The string of bad news in Lincoln continued Wednesday night as Nebraska recruiting took a hit.
It’s been a weird week for the Nebraska football team. Already having lost three players off the active roster, the Nebraska recruiting class got into the act with the decommitment of running back Thomas Grayson.
Grayson announced he was reopening his recruiting on Twitter Wednesday night. In a short post he thanked the coaches who had been recruiting him as well as the Husker fans.
While it’s certainly not related, it does continue a rather odd streak of losing players for the Cornhuskers. Yesterday JUCO transfer Will Jackson left the team after it appeared he was becoming buried on the depth chart.
— T.G 🦂 (@thomasgrayson3) August 23, 2018
On Wednesday, Jalin Barnett announced his retirement from the game due to repeated concussions. About an hour later it was announced Avery Roberts was leaving Nebraska for similar reasons to Jacksons.
Thomas Grayson becomes the first member of the 2019 recruiting class that committed to Nebraska and then decommitted. It’s not entirely clear why he rethought being a Husker.
It is possible the rave reviews the Cornhuskers backfield has been getting this fall played a part. Perhaps he realized the running back corps isn’t quite as thin as it looked in the spring.
The good news for Nebraska recruiting is that this isn’t a totally crippling loss. The Huskers still have two another commits in the 2019 class that play running back.
Being one of three running backs in the class likely played an even bigger role in his decision than the current active roster. Still, if he’s reading reports of Maurice Washington making headlines as a true freshman, it’s possible Grayson read the same tea leaves Roberts and Jackson did.
It’s never great to see a Nebraska recruiting target decide he doesn’t even want to try and compete for a spot on the roster. The pain is definitely lessened when looking at the position the Nebraska football team is in even without Thomas Grayson’s addition.