Fact or Fiction: Javion Hilson is a near lock to Texas

Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney and national recruiting analyst John Garcia Jr. along with Tim Verghese of InsideNebraska.com and Jack Knowlton of TideIllustrated.com tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION.

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1. After experiencing the environment at Nebraska last weekend, the Huskers have the edge for 2026 five-star OL Jackson Cantwell.

Gorney’s take: FICTION. Nebraska could definitely end up getting Jackson Cantwell, I’m just not sure any program has an edge right now in his recruitment. It doesn’t seem like that’s how the five-star is operating his recruitment. Instead, Cantwell is going to be at Missouri next weekend for the Vanderbilt game and then I expect him to take multiple SEC visits before making a decision.

Yeah, there are plenty of signals that Nebraska is in very good shape here. But I’ve also been told that Cantwell is going to make his choice off which program could develop him for the NFL. That could very well be at Nebraska especially if the Huskers keep building into a contender under coach Matt Rhule but I just don’t think any team has the edge right now.

Verghese’s take: FACT. There’s a long way to go in Cantwell’s recruitment but Nebraska has multiple factors working in their favor and Saturday’s win over Colorado only helped their chances. Cantwell has built strong relationships with Matt Rhule, offensive line coach Donovan Raiola, Director of Player Personnel Keith Williams, among others. Nebraska’s physicality in the…

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Publish date : 2024-09-15 13:44:48

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