The gain: Offensive lineman Dwayne Johnson, a 6-foot-6, 275-pound tackle prospect from Houston, made it known Tuesday morning that he is picking Nebraska over Arkansas.
For those who follow Husker recruiting closely, the road to Johnson?s decision was filled with fans looking for any clues that might determine whether he would be a Husker or a Razorback.
There was plenty of guessing the past two weeks. On Tuesday, the big man
took the guessing out of it.
"Nebraska was just a better fit for me," Johnson told
BigRedReport.com."That is really what it all came down to. I have tremendous relationships with the coaches. ? It?s a great class. We are going to get on the field and go and get it done. We are ready to take this to a Big Ten championship and then eventually on to winning a national championship."
That was the addition.
The loss: Athlete Tre?Vell Dixon (Baldwin, La.) apparently decommitted from Nebraska a second time, with his coach Marquis Newsome telling
HuskerOnline.com on Tuesday morning that the player visited Arizona State over the weekend and now is planning on signing with the Sun Devils.
"It caught a lot of coaches by shock," Newsome told the recruiting site. "We were kind of biased towards Nebraska because Bo Pelini came from down here ? so we all wanted him to go to Nebraska because we thought that would be his best opportunity for him to pursue and excel. But he had to ultimately make this decision for himself, and he felt Arizona State was a better choice for himself."
But as the day continued, there was some buzz that Dixon to Arizona State was not a certainty.
The recruit, who at one point was the Huskers' first commit of this class, has had Nebraska, Arizona State and Houston on his short list.
At this point, only Dixon's letter of intent will tell for sure.
He is one to watch.
The other is Jacquille Veii. The athlete from Gaithersburg, Md., will announce whether he is going to Nebraska, Maryland or Iowa at 10:30 a.m. CST.
Veii was one of three recruits to visit Lincoln this past weekend. He has done well to mask where he is leaning heading into the announcement.
At first glance, this signing day does not seem to carry the drama for Nebraska as some past ones, which included announcements by five-star recruits such as Owamagbe Odighizuwa and Andrus Peat.
But you can never know for sure, and rumors about a late "silent commit" traveling around the Husker fan base Tuesday made sure to keep everyone on their toes.
Whether anything of the sort comes to fruition, Nebraska perhaps cashed in its biggest recruiting gain of the stretch run by picking up Johnson.
The recruit became the fourth offensive lineman in this Nebraska class. Interestingly, three of those linemen recruits ? Johnson, Chongo Kondolo and Matt Finnin ? all committed after visiting together on the same weekend of Jan. 18.
Johnson, whom Nebraska fans already are calling "The Rock," confirmed reports of his commitment on Twitter on Tuesday, posting a picture of himself in a Husker jersey.
Tweeted the lineman: "Sorry to let all the Razorback fans down but (I) had to do what I felt what was best for me."
I just needed an excuse to use the Captain Kirk Tantrum Gif.
