BLAIR, Neb. — Of all the senior football players in the Omaha area, Blair linebacker Jake Schany was the only one Wednesday to sign a FBS national letter of intent.

"There's guys walking on,'' Schany said.

But you're the only one getting scholarship money right away.

"I hadn't thought about it that way,'' the first-team All-Nebraska defender said amid the laughter from his parents and Blair school officials at the signing.

"It's a cool thought."

Schany is one of four known Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I) scholarship recruits from Nebraska, the smallest class from the state in many years. The Metro Conference was shut out for the first time in recent memory, maybe for the first time since the National Letter of Intent program started in 1964.

Only Lincoln Southeast tight end Sam Cotton, son of NU assistant coach Barney Cotton, signed with the Huskers. That, too, is believed to be an all-time low in instate recruits.

Giltner linebacker Drew Ott signed with Iowa. Lincoln Southwest's Tay Bender already is enrolled at Kansas State and the quarterback/athlete recruit had no signing ceremony.

Besides football, college soccer, track and field and cross country teams also began their signing periods on Wednesday.

Schany said Ohio coach Frank Solich was planning to not recruit any other high school players at linebacker and was bringing in only one junior-college player.

"I've got a good feeling,'' Schany said. "When Coach Solich visited me about a week ago that was the icing on the cake."

High schools reported these signings:

Ashland-Greenwood: Rylee Murphy, North Platte Community College, softball

Bancroft-Rosalie: Jessica Tietz, Morningside, basketball

Bellevue West: Bo Liekhus, North Dakota State, football; Kayla Johnson, South Dakota, track and field; Taryn Derickson, South Dakota, track and field; Cody King, Midland, football

Elkhorn South: Tiffany Hottman, UNO, tennis; Keithan Karn, Morningside, basketball

Gretna: Payton Samuelson, Northwestern College, volleyball; Jordyn Wollenburg, Morningside, basketball

Grand Island: Kaitlin Hehnke, Nebraska-Kearney (UNK), softball; Krista Van Wie, Nebraska, swimming; Sydney Trosper, UNK, softball; Emmie Farrar, Jessie Farrar, MidAmerica Nazarene, soccer; Bria Rasmussen, Iowa State, volleyball; Fallon Kostbahn, Concordia, track and field; Andrea Voss, Concordia, basketball; Zandria Cole, Wayne State, golf; Julia Ecklund, Briar Cliff, volleyball; Tom Swanson, track and field, Navy; Hannah Roberg, Morningside, volleyball; Nick Wenz, UNK football; Buomkuoth Lual, Chadron State, football; Jake Brunner, Doane, baseball; Justin English, Nebraska, track and field

Kearney: Trey Anderson, UNK, football; Grady Donohoe, Fort Hays State, football; Tony Jenniges, Fort Hays State, football; Nicole Potthoff, UNK, soccer; Nate Mishou, Midland, soccer; Nolan Zimmer, Northwest Missouri, track/cross country; Jacob Olson, Nebraska, track/cross country

Lincoln East: Aaron Bohl, Minnesota State Moorhead, football; Gabe Garbin, Creighton, soccer

Lincoln Pius X: Jeff Aylward, Doane, football; Richie Rice, Colorado School of Mines, football

Lincoln North Star: Adam Meirose, Concordia, football

Lincoln Southeast: Aaron Bubb, Missouri Western, football; Zach Burmood, Doane, football; Reilly Burns, Drake, soccer; Jared Cooper, Colorado Mines, football; Sam Cotton, Nebraska, football; Emily Dober, SCC-Beatrice, softball; Alissa Kohmetscher, Creighton, soccer; Paige Nielsen, North Carolina, soccer; Hannah Wampler, UNO, soccer; Morgan Westenburg, UNO, soccer

Lincoln Southwest: Jill Kieffer, Northwest Missouri, soccer; Kasha Meyer, South Dakota, soccer; Bailey Schulenberg, UNO, softball; Makenna Kroeker, UNO, golf; Gentry Carveth, UNO, golf; Danny Suiter, UNK, football; Ehan Douglass-Wiley, Wayne State, football

Millard North: Alyssa Flannery, Nebraska, soccer; Jaylyn Odermann, Nebraska, soccer; Kristyn Otter, UNK, soccer; Marquette Pick, Iowa State, soccer; Brian Talcott, Notre Dame, soccer; Connor Wilson, Northwest Missouri, football; Bailey Wobig, Washburn, soccer; Elizabeth Hanks, Minnesota State, soccer

Millard South: Lizzy Lee, Northwest Missouri, soccer; Lauren Krska, College of St. Mary, cross country; Morgan Woitzel, Nebraska, track; Clara Nichols, Oklahoma State, track; Ganon Gorseth, Benedictine, football; Tyler Pavich, Grand View, football; Alex Moreland, Midland, football

Millard West: KayCee Alexander, Peru State, softball; Garret Biebl, Minnesota Mankato, football; Alec Carrothers, North Dakota, football; Drew Johnston, Simpson, soccer; Michael Labadie, Drake, football; John Lee, Truman, soccer; Katelin Mielke, UNK, soccer; Connor Miller, Johnson County CC, baseball; Amelia Taylor, Northern State, soccer; Sydnee Wilkinson, Concordia, softball; Tom Worcester, UNK, football; Austin Wulff, Iowa Central CC, baseball

Norfolk Catholic: Drew Farlee, UNK, football

Omaha Benson: Courtney Collins, Midland, football; Dalon Wells-Ross, Midland, football

Omaha Bryan: Alex Kosiski, College of St. Mary, volleyball

Omaha Burke: Evan Hutchinson, Morningside, football; Hunter Greer, UNK, football; James Anderson, Minnesota Mankato, football; Zach Oliver, North Dakota, football; Jeremy Queen, Hastings, football; Ben Watkins, Peru State, football; Sam Peterson, North Dakota State, softball; Katie Soukup, North Dakota State, softball; Emma Aschenbrenner, Midland, softball

Omaha Central: Payton Hogan, Wayne State, football; Darian Barrientos-Jackson, Iowa Western CC, football; Will Burgess, Chadron State, football; Alex Williams, Midland, football; Terrance Toney, Midland, football

Omaha Creighton Prep: Matt Pritchard, Northern Illinois, soccer; Joe Jasnowski, Drake, football; Josh Slechta, Concordia, football

Omaha Duchesne: Meghan Meyer, Saint Louis, soccer

Omaha Marian: Emily Nulty, Northern Illinois, soccer; Erin Stewart, Missouri State, soccer; Jackie Tondl, Texas A&M, soccer; Ava Ambrose, Miami, soccer

Omaha North: Terry Grigsby, Southeast Missouri, football; D.J. Avant, Iowa Central, football; Brandin Bryant, Fort Scott JC, Florida Atlantic, football

Omaha Skutt: Ali Graham, Saint Louis, soccer; Matt Miller, South Dakota, football

Omaha Westside: Malcolm Willett, Augustana, football; Megan Thacker, Augustana, soccer; Kirsten Smith, Augustana, soccer

Papillion-LaVista: Ryan Leif, Doane College, football; Chelsi Rohloff, Nebraska, soccer; McKenzie Wischmann, Missouri Western, football

Papillion-La Vista South: Micaela Whitney, Iowa, softball; Kristin Schmiedt, Northwestern College, softball; Whitney Kostal, Rockhurst, volleyball; Megan Stroyek, Washburn, volleyball; Montana Hosterman, UNK, soccer; Kylee Horton, Hastings College, soccer; Sara Cushing, Doane, soccer; Rachel Nelson, McKendree, volleyball; Hayden Mikesell, College of St. Mary, cross country; Gabi Jenkins, Nebraska Wesleyan, cross country; Nate Everett, Dakota Wesleyan, baseball; Tyler Baasch, Wayne State, football; Dalton Martier, Morningside, football

Pierce: Bronson Stonacek, Wayne State, football; Tyler Lindsay, Wayne State, football

Pleasanton: Kelly Bauer, UNK, track

Platteview: Kate Petersen, Bellevue, soccer

York: Michael Powell, Winona State, football

Walk-ons

NU football: Garret Johns, Aurora; Graham Nabity, Elkhorn; Sam Foltz, Ryker Fyfe, Grand Island; Andy Janovich, Jared Blum, Gretna; Spencer Lindsay, Kearney; Trey Foster, Lincoln Southeast; Brandon Reilly, Lincoln Southwest; Taylor Hofman, Oakland-Craig; Mitch McCann, Carson Collins, Jordan Nelson, Omaha Burke; Dylan Utter, Papillion-La Vista; Ross Dzuris, Plattsmouth; Brad Simpson, Ralston; Cole Chvatal, Wahoo Neumann

NU baseball: Jake Placzek, Papillion-La Vista

UNK volleyball: Maggie Anderson, Lincoln Southwest

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