Nebraska football’s 2027 recruiting class is already loaded, and the Huskers may not be done climbing.
With 21 commitments in hand, Nebraska has built a group that includes nine blue-chip prospects - four-star recruits or better - and that puts the class at 42 percent blue-chip. Five-star quarterback Trae Taylor headlines the haul, while top-100 names like Tory Pittman and Jordan Agbanoma give the class real national punch. That’s good enough to have Nebraska sitting 17th in the 247 Sports composite team rankings.
And with signing day still five months away, there’s still room for the Huskers to push into territory they haven’t reached since Bill Callahan was coaching in 2005: a top-15 class.
One of the biggest swings still on the board is five-star tight end Ahmad Hudson. On Friday, Sean Callahan of Husker Online reported that Nebraska likes where it stands with Hudson, and the buzz around the program is clearly positive. Recruiting experts haven’t started projecting a flip, but the Huskers are very much in the mix.
Trae Taylor has already been a major factor in the recruitment of Khalil Taylor, and he’s also helped Nebraska’s chances with Hudson. The idea here is simple: the former Battle of the Boneyard teammates could end up back together in Lincoln if Nebraska lands the flip.
That kind of move would help Nebraska finish where it wants to finish. If the Huskers add Khalil Taylor and Hudson, the class would jump to 23 commitments, including two five-stars and nine four-stars. That would put Matt Rhule in position to sign a class that looks every bit like a top-15 group.
Taylor is expected to choose Nebraska on Monday, though Penn State is still expected to keep fighting for him. The Nittany Lions will try to flip Taylor, just as Nebraska is trying to flip Hudson.
Still, the bold call here is that Nebraska wins both battles.
The other prediction: no flips out of Nebraska’s class. Fans may shrug at that and assume every commitment is temporary, but so far the Huskers have only had one actual flip in the 2027 cycle, when three-star wideout Kaden Howard switched to Georgia Tech. Nebraska hasn’t lost any other commitments, and there’s no reason to expect that to change.
The program has also built what sounds like a strong NIL foundation for its elite pledges, including Khalil Taylor and the rest of the top-end group. That should make it harder for other schools to pry away Nebraska’s biggest names.
Miami and LSU have been poking around Pittman. Texas A&M is still involved with Agbanoma.
Ohio State has already made a run at Trae Taylor. Those schools may keep pressing as the fall arrives, but the prediction here is that Nebraska holds the line and signs its first top-15 recruiting class in more than 20 years.
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