The Nebraska Cornhuskers worked a foot in the door to get Keyshawn Greene to campus, and as the linebacker from Florida left on Sunday, he committed to the program.
Greene announced his commitment on Twitter.
Greene is a Top247 linebacker, who had spent two years committed to Florida State, but decommitted after Willie Taggart was let go. The Huskers went in-home each of the last two weeks and were able to convince Greene and his mother to come to Lincoln this weekend for a visit. The Huskers used a variety of recruiters, obviously Scott Frost and defensive coordinator Erik Chinander were involved, but so to was Sean Beckton, an important recruiter for the program as he often handles the bulk of northern Florida. Barrett Ruud, Nebraska's inside linebacker coach, played a role too, in selling how Nebraska would be using the very athletic defender.
Nebraska will likely use Greene as an inside linebacker when he arrives next summer. The linebacker is one of the fastest defenders in the state of Florida, where he ran a verified 4.49 at a Nike Opening event in Orlando this past winter. At the event, Greene measured in at 6-foot-3, 195 pounds.
The recruitment of Greene was an unusual one, as he was loyal to Florida State for a long time, but the Huskers continued to circle back and the firing of Taggart opened the door some. The Huskers weren't the only team, as Miami was also fighting for Greene as well. The linebacker visited Miami last weekend for his official visit, but his mother never made the trip.
Florida has been quite good for the Huskers this cycle. Greene joins known commitments defensive back Ronald Delancy III, defensive back Henry Gray, defensive back Tamon Lynum and running back Marvin Scott III.
