Top Nebraska football signee rallies support to keep star target in-state

As the Nebraska football team works hard to secure some commitments as we enter the dead period, the Huskers coaches are ensuring they’re not the only ones working on guys like Christian Jones. There’s been some heavy peer recruiting for one of the state’s best prospects in the 2025 class as well.

Enter one Caleb Benning. While Dylan Raiola and Daniel Kaelin have gotten the most attention for working on peer recruiting, Benning might be hte best choice for Jones. After all, the two were teammates at Omaha Westside. Who better to make the pitch that they could be teammates again. 

Benning also isn’t leaving anything up in the air. While he works on Jones, he’s trying to get some help of his own. So he took to social media to try and get the pressure really put on the 4-star linebacker and get him to commit to the Nebraska football team.

Benning quote tweeted a post from his former high school teammate that showed Christian Jones on an official visit with the Huskers. He added the caption, “everyone tell him to stay home.”

Though the tweet was mostly a joke to show the Westside star how much Cornhuskers fans wanted the linebacker to stay in-state, it also did get plenty of people to tweet their support.

The fight for Jones could be nearing an end. It’s not necessarily an automatic Cornhuskers win considering the interest and attention he’s gotten from some of the best programs in the country.

For a while now, Jones has been seen as a lean towards NU. Benning might simply be making sure that he understands how important it is for him to call Lincoln home. Nebraska football fans and coaches, and players are certainly hoping that’s the deal.