Another visit to Lincoln for a talented commit came with some peer recruiting news Conor Booth, the three-star running back out of Bishop Neumann High School, visited Nebraska for the UCLA game. He caught up with HuskerMax after the visit.

Dawson Merritt committed to Alabama in June, but by keeping a strong relationship with him, Nebraska was able to flip Merritt's pledge.

A highly-rated linebacker flipped his commitment to the Cornhuskers on Thursday night. Dawson Merritt of Blue Valley High School in Stillwell, KS, announced that he would no longer attend the Alabama Crimson Tide and would now commit to Nebraska.

Dawson Merritt, the son of Kansas City Chiefs defensive backs coach Dave Merritt, has made a significant flip in his college recruitment.

The Alabama Crimson Tide have now lost a commitment from their 2025 recruiting class for what is the second consecutive day, as Dawson Merritt officially flipped to the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Thursday night.

The Nebraska football team rarely collects recruiting wins over Alabama. Yet head coach Matt Rhule and company pulled the unimaginable on Thursday: Flipping a Crimson Tide commit to the Cornhuskers. Four-star edge rusher Dawson Merritt pivots to Nebraska after previously committing to Alabama.

Four-star linebacker Dawson Merritt has flipped from Alabama football to Nebraska. Merritt told On3 on Thursday. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Stillwell, Kansas native had been committed to the Crimson Tide and coach Kalen DeBoer since June 26 with outside linebackers coach Christian Robinson listed as his primary recruiter.