Unsurprisingly, a major part of the focus for the Nebraska football team this spring practice session has been around starting quarterback Dylan Raiola. There’s been talk about how he’s growing as a leader and reshaping his body to have an even better 2025.
Despite the rave reviews of the way Raiola has looked in practice and the way he’s behaved in the locker room, there are some people who haven’t bought in just yet. Don’t count Rivals recruiting analysts Tim Verghese among those who has any doubts about the soon-to-be-sophomore.
I genuinely think there's just some people out there that saw the middle-year Dylan,” Verghese told Hurdat Sports about the Nebraska football quarterback. “Like that UFC game, and certain things, and are just like 'out'. And I think that's a little weird when I'm talking to other people, and they're like, listen, there's a lot of people selling, not even selling, but just like not really talking about Dylan.”
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“I'm buying all the Dylan stuff. We were at Pro Day and we're watching him throw these like hole shots down the sideline. It's just it's a machine, they're giving them snap, guys are releasing and then right around when they hit the 25-yard line, the next guy's releasing and it's automatic from Dylan.”
The recruiting analyst also addressed some claims people made about Raiola. They saw the same clips he was talking about and claimed that “any quarterback” can make those kinds of throws. Vergehese shot that down right quick.
“I've been to Elite 11 consistently; it's not even good quarterbacks miss these things. He is in there and he's it's a machine. It's consistent. He's in a zone right now.”
“Talking to people on what we've seen in practice, talking to people that have been in practice, he's been at another level this spring; that, yeah, I have all the confidence in the world.”
Nebraska football fans might want to buckle up. With a new offensive coordinator, some new weapons and some new confidence, it sounds like Dylan Raiola is about to show people some things.