Signing Day 2012 - Latest News

Running back

6-foot-1, 220 pounds

Gainesville, Ga. (North Hall High School)

Wide receiver

6-foot-2, 195 pounds

Lombard, Ill. (Montini Catholic High School)

Offensive lineman

6-foot-5, 270 pounds

Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta High School)

Offensive lineman

6-foot-5, 274 pounds

Arvada, Colo. (Arvada West High School)

Quarterback

6-foot-2, 210 pounds

Cibolo, Texas (Steele High School)

Cornerback

6-foot-2, 200 pounds

Eastern Arizona Junior College

Linebacker

6-foot-3, 215 pounds

South Jordan, Utah (Bingham High School)

Tight end

6-foot-4, 240 pounds

Lincoln (Southeast High School)

Running back Imani Cross has committed to Nebraska, according to Rivals.com. Cross is a 6-foot-1, 220-pound running back who was deciding between NU and Kentucky.

Highlights of tight end Sam Cotton, of Lincoln Southeast High School.

Highlights on linebacker Thomas Brown, of Junipero Serra (Gardena, Calif.).

Highlights on Avery Moss, defensive end from Corona Del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.)

Highlights on defensive end Greg McMullen, of Hoban High School (Akron, Ohio).

Michael Rose, linebacker at Rockhurst (Kansas City, Mo.) High School.

Highlights of LeRoy Alexander, wide receiver from Whitmer (Toledo, Ohio).

Highlights of Zaire Anderson, linebacker from Riverside (Calif.) CC.

Highlights of linebacker Jared Afalava, of Bingham High School (South Jordan, Utah).

Highlights offesive lineman Cory Whitaker, of Vista Murrieta (Calif.) High School.

Highlights of wide receiver Jordan Westerkamp, of Montini High School (Lombard, Ill.)

Highlights of cornerback Mohammed Seisay, of Eastern Arizona CC.

Highlights of offensive tackle Paul Thurston, of Arvada (Colo.) West High School.

Highlights of quarterback Tommy Armstrong, of Steele High School (Cibolo, Texas).

Defensive tackle

6-foot-3, 300 pounds

Edwardsville, Ill. (Edwardsville High School)

Defensive tackle

6-foot-3, 295 pounds

Keller, Texas (Fossil Ridge High School)

Athlete

6-foot-2, 170 pounds

Winnfield, La. (Winnfield High School)

The Nebraska football team made a big splash with a pair of oral commitments made at a prep all-star game on Tuesday.

Nebraska had considerable success with the last juco linebacker it recruited -- a tackling enthusiast named Lavonte David.

Each week the Journal Star takes a look at the performances of athletes who have committed to or are being recruited by the Nebraska football team.

A three-star prospect, Westerkamp was ranked by Rivals.com as the 10th-best high school senior in Illinois in the preseason.

NU's key visitor is 6-foot-4, 290-pound Evan Goodman, an offensive lineman from Lakeland, Fla. Both Scout.com and Rivals.com have him rated as a four-star prospect.

Deion Jones, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound all-stater, was sold on Nebraska after forming a close relationship with new NU secondary coach Corey Raymond.

Jordan Westerkamp has been a key element of a Montini Catholic team that has won two straight Class 5A state championships in Illinois.

"We don't recruit individually. We recruit as a team. So guys I'm recruiting, everybody is recruiting," new recruiting coordinator John Papuchis says, adding that the Huskers could make a greater recruiting push in states like Ohio and Florida going forward.

Linebacker

6-foot-1, 220 pounds

Riverside (Calif.) Community College

Athlete

6-foot-2, 190 pounds

Toledo, Ohio (Whitmer High School)

Defensive end

6-foot-5, 255 pounds

Akron, Ohio (Hoban High School)

Linebacker

6-foot-6, 210 pounds

Gardena, Calif. (Junipero Serra High School)