Nebraska football officially announced the signing of former Missouri transfer Williams Nwaneri, who committed to the Huskers on Thursday — the same day he entered the transfer portal.
The former five-star defender entered the transfer portal with a «do not contact» designation which signaled the lineman knew where he was going. Given the way Kansas City area recruiting has gone recently for Nebraska that basically signaled it was all over.
Nwaneri played his high school ball at Lee’s Summit North, where Nebraska recruiting staffer, Jamar Mozee, was the longtime coach until he was hired by UCF to get into the college ranks. Mozee left UCF for a job with Nebraska in the summer and since has been instrumental in the Huskers reclaiming Kansas City as a fertile recruiting area.
The 6-foot-7, 255-pound Nwaneri appeared in four games for Missouri last season, preserving his redshirt. He recorded two tackles and one sack in limited snaps and then entered the transfer portal this week.
Nwaneri is the No. 13 overall rated prospect in the transfer portal according to 247Sports, and out of high school was the No. 6 overall prospect in the country according to 247Sports.