No. 1 quarterback recruit Dylan Raiola has made a major decision about his college future.
Raiola, the consensus top quarterback in the 2024 class, has decided to switch his commitment from Georgia to Nebraska, he told Pete Thamel of ESPN. The quarterback had previously committed to Georgia in May.
NEWS: Top quarterback recruit Dylan Raiola (@RaiolaDylan) told ESPN he’s switching his college commitment to Nebraska from Georgia. He’s the highest-ranked recruit — No. 8 overall in ESPN’s rankings — to pick Nebraska since ESPN began ranking high school players in 2006. pic.twitter.com/20pKClyumt
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 18, 2023
According to Mitch Sherman of The Athletic, Raiola had informed Nebraska of his plans while on an official visit last weekend.
Five-star QB Dylan Raiola has flipped from Georgia to Nebraska and will headline the Huskers’ recruiting class this week as the highest-rated signee for the school in the past quarter-century.
Raiola informed the Nebraska staff while on an official visit to Lincoln last weekend.
— Mitch Sherman (@mitchsherman) December 18, 2023
The decision is likely to have huge ramifications, even if it does not come as a total surprise. Current Georgia quarterback Carson Beck announced Monday that he would return for his senior season, which may or may not have impacted Raiola’s plans. However, it seemed that things had been trending this way for some time.
For Nebraska, this is a coup and the biggest accomplishment of Matt Rhule’s tenure to date. Raiola is the No. 2 overall recruit in the 2024 class, and he has the potential to be a star at the college level. The Cornhuskers were undoubtedly helped by the fact that Raiola’s father Dominic was a star center for Nebraska over two decades ago. The Huskers used that connection to their advantage.
Raiola had initially committed to Ohio State before he reopened his recruitment and chose Georgia. That lasted nine months, and he will now be playing for Nebraska in 2024.
