Overview
- Head coach Matt Rhule publicly offered a flag football opportunity to California quarterback Makena Cook, which multiple outlets reported as the first from a Power Four program.
- Nebraska has announced it will add women’s flag football as a varsity sport with a first season targeted for 2028.
- The athletic department plans to hire a coach by summer and recruit roughly 15 players by the start of the fall 2026 semester.
- Cook is a class of 2027 athlete at Orange Lutheran who also captained the USA Junior Flag National Team.
- EssentiallySports reports Nebraska could begin play in 2026–27 with scholarships scaling from 15 to 25 by 2028–29, a scenario the university has not formally confirmed.