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Nebraska Football: 3 instant impact signees from 2020 class

By Connor Muldowney

LINCOLN, NE - NOVEMBER 29: Head coach Scott Frost of the Nebraska Cornhuskers watches the team warm up before the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Memorial Stadium on November 29, 2019 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)
LINCOLN, NE - NOVEMBER 29: Head coach Scott Frost of the Nebraska Cornhuskers watches the team warm up before the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Memorial Stadium on November 29, 2019 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) /
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The No. 20 recruiting class in the country is headed to Lincoln as Scott Frost continues his rebuild of Nebraska football in 2020 and beyond.

Scott Frost’s first two seasons at Nebraska have been somewhat underwhelming. After turning UCF around in a couple of seasons, Cornhusker fans are wondering when that type of drastic turnaround is coming to Lincoln.

In his first season with the Cornhuskers, Frost went 4-8 and followed that up with a 5-7 campaign after starting the season ranked in the AP Top 25.

Recruiting hasn’t slowed down a ton, though, with the Cornhuskers landing the No. 20 class in the nation for 2020 which is good for fourth-best in the Big Ten. There should be some incoming players who will impact the program in a positive way from day one.

Which signees will have an immediate impact for the Cornhuskers?

The defensive line will see a massive overhaul next season with all three starters departing. It’s going to be tough replacing Carlos Davis, Darrion Daniels and Khalil Davis next season, but Nebraska’s top-ranked early enrollee defensive end should help ease the pain of those losses.

Blaise Gunnerson may have to fight fellow incoming signee Jordon Riley from Garden City Community College for snaps, but he has the size at 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds and potential to be a day one contributor. He’s quick off the snap, gets to the quarterback with relative ease and should transition well by the summer with spring ball under his belt.

Riley, on the other hand, may transition to the interior defensive line as a 330-pound specimen, so that could leave Gunnerson as one of two incoming defensive ends vying for time.

Gunnerson is ranked the No. 478 overall prospect in the class as well as the 18th-best strong-side defensive end, according to 247Sports.

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