{"id":1159057,"date":"2026-02-16T13:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1159057"},"modified":"2026-02-16T13:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:45:26","slug":"nebraska-football-hosting-elite-class-of-2027-offensive-lineman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/nebraska-football-hosting-elite-class-of-2027-offensive-lineman\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska football hosting elite class of 2027 offensive lineman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska is getting ready for a return visit from class of 2027 four-star offensive tackle Oluwasemilore Olubobola. He will return to the spring game on March 28, according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/inside-nebraska\/news\/thursday-tim-bits-latest-nebraska-recruiting-intel-2\/\">Rivals.com\u2019s Tim Verghese. (subscription needed)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Olubobola is the <span>69th-ranked player nationally, the 10th-<\/span>ranked offensive tackle, and the second-ranked player in the 2027 class from New Jersey,\u00a0according to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/oluwasemilore-olubobola-243600\/\"> the Rivals Industry Rankings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The offensive tackle has had a busy visit calendar over the past couple of months. He visited Nebraska on November 1 for the game against the<a href=\"https:\/\/r.search.yahoo.com\/_ylt=AwrNYQIreY5pEAIAsRNXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny\/RV=2\/RE=1772154411\/RO=10\/RU=https%3A%2F%2Ftrojanswire.usatoday.com%2F\/RK=2\/RS=m7wfsGEt95_vwnjYLjXqUyTqbx8-\"> USC Trojans. <\/a>He then <span>visited<a href=\"https:\/\/r.search.yahoo.com\/_ylt=AwrhddFFeY5pKQIATARXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny\/RV=2\/RE=1772154437\/RO=10\/RU=https%3A%2F%2Fgatorswire.usatoday.com%2F\/RK=2\/RS=PLedTUzfX24fhKA.ueSfC0t9R1A-\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Florida<\/a>\u00a0on January 10 and\u00a0<\/span>Virginia Tech on January 31.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Olubobola measures in at six-foot-eight, 270 pounds. He is being recruited by offensive line coach Geep Wade.<\/p>\n<p>This is certainly a positive development for the program. It seems like the offensive line recruiting has seen an uptick since Wade took over. Olubobola would just be another solid notch in the belt for a program that has been trying to find an identity on the line for several years now.<\/p>\n<p><em>Contact\/Follow us<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CornhuskersWire\"><em> @CornhuskersWire<\/em><\/a><em> on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CornhuskersWire\"><em> Facebook<\/em><\/a><em> to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes and opinions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on Cornhuskers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/cornhuskers\/football\/2026\/02\/16\/nebraska-football-offensive-tackle-oluwasemilore-olubobola\/88652863007\/\">Nebraska hosting four-star offensive tackle Oluwasemilore Olubobola<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/nebraska-football-hosting-elite-class-134526115.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/nebraska-football-hosting-elite-class-134526115.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska is getting ready for a return visit from class of 2027 four-star offensive tackle Oluwasemilore Olubobola. He will return to the spring game on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1159057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1159057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1159057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1159057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1159057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}