Caleb Greenn arrived in Lincoln as a commit to the Missouri Tigers and will leave town for home as a commit to the Nebraska football team. For the second straight weekend, the Huskers hosted a player they were trying to flip from a rival program and pulled it off again.
Green’s commitment was announced early Sunday morning, just off his first official visit to the Cornhuskers. 6-foot-1, 215-pound defensive lineman earned an NU offer last week during a camp appearance and then returned this weekend for his official visit. Those two weekends were enough to convince him that Green should flip the school he’d given his pledge from the old Big 8 rival to a Big Ten team that is badly trying to rebuild and reload after a very weak and very small 2026 class.
Some of the Huskers’ ability to flip Green was based on a bit of luck. The 3-star linebacker had been committed to Missouri since April, but continued to pick up interest from other programs. He had been slated to officially visit Michigan State last week, but the Spartans filled up on linebackers, and Green camped at Nebraska instead. One of those Spartans’ linebacker commits was Matthew Brady, whom Matt Rhule and Co. were hoping to score for themselves.
Green is coming off a productive junior campaign in 2025, where he tallied 145 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks. He also forced a fumble and recovered a fumble for Lee's Summit North. Despite those big numbers, he’s been a relatively under-the-radar prospect. He’s rated as the No. 59 linebacker and the No. 11 player in Missouri in the 2027 class.
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Caleb Green commitment extends Nebraska football’s hot recruiting run
The fight for Caleb Green might not be entirely over. The linebacker is scheduled for an official visit to Missouri next weekend. The belief right now is that his commitment to Nebraska means he will no longer take that trip, but recruiting always has plenty of twists and turns.
Assuming Green sticks with his pledge through signing day, he would become the fourth player from Lee's Summit North High School in Kansas City (MO) to join the Huskers since assistant head coach Jamar Mozee arrived in Lincoln in 2024.
Nebraska clearly believes that a pipeline into the Kansas City area is important, and that belief began with Mozee’s son, Isaiah. A member of NU's 2025 recruiting class, originally a wide receiver, converted to running back this past season and appeared in all 13 games as a true freshman. After totaling 383 all-purpose yards last fall and reportedly adding significant weight during the offseason, the younger Mozee is expected to take on a larger role in 2026.
Caleb Green is the 18th commitment for Nebraska in the 2027 class and is the second this weekend. As further proof that the Huskers believe KC is a place where they want to pull lots of talent, the linebacker is the second commit from Missouri this weekend. On Saturday, wide receiver Justyn Lindsay became the first commit of this visit weekend. Like Green, the Cornhuskers entered the race for Lindsay very recently and closed the deal quickly.
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