Nebraska Cornhuskers news: Dylan Raiola gets a card, more

The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team has a new star in Dylan Raiola. He's the kind of talent that isn't just a star in what will be his new home state before too long. He's the got talent to be a national star.

Trading Card and Collectibles company Panini America wasted very little time in signing a deal with Raiola, one day after the quarterback officially signed with the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

The 5-star quarterback announced the deal on social media. In doing so, he talked about how this was one of the dreams

"Always dreamt of what it would be like to have my own trading card," he wrote on X. "Excited to announce that I've signed my first exclusive NIL deal..."

More Nebraska Cornhuskers news

• Yet another member of the Nebraska volleyball team is headed elsewhere. This time it's middle blocker Maggie Mendelson. She's the third Husker volleyball player to enter the transfer portal since the team lost in the National Championship game last Sunday. Mendelson joins Caroline Jurevicius and Whitney Lauenstein in departing Lincoln in the past week.

• It's not just volleyball players that are on their way out the door. The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team has seen a few departures since the transfer portal opened. Among them is wide receiver Barron Miles Jr. The pass catcher hasn't gotten on the field all that much but he has distinguished himelf in the classroom since coming to Lincoln.

• The Nebraska Cornhuskers will have to deal with an Indiana under new leadership for the next few years at least. After Indiana fired Tom Allen they hired James Madison's James Cigneti, who is certainly not short on confidence. It also doesn't appear that he's short on being kind of a jerk. Watching this man coach in the Big Ten in a program that has been downtrodden for decades is certainly going to be interesting.