Nebraska's Top 10 recruiting class shows first crack in the armor with WR decommit

Dylan Widger-Imagn ImagesThe hot streak Nebraska was on regarding the 2027 class had to end eventually. The bright side of 4-star wide receiver decommitting on Thursday is that the Huskers still have just shy of a year to keep working on him on hoping they can get him back in the fold.

Watkins was always an interesting commitment to Matt Rhule and the Huskers mainly because he gave the program his pledge sight unseen. He had not taken a visit to NU before he committed. Those kinds of pledges are always hard to keep for very long. His last few months, having first committed in September.

Watkins' decommitment is the first blow for Nebraska in what had been quite a run in the 2027 class. The…