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On the morning Dedrick Mills hoped to sign his National Letter of Intent with Nebraska, he was instead in a Ware County, Georgia, courtroom.

Mills, a Waycross, Georgia, native and Garden City (Kansas) Community College running back who verbally committed to the Huskers in September, turned himself in Dec. 14 to the Ware County Sheriff’s Department because the court issued a bench warrant after he had failed to appear in court previously, the Ware County Clerk of Courts confirmed to the Journal Star on Monday morning. A Clerk of Courts official said Mills received probation following a Dec. 19 appearance in front of Judge Doug Gibson but did not have the exact plea immediately available.

Online records indicate Mills, 22, missed a court date stemming from a July misdemeanor charge of driving with a suspended license. Failure to appear in court can carry a felony charge in Georgia.

Mills is the only player originally expected to sign early with Nebraska who has not, though he still could any time between now and Jan. 15 or during the February signing period. Classes begin at NU on Jan. 7, and if he signs, he could either join the program then or during the summer.