Nebraska Football: Huskers lose transfer player just days after commit

The Nebraska football team thought it had a big offensive lineman joining the roster. Then he decided to go to Oklahoma instead.

Such is the trials and tribulations of attempting to add talent through the transfer portal. On Wednesday, former Stanford offensive lineman Walter Rouse announced he had committed to play for the Nebraska football team. On Saturday afternoon, the offensive tackle announced he was instead headed to the Oklahoma Sooners.

Now Matt Rhule and company have a rather interesting decision ahead of them. Do they go after another offensive lineman to try and fill that gap? Or do they just move ahead with what they have on the roster at the moment?

When it comes to what happened with Walter Rouse, he promised in a tweet that he would explain the process in an interview with 247Sports on Monday. He added that he called Brent Venables on Friday and informed him that he’d changed his mind and no longer wanted to be a part of Nebraska football. It’s worth noting that no where in the tweet does he say when or if he let Rhule know his decision before the announcement.

This particular portal flip stings. Those no two ways about it. It especially stings because it means the Nebraska football team lost out on its last two top offensive line transfer targets. Earlier in the week, former Baylor lineman Micah Mazzccua chose the Florida Gators over the Cornhuskers.

Nebraska Football Defection Stings

If there is a bright side to Walter Rouse abruptly changing his mind on where he wants to play football next year, perhaps it’s this:

I’ve spent most of the week trying to convince Nebraska football fans on Twitter that there is no chance that Malik Hornsby will change his mind and come to Lincoln rather than Texas State. Maybe there’s still a chance?