The Nebraska football team has had a strong start to the Early Signing Period, including signatures from five prospects with a four-star ranking in the 247Sports Composite. To discuss his first full class since a return home to Nebraska, Scott Frost broke down the highlights with the 247Sports Early Signing Period Show.

“It was a good year for us in Nebraska, but we were received well all over the country,” Frost said. “I think kids see what this staff has done in Florida and what this staff is starting to build here. We’ve gotten a great reception everywhere we’ve gone.”

One of the biggest signatures of Wednesday came from Wandale Robinson, who flipped from Kentucky as the No. 2 all-purpose back in the 2019 class.

“I think our offense (was why he committed),” Frost said. “If you look at the offense that we’ve run since I was at Oregon, UCF, we’ve proven to be able to use guys like that. … We know how to use guys like that. Guys like that are stars in our offense, and household names around the country. We feel like Wandale is the same type of guy and can’t wait to get him on campus.”

Nebraska put a focus on the trenches in the 2019 class. That includes Wednesday signatures from Bryce Benhart, Mosai Newsom, Jamin Graham, Garrett Nelson, Michael Lynn, Matthew Anderson and Ethan Piper.

“The first thing that we really needed to do was make sure we started to address needs on both lines,” Frost said. “It was hard for me as Nebraska’s coach coming from the historical Nebraska that I remember and watching us be bigger and stronger and more physical than everybody else and seeing us take the field against some teams that were bigger and stronger than Nebraska was. That’s not supposed to happen. We really wanted to address our front lines on both sides. We feel good about what we have and what we think we’re going to get. That’s a good first step.”

Frost showed immediately upon arrival at Nebraska that recruiting was about to heat up. He hauled in the nation’s No. 23 recruiting class in 2018. That was good for fourth in the Big Ten and included breakout freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez. Frost led Nebraska to a 4-8 season in his first year back home, but the progress by November was clear. The Huskers won four of their last six games, including a Senior Day win over Michigan State. Losses at Ohio State and Iowa came by just three points apiece.

“Adrian is a special kid,” Frost said. “We were lucky to get him last year. He had a great freshman year. I wouldn’t trade him for anybody in the country. I think his ability to play that position and develop as the year went along has helped people see where our offense is headed and where we’re trying to go.”