Nebraska hosting Utah transfer portal offensive lineman Tyler Knaak
Nebraska is not done trying to add to the 2023 football roster. HuskerOnline confirmed on Monday with Utah transfer portal offensive tackle Tyler Knaak that he is on an official visit to Lincoln.
The 6-foot-6, 305-pound Knaak resides out of Cottonwood Heights (Utah) and will have four years of remaining eligibility after redshirting this past season in Salt Lake City. He got to Lincoln on Sunday and will leave Tuesday morning.
Knaak was highly regarded out of high school with scholarship offers from USC, Utah, Oregon State, Arizona State and Virginia.
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Tyler Knaak would fill a long-term need for Nebraska
Head coach Matt Rhule and his staff have been very particular about adding new players throughout the spring transfer portal cycle.
In December, we saw the Huskers add 11 scholarship players from the transfer portal. They have not added any scholarship players from the portal since then.
If NU could land Knaak, it will fill some of the void of losing out on Stanford’s Walter Rouse to Oklahoma. Rouse was committed to Nebraska for a few days before switching to the Sooners. The other big difference is Knaak would have four years to learn and develop at Nebraska, whereas Rouse had just one season of eligibility remaining.
The tackle position on the offensive line continues to be one of the more questionable, as the Huskers have three veteran players returning in Teddy Prochazka, Bryce Benhart and Turner Corcoran. Still, after that, there is not much depth in the program.
NU’s players are on break and will not return to Lincoln until May 31 to begin summer workouts.
