Nebraska head coach Scott Frost and his new Husker staff recruited only two former Central Florida verbal commits — big-bodied receivers Katerian Legrone of Atlanta and Justin McGriff of Tampa, Florida.
Both were being recruited at UCF by Sean Beckton, for whom Frost had strong words of praise.
"We're thrilled to have Sean Beckton (at Nebraska) — he's one of the best men that I know," Frost said. "A couple of those kids were committed to him at UCF. They called him and told him that they wanted to play for him and they wanted to play for us. A couple of them we thought were good enough players to be really good in the Big Ten. When they called and said they wanted to come with us, it was an easy decision."
Legrone signed Wednesday, ad McGriff is expected to sign Friday.
A 22-year coaching veteran, Beckton spent a total of 19 seasons at UCF, his alma mater. He coached tight ends in 2016 and 2017 under Frost.
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"I think the person that Sean Beckton is, there are going to be a lot of recruits who are going to want to come play for him," Frost said.