Four-star 2025 QB throws for Nebraska coaches — and other camp notes

“It’s gotta be natural,” the Nebraska quarterback said on Saturday as he worked the second of Matt Rhule’s football camps inside Hawks Championship Center

Though Purdy instructed a group about 10 campers, one got the most attention: Stone Saunders, the 2025 four-star quarterback who worked up a vigorous sweat over several hours. The junior-to-be from Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) Bishop McDevitt High School has thrown 100 touchdowns in his first two prep seasons and is a clear priority target for the Huskers.

As he threw, Purdy, starting NU quarterback Jeff Sims and 2024 quarterback commit Daniel Kaelin watched. Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield put Saunders and others through a series of drills that included hurdling over a stack of three blocking pads, after which a quarterback tried to hit the middle of a net.

The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Saunders managed the drills well, although the footwork drill, as modeled by Purdy, was a challenge for all of the QBs.

Saunders has made the rounds this spring and summer, with Nebraska clearly near the top of his list. He threw at Clemson in early June, and visited Rutgers and Notre Dame, among others, in April. Kentucky and Iowa are in the mix for Saunders, as well.

On the opposite side of the Hawks Center, Bellevue West receiver Isaiah McMorris got a full workout from NU wide receivers coach Garret McGuire. The 6-foot, 170-pound McMorris, who had more than 1,000 yards receiving last season for the Thunderbirds, has an official visit scheduled for Nebraska on June 23, but the Huskers’ camps will have ended by then. Saturday was McMorris’ chance to learn from McGuire.

Against a variety of camp instructors in neon shirts, McMorris ran routes into defenses and caught passes from Sims. McGuire, often in the role of defensive back, instructed McMorris after a series of routes before McMorris would begin again.

“They tell me they need, and, with my skillset what it is, I could be all around the field, not just one position me,” McMorris said earlier this week. “I could come out of the backfield, play running back. Just a do-it-all receiver. They really want me to be a Husker.”

NU also extended an offer to Cedar Falls (Iowa) offensive tackle Jake Peters, who previously had offers from Army and FCS teams, among others.

The vast majority of campers did not appear to hold Husker offers heading into the day. Saunders and McMorris did, as does 2025 Algona (Iowa) edge rusher Jack Limbaugh, whose mom, Amber Holmquist, was a Husker All-American volleyball player. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound Limbaugh has offers from Iowa State and Kansas State as well.

NU also coaches showed interest in 2024 Henderson (Nevada) Liberty High School lineman George Dragovich, a 6-foot-4, 320-pounder who doesn’t appear to have any collegiate offers. Another prospect of note was 2026 Des Moines (Iowa) North defensive back Jayden McGregory, a 6-2, 178-pound athlete who received an offer from Iowa State earlier this week.

The Huskers hosted a specialist camp in the afternoon.