Four-star linebacker Willis McGahee IV, the son of former Pro Bowl running back Willis McGahee, committed to Matt Rhule and the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday. McGahee had offers from some of the top schools in the nation, but opted to leave his home state of Florida to join Rhule's first full recruiting class in Lincoln.
McGahee, a rising senior at Columbus High School in Miami, rates as the No. 232 overall recruit and No. 24 linebacker in the Top247 rankings. He becomes the fourth commitment in Nebraska's recruiting class. Rhule is flexing his national recruiting chops early, adding a Floridian to a class that already includes Nebraskan Ashton Murphy and Texans Roger Gradney and Gibson Pyle.
Despite his production and pedigree, McGahee did not earn an offer from Miami, his father's alma mater. He was previously offered by Michigan, Tennessee and Auburn, among others.