Ethan Piper wanted to keep his word to the first Power Five college to offer him a scholarship, but he also knew his recruitment changed radically last week.
The Norfolk Catholic lineman was set to travel to Iowa this weekend to attend a junior day and take an unofficial recruiting visit, but then Wednesday night received a scholarship offer from Nebraska.
The two-way standout even said at the time that he thought his heart was in Lincoln, but that he wanted to keep his word to the Hawkeyes coaches and at least take the trip.
"We never had season tickets but would find a way to take the whole family to at least one game per season where I'd sit next to people I'd never met (who sometimes left me finish off their popcorn) and we'd leave as friends,” he tweeted.