Want to win over a recruit’s mother? Go visit her at work. Heck, maybe even pitch in and help.

That’s exactly what Scott Frost did in January, when he dropped by Rainbow Elementary in DeKalb County, to see Felicia Tannor, the mother of Caleb Tannor, Nebraska’s outside linebacker.

Frost stopped in to visit with Felicia about her son and Nebraska, but she was busy cleaning up the cafeteria.

Nebraska defensive backs coach Travis Fisher said Frost didn’t miss a beat. He started grabbing chairs and putting things away.

“Coach Frost goes into the school and his mom is in the cafeteria and he’s right there helping here stack chairs,” Fisher said. “They were just there stacking chairs. That won the mom over real quick.”

Tannor’s former high school football coach at Miller Grove, Justin Larmond, recalled how excited the experience made Felicia.

“Felicia told me that,” Larmond said. “He helped with all that stuff. He just happened to be there at the time they were cleaning up. He just pitched in and did everything. He picked chairs up, helped take out the trash. All that stuff.

“She absolutely loved it. She called me afterwards and she talked with me about it. That really caught her attention.”

Winning over Tannor’s mother was a big part of the battle for Nebraska. The Huskers landed Tannor over Auburn, Florida and several other schools much closer to Atlanta.

“She had a super high view of Nebraska,” Larmond said. “She visited Nebraska before that with no expectations. Then came back and said she loved it. She had nothing but praise about Nebraska. She didn’t know anything about the school before she went.”