And the players that do sign to play college football don’t typically go far from home. Penn State (the school NU beat for Roberts) has signed nine players from Delaware in the last 15 recruiting classes, most of any FBS school. Next up is Rutgers with six, Maryland with five and Boston College with four. Other nearby schools like Pitt, UConn, Temple and Syracuse have signed multiple players from the state.

Aside from one Delaware recruit that ended up at UCLA, Nebraska will be the westernmost school since 2002 to take a player from the Blue Hen State.

So which states are left for Big Red to completely cover the country? Just two — Kentucky and Rhode Island.

Those states aren’t likely to be added to NU’s map of influence this year, though. The Huskers haven’t yet offered a recruit from either state in 2017. Maybe that changes after the spring and summer evaluation periods. Kentucky does have nine prospects rated three-stars or higher (Rhode Island doesn’t have any).

Perhaps one day a Kentuckian or Rhode Islander will find his way to Lincoln to complete the map.

If one does, he’d join a list of seven states to produce just one Husker:

Alaska: Zack Bowman, 2005