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Valen Erickson, a 6-foot-6, 310-pound offensive lineman from Chicago, committed to Nebraska football’s 2022 class Friday.



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Parker Gabriel and Steven M. Sipple discuss the “vibe” around the Nebraska football team on the eve of fall camp.



Nebraska found an offensive lineman it liked this spring and moved swiftly.

The Cornhuskers on Friday landed a verbal commitment from Valen Erickson, a Chicago offensive lineman who only first started earning widespread attention back in April.

That’s when the high school football season in Illinois finally got played after the state postponed the fall season due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Erickson (6-foot-6 and 310 pounds) showed well enough for St. Rita High in Chicago for the Huskers to offer in mid-April. Two weeks later, he attended the Red-White Spring Game on his own.

Over the next couple of months, Erickson steadily added scholarship offers. Even as recently as June 7 and 8, he landed offers from Louisville and in-state Illinois, respectively.

By that time, he had already taken his official visit to Lincoln.

Erickson made a return trip to Nebraska for an unofficial visit late this week and was able to see the Huskers open camp. That was enough for him to make up his mind and 

Erickson is the first offensive line prospect in the 2022 class for Nebraska. At the college level, the Huskers believe he could end up either at tackle or at guard.



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