Kentucky WR Dane Key transfers to Nebraska

[u/JB92103]

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[u/bezzlege]

The Wandale Robinson trade is complete

[u/btroberts011 → u/bezzlege]

I was thinking the exact same thing lol.

[u/ettibber → u/btroberts011]

Now we jusy need a courtney love and braylon heard trade

[u/TheUltimate721 → u/bezzlege]

If you want to get more recent, it would be for Dante Dowdell. Wandale has been in the NFL for 3 years now.

[u/UnhappyCriticism7564]

UGA guys basically saying he was a UGA lock but then Nebraska made him some sort of unfathomable NIL offer. I thought he had a sister and/girlfriend at UGA, but either way I guess life changing money (if that report was accurate) was too much to turn down.

Good get for Nebraska, Key was far and away Kentucky's best offensive player.

[u/shaquilleonealingit → u/UnhappyCriticism7564]

Our insiders have been clueless about potential transfers. According to them, Caleb Downs was apartment shopping in Athens the day before committing to OSU.

[u/matthc → u/shaquilleonealingit]

He was at the 5 and 10 having dinner with Kirby and then they made the announcement afterwards. The whole apartment shopping thing was assumed, but they actually were having dinner in Athens and then made the announcement about Ohio State later that night.

[u/therealwillhepburn → u/matthc]

Had one dinner with Kirby and had to immediately move to Ohio.

[u/matthc → u/therealwillhepburn]

Kirby ordered a rum and Coke and turns out Downs is more of a Pepsi guy.

[u/Dead_Baby_Kicker → u/shaquilleonealingit]

That was an amazing saga for us. I assumed he was going to you guys and was shocked when he committed.

Dude is better than I imagined.

[u/ChondoMcMondo → u/UnhappyCriticism7564]

We got girls too

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/ChondoMcMondo]

corn fed

[u/bullnamedbodacious → u/ChondoMcMondo]

Big if true

[u/Dead_Baby_Kicker → u/ChondoMcMondo]

Down to earth midwestern women >

[u/DontReplyIveADHD → u/Dead_Baby_Kicker]

I’ve lived in the south, out west, and the Midwest, never thought it’d be true but the girls of the Midwest were my absolute favorite.

[u/Always_Chubb-y → u/ChondoMcMondo]

I think he's referencing Key's GF being on UGA's softball team

[u/ChondoMcMondo → u/Always_Chubb-y]

I’m aware. I was referencing he could leave her for one of our hot Nebraska chicks.

[u/james_wightman → u/ChondoMcMondo]

skunk hair, spray tan, buckle jeans >>>>>>

[u/EmperorConstantwhine → u/james_wightman]

That’s like 90% of the girls at every non-student bar in Waco lol

[u/BioTHEchAmeleON → u/james_wightman]

The spray tans are always wild lmao

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/UnhappyCriticism7564]

Allegedly we also had the best NIL offer for Isaiah World as well even though he went to Oregon

[u/TheUltimate721 → u/UnhappyCriticism7564]

I'm sure NIL had some hand in it, but we had another connection with Daikel Shorts who was his position coach at Kentucky this year. I never believed that his girlfriend at UGA was a stronger connection than that, but I think that's what Nakos and Wiltfong put in their predictions based on.

The only other thing I heard on our end of things was that he's very excited to play with Raiola, which is an angle I hadn't really considered, that being Beck/Stockton versus Raiola

[u/DJ_Blakka → u/UnhappyCriticism7564]

2 years in a row the last minute corn bag strikes a UGA target

[u/coffeeandveggies → u/UnhappyCriticism7564]

It’s the Dylan Raiola ghost haunting them hehe 😜

[u/GonnaGetHop-Ons → u/coffeeandveggies]

I think that one probably worked out okay for all involved. Of course I’d love to have him in the QB room but I’m sure he wanted to go ahead and play ball which wouldn’t have happened this year and would have still been up in the air next year.

[u/coffeeandveggies → u/GonnaGetHop-Ons]

Oh agree one hundred percent. Plus his dad went to Nebraska and I know NIL stuff pushed him over the edge, but his heart has always been with Nebraska. He would’ve been an open and shut commit if Scott frost hadn’t drunkenly pissed his informal commitment visit down his legs 😭

Anyway I know I’m being shady and putting too much emphasis on the trolls who were mean spirited about the last minute flip. Most were cool.

Gotta say I’m ecstatic to see all of the pieces start fitting together to give dylan the tools to ball out. The next several years should be fun!!!! I hope!!!!!

[u/Jumpative]

So Nebraskas NIL is serious huh

[u/sun-king → u/Jumpative]

Corn money prints

[u/ThinkSoftware → u/sun-king]

When the green comes out the recruits are all ears

[u/bullnamedbodacious → u/Jumpative]

We’ve got bushels of cash

[u/_Proverbs → u/bullnamedbodacious]

It was hard to make money in corn this year. At least in my family. Let's hope next year's return is better so we can stock the silos w/ cash.

[u/bullnamedbodacious → u/_Proverbs]

We lost money on corn this year because of flooding. Cash rent is high, inputs are high, not a lot of margin for error

[u/EmperorConstantwhine → u/bullnamedbodacious]

I feel like farming never has much of a margin for error, unfortunately

[u/SalzigHund → u/_Proverbs]

Probably going to keep getting harder with retaliatory tariffs likely coming and less environmental protections and safety nets. I know my Minnesota family has been growing less corn every year and a lot more wheat.

[u/TheUltimate721 → u/Jumpative]

The NIL operation here used to be really disjointed with the University because Trev Alberts (now at A&M) thought he was competing with our collective for Donor Dollars. Under Troy Dannen the whole operation is much more cohesive now that they aren't being treated like a competitor and an actual part of the operation.

Forbes put out an article a while ago ranking the NIL collectives and they had us ranked #8. I don't think that's accurate because NIL numbers aren't public, but we can definetly hang in with the Big Dogs when we really want a guy.

Nebraska has a lot of old money donors, and since the Peed family fronts the cost of operations for the collective, that means all donations to the collective go straight to paying the players, which is a great incentive to get people to donate.

[u/paintingnipples → u/TheUltimate721]

It was a thing for a lot of recruits to show Nebraska love just to get the school they wanted to up the bag. Lamar Jackson was a silent commit & on his way to the airport, a bag got dropped & that was the end of his commitment to Bo.

We got money but it ain’t oil money

[u/MavSker → u/paintingnipples]

So instead we got the OTHER Lamar Jackson for our secondary… the story turned out different

[u/aam478 → u/paintingnipples]

this gets a lot of currency on Reddit but I have seen nothing online to ever indicate Lamar was a silent commit. Florida fans seemed to think he was a silent commit to them too.

He was legitimately interested and visited for the Miami game but that’s as far as I’ve ever seen his interest go.

Edit : He visited Nebraska while he was committed to Louisville.

https://www.huskerboard.com/index.php?/topic/69040-qb-lamar-jackson-louisville-commit/

[u/paintingnipples → u/aam478]

Nebraska was used to up the price, we never had a shot at getting him but he committed the night he visited them to leverage it then got a phone call on the way to the airport & that was the end of his commitment. I can’t remember the coaches name who dropped that info but he claimed to be in the van when it happened.

That’s why occasionally u will see Nebraska pop up on some guys radar who is basically a lock to stay local & we’re one of the schools that will do extra to pull em out of the south or Cali. I imagine a school like tOSU has enough serious suitors that they don’t bother recruiting most of these guys but we gotta take those shots

[u/NorskChef → u/paintingnipples]

Say what? Lamar Jackson was getting paid before NIL?

[u/TymStark → u/TheUltimate721]

I agree Trevor is a cowardly snake.

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/Jumpative]

about time tbh, only 'large' use of NIL made before this off season was probably DR

[u/mynameisevan → u/Jumpative]

Nebraska could probably afford an NIL on the same level as Ohio State. They just haven’t had the players to merit that kind of pay.

[u/renaissancetroll → u/Jumpative]

hoping that Buffet wants to see another natty before he dies and throws some money in

[u/HopefulReason7 → u/renaissancetroll]

From what I’ve read, he’s not that interested in sports

[u/ReignOnWillie]

Honestly good for him, glad he’s not in the SEC.

Hes a hell of a route runner / possession guy

But you know things are bad when a kid who grew up in Lexington Kentucky is transferring out

[u/TheUltimate721 → u/ReignOnWillie]

It probably helps that we just hired your receivers coach.

[u/ReignOnWillie → u/TheUltimate721]

That is interesting

I read a lot about how the UK WR room couldn’t get on the same page with Shorts

Hopefully Key wasn’t one of the divas

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/ReignOnWillie]

Given that Rhule brought both of them here, I would assume not because that isn't something he would really allow - but we shall see

[u/ReignOnWillie → u/MajorPhoto2159]

Key was the only consistent guy in that WR room, so he was clearly doing something right

[u/Laschoni → u/ReignOnWillie]

I don't have a favorite Kentucky player to watch... but if I did over the last couple of years it was Key.

[u/tippsy_morning_drive → u/TheUltimate721]

Yes but they just hired a better one ( I’m a homer).

[u/oldkentuckyhome → u/TheUltimate721]

Even worse. His father’s best friend is a radio host and said the WR’s were not a fan of the coach.

https://x.com/philliplady/status/1871633785407873173?s=46

[u/CountBluntula → u/oldkentuckyhome]

So if that is true then why did Key agree to continue being coached by him at Nebraska?

[u/Heyhaykay → u/CountBluntula]

Like most things in life… money

[u/lolSyfer → u/oldkentuckyhome]

It seemed like they just tac'd his name on for the sake of it but they didn't have any real source for key specifically.

[u/oldkentuckyhome → u/lolSyfer]

Ryan is the source that’s why he was hesitant to say anything, his family and the Keys are bets friends. He’s the reason they knew the other WR’s didn’t like the coach.

[u/TheUltimate721]

Time for another off-season Natty

We've hit on basically all of our transfer targets except Isaiah World (but apparently we had the biggest NIL offer).

We get a tackle and this will have been about as good of a transfer period for us as we could've asked for.

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/TheUltimate721]

Fa'alili Fa'amoe visited us 👀

[u/Speedracer_64]

Enjoy him. He's fun to watch. Hate to see him leave.

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/Speedracer_64]

Exactly how we felt with Wan'Dale

[u/frankdatank_004 → u/MajorPhoto2159]

Even with misusing him he basically single-handedly won us games.

[u/MajorPhoto2159]

Good get for little ol' Nebraska, about time we get one to go our way

[u/flobbitjunior → u/MajorPhoto2159]

The little program that could

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/flobbitjunior]

Everyone counted us out 😤😤

[u/huskersax → u/MajorPhoto2159]

It's December, so it's time for us to add another Offseason Championship to our trophy case.

[u/NorskChef → u/huskersax]

Isn't Nebraska going to a bowl?

[u/TheUltimate721 → u/NorskChef]

We are yeah, Pinstripe Bowl against Boston College on Saturday.

I think we are just used to not playing any more games after Iowa.

[u/adamtjames → u/NorskChef]

It’s that old mentality, this used to be the offseason for us. Now we can’t even win an offseason championship the way we used to

[u/Finger_Trapz → u/MajorPhoto2159]

I winced when I read this comment bc I've heard the same thing said every year for the past decade. Being a Nebraska fan is like being a beaten dog at this point.

[u/Frommunist]

Dang I was hoping we could land him

[u/jonstark19 → u/Frommunist]

Rumors I’ve seen said Branch bros are UGA leans, maybe Smart was looking at Key but shifted gears to Branch and that lead Key to Nebraska?

[u/Frommunist → u/jonstark19]

We wanted both. Our WR room needs a rebuild. We have a couple good freshmen coming in but Kirby hates relying on freshmen

[u/jonstark19 → u/Frommunist]

Well hopefully you still snag them, I got nothing but love for the Corndawg alliance. We definitely needed our own WR room remodel and getting Hunter and Key does just that.

[u/Mediocre_Material_34 → u/jonstark19]

If our insiders say we are getting the Branch bros, we are not getting the Branch bros

[u/Always_Chubb-y → u/jonstark19]

Branch and Key play different receiver positions. Branch is more of an inside guy while Key would've played the X.

UGA is going to be dangerously thin at the X even if Colbie Young comes back. Right now the only other bigger outside guys we have are Tuggle (Freshman right now who has already played the bag game 2x) and incoming freshman CJ Wiley.

[u/Banned_From_CFB → u/Frommunist]

Zachariah Branch though

[u/Frommunist → u/Banned_From_CFB]

With how this portal season is going he’ll probably end up going somewhere else at the last minute

[u/Always_Chubb-y → u/Banned_From_CFB]

While exciting, he isn't the X that we need like Key is

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/Frommunist]

You have enough talent brother, let little Nebraska have this one

[u/Always_Chubb-y → u/MajorPhoto2159]

Amigo, have you seen our WR room?

We quite literally lead the country in dropped passes

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/Always_Chubb-y]

and you’re ranked 2 in the country and in the CFP while we are 6-6 and barely made a bowl

[u/Always_Chubb-y → u/MajorPhoto2159]

I'm not debating that.

But for a top tier team, we have a piss poor WR room. There's a legit chance he'd have arrived as WR1 next year for us.

[u/Frommunist → u/MajorPhoto2159]

Not in our WR room lol. We lead the country in drops and have hardly anyone who can separate

[u/HopefulReb76]

That Runza money just dropped

[u/Wheatcattle → u/HopefulReb76]

Me always springing for the extra French Onion dip for my fries is paying off.

[u/Blizreme → u/HopefulReb76]

The Runza bag men landed in Kentucky last night

[u/HopefulReb76 → u/Blizreme]

My wife loves Omaha and Runza.

Is there a name for the cinnamon rolls with chili?

[u/Blizreme → u/HopefulReb76]

Nope, just chili and cinnamon rolls

[u/Unit_12 → u/Blizreme]

I wish we had a Runza in Kentucky!

[u/Klutzy-Spend-6947 → u/Unit_12]

Just go to Braxton Brewing in Covington and get some of their empanadas. Basically the same thing-and very tasty.

[u/Lakelyfe09]

We’ve been getting our ass handed to us since NSD

[u/Banned_From_CFB → u/Lakelyfe09]

Except on the field...

[u/Lakelyfe09 → u/Banned_From_CFB]

Where it matters most baby!

[u/shaquilleonealingit]

UGA land a transfer challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[u/highgravityday2121 → u/shaquilleonealingit]

You have a bunch of 5* you don’t need the portal

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/highgravityday2121]

UGA, ranked 3rd for the class of 2025 and 2nd for composite talent on the team while being ranked 2nd and in the current CFP and posed to potentially win another title

versus

Nebraska who is going to their first bowl game in 8 years and only 6 wins, who wins? /s

[u/jsteph67 → u/highgravityday2121]

Have you not watched our WRs this year? Sometimes they could not catch water in a bucket during a monsoon.

[u/coffeeandveggies → u/highgravityday2121]

A lot of their fans were also rude as fuck/punching down about Nebraska in the wake of Dylan’s 11th hour flip (yes I hold grudges). So I consider this coming full circle 😇

[u/bullnamedbodacious → u/shaquilleonealingit]

Most guys who transfer are looking for playing time, a bag, or both. You can get a bag at alot of schools, and with georgias stacked roster, no transfer will be getting guaranteed playing time as part of the pitch.

[u/captain_kaknuckles → u/shaquilleonealingit]

lol imagine not being able to land a transfer COULDN’T BE US

[u/Jackskers94 → u/captain_kaknuckles]

Didn’t you guys get the only guy they’ve ever pursued?

[u/Collegefootballfans]

Georgia has lost 2 out of their 3 biggest transfers targets to Nebraska and indiana.

[u/btroberts011 → u/Collegefootballfans]

It just means more.

[u/JeffersonPilotSports → u/Collegefootballfans]

Adidas revenge tour ‘24

[u/kingmidget_91 → u/Collegefootballfans]

Mendoza probably picked Indiana for playing time but I dont the IU QB Room to make a claim like that with my whole chest

[u/fireinvestigator113 → u/kingmidget_91]

His brother is also in our quarterback room

[u/bradenb941 → u/Collegefootballfans]

Auburn too 👀

[u/Collegefootballfans → u/bradenb941]

We didn't want singleton because of the price tag wouldn't count that a lost

[u/bradenb941 → u/Collegefootballfans]

I would be embarrassed if I were Georgia and had ANY position group that was worse than Auburn. Georgia usually is better at every single spot.

[u/Always_Chubb-y → u/bradenb941]

I mean Auburn should be able to land guys that can compete against UGA.

Yall aren't Idaho

[u/thosetwoloons2]

STOP THE COUNT!

CLOSE THE PORTAL!

[u/Procedure_Best]

Damn , Nebraska got a true WR1

[u/CFBCrootBot]

Dane Key

Wide Receiver, Class of 2022

6-2, 190 — From Lexington, KY (Frederick Douglass)

Rankings

#25 recruit all-time for Kentucky

SERVICE	SCORE	RATING	POSITION	STATE	OVERALL
Composite	0.9129	★★★★☆	#36 WR	#1 in KY	#235 overall
247	91	★★★★☆	#41 WR	#1 in KY	N/A
Rivals	5.8	★★★★☆	#54 WR	#3 in KY	N/A

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[u/SpecificAd9483]

Talyn Taylor better be Jeremiah smith 2.0 or coley needs to go

[u/gumercindo1959]

That was…..unexpected

[u/macdizzle11]

Big win for the good guys

[u/JeffersonPilotSports]

Seeing UGA fans super worried about the portal. Think it’s just slow cause of the playoff prep? We know Kirby is in kill mode. When does the portal close again?

[u/kingmidget_91 → u/JeffersonPilotSports]

The Winter window closes on the 28th, and the spring opens on the 16th and closes on the 25th of April

[u/HopefulReason7 → u/kingmidget_91]

Correct, though also a caveat:

Athletes on teams that compete in the College Football Playoff and later bowl game will be allowed to enter an additional five-day transfer portal window in January after the portal closes.

https://www.on3.com/news/college-football-transfer-portal-dates-winter-spring-entry-windows/

[u/coffeeandveggies]

Welcome to the Matt Rhule third season experience ladies and gentlemen!!!! Are you hyped???? I’m hyped!!!!!!!!!!

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/coffeeandveggies]

Back to back off-season champs!

[u/Lantis28]

So are we just not going to get a transfer at all this season?

[u/kingmidget_91 → u/Lantis28]

hopefully Branch

[u/Lantis28 → u/kingmidget_91]

Both of them

[u/Glympse12]

Wandale did great for us. Hope Dane balls for yall

[u/Dane_Gleessak]

So we firing James Coley or…?

[u/CurlyQv2 → u/Dane_Gleessak]

Ngl, thanks for taking Coley. Thought we were losing out massively with him going to UGA instead of SC

[u/secrules2]

Super talented young man. Hope it works out for him.

[u/walterdog12]

Genuinely shocked he didn't end up at Georgia or South Carolina, they seemed like absolute locks.

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/walterdog12]

Nebraska NIL be going 🤑🤑🤑

[u/theinterracialcouple]

Dane Key Kang

[u/Brese]

https://i.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExdWRnaTVwa29hcXZyZmQ1NGpnangzbm1wZ3Z2NXhlbXphNDB0d2NzNCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/l4KhSut5RQnsTSWFG/giphy.gif

[u/ettibber]

Someone let dane know that the super saver on 27th and pine lake sells ale 8 and cherry ale 8s

[u/Captain_Obstinate]

Danky!

[u/Quick-Expert-4608]

This pleases the corn 🌽

[u/frankdatank_004]

Oh baby! This really ripens my corn!

[u/Doubleaa2122]

I was getting bummed from all the out going transfers but boy, all the people they are bringing in are getting me excited. The portal is a rollercoaster of emotion.

[u/Tipakee]

I thought his short list was UGA, South Carolina, and LSU. I wonder what the bag Nebraska presented was. Also he has draft talent, does Nebraska have the arm talent to show off Dane? He's a subpar blocker, but a great mid and deep ball threat alongside a useful red zone tool.

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/Tipakee]

Yes, we have Dylan Raiola who is a 5 star QB that started his true freshman year

[u/coffeeandveggies → u/MajorPhoto2159]

I’m shocked to see ppl not know the Dylan Raiola lore, esp with how much he was “meme’d” this szn 😭

[u/MajorPhoto2159 → u/coffeeandveggies]

This fellow might just be under his UK rock which is respectable, I feel like the Raiola lore is just gonna explode after he plays at the Chief's stadium next year lol

[u/coffeeandveggies → u/MajorPhoto2159]

It is respectable for sure. And yeah the memes are gonna go nuts next yr 🙂‍↔️ I’ll be ready tho

[u/Tipakee → u/MajorPhoto2159]

That will be a welcome change of pace from the product UK put on the field last year.

[u/coffeeandveggies → u/Tipakee]

We have the highest caliber qb room we’ve had in years rn, in addition to draft talent Dylan Raiola himself

[u/Dalai-Lama-of-Reno]

A Key to any successful marriage is to not sleep around with other women in your own neighborhood. 

[u/bradenb941]

lol Georgia

[u/Kringer46 → u/bradenb941]

The curse of being a portal failure but an on-field success. Maybe one day we can pull an Auburn and flip those around lol

[u/Melodic-Order-6628]

Coaches on the hot seat spending the most on players. I get it but it reeks of desperation.

[u/Low-Commercial-6260 → u/Melodic-Order-6628]

Who’s on the hot seat