?
“Some would throw some shade at Nebraska, which is how recruiting goes, really,” Fidone said moments after signing Wednesday. “Obviously I stayed 100% with Nebraska and I’m just ready to go there and turn things around.”
Fidone, who caught 43 passes for 845 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior at Lewis Central in Council Bluffs, Iowa, didn’t waver. The thought of helping rebuild the Husker brand made him more pumped to get to Lincoln, and his relationships with Frost and Husker tight ends coach Sean Beckton were not like the others he had formed.
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