After not taking a recruit out of Omaha since 2009 — fullback C.J. Zimmerer — Nebraska doubled that output in the span of two hours Wednesday night.

Decker raised his hand first. While only an hour's drive from Memorial Stadium, his recruitment was not a slam dunk for the Huskers.

Decker's family comes from Michigan, and it was the Wolverines who he really liked when he began to think of where he might go to school.

He thought about Iowa a little. Also Ohio, UCLA and Kansas State, which was the other school besides Nebraska that offered a scholarship.

But after time to process it, Decker came to a conclusion: "Nebraska was the best choice because they wanted me the most and I wanted them."

Assistant coach Barney Cotton did much of the communicating with both Neal and Decker, building a relationship that coaches from other schools couldn't match.

Decker was an important recruit to lock down, rated by Rivals.com as the No. 1 prospect overall in the state in the 2015 class.

At 6-feet-3 and 280 pounds, Decker helped pave the way for North to average more than 414 yards a game en route to a Class A state championship last November, the first football title in school history.