No last-minute hiccups. As recently expected, Jahkeem Green is in Lincoln and about ready to get rolling on the field as a Husker.

The defensive lineman from the JUCO ranks has signed his tender with Nebraska after arriving to Lincoln on Sunday night, according to an NU football spokesman.

Green is working through paperwork and medical clearance requirements today and tomorrow. It's possible he could be in a practice walk-through with the team at Tuesday, but a starting practice date of Wednesday seems a likelihood. The whole team had an off day on Monday before coming back with five straight practices until this upcoming Sunday.

It's been a bit of a roller-coaster with Green since his April commitment. There was concern he would spurn the Huskers late in the process, but Green reiterated at the end of July his intention of going to Lincoln instead of Texas Tech or other schools that had shown interest.

Green has three years to play two seasons at Nebraska. He provides immediate depth at the nose tackle position, but he'll have to play catch-up after missing the first week of camp on a D-line that is already regarded as maybe the deepest position group on the field. Even so, his arrival is seen as a major boon at a position that will lose three key seniors in Darrion Daniels, and Carlos and Khalil Davis, after this year.

It also ends a recruitment that saw several twists for the defender out of Sumter, South Carolina. Originally, Green tried to commit to his home-state Gamecocks, but because of a math credits complication, he was unable to play at any SEC school. That left the door open for the Huskers, who brought him in for an official visit in April and landed his commitment.

Having previously been at Highlands (Kan.) Community College, the 6-4, 300-pound defensive lineman is regarded as a four-star JUCO prospect by the 247Sports composite, ranked 18th among all junior-college recruits and second at his position among the 2019 class.

With assistants Tony Tuioti and Ryan Held among the Husker staff prominently involved in his recruitment, Green told Husker247 back in April he was won over by the strong interactions he had with both players and staff when visiting Lincoln in the spring. Most importantly, he seemed to have a fast connection with his new D-line coach.

“It was really coach Tony Tuioti and how much we talked and drawing me in,” Green said then. “Even before I committed he was telling me how I’d be used, what I’d do, he was telling me this and that. I just felt like he was the right man to coach me.

“Really it was the bond I had with the coach T and how much we talked. He was telling me how much I could play and where I could play. I could be nose. Strong side end. It was how they could use me and stuff. I feel like I can fit in, get in there and make some plays, fire up the fan base. I fit good.”