Photo: Chief Borders; Credit: Alex Shepherd
Florida outdoors linebacker Chief Borders introduced on Tuesday night that he plans to switch to Nebraska.
A rising redshirt sophomore, Borders will keep three years of eligibility to play for the Cornhuskers and new head coach Matt Rhule.
Borders, who initially picked Florida over gives from Stanford, Auburn, Michigan State, Florida State and different applications, introduced his switch portal entrance on December 5.
Borders carved out a particular groups function for the Gators in 2022 and tallied two tackles throughout his 12 appearances this 12 months, incomes 233 snaps throughout the return, protection, kicking and blocking models. While he did not earn many defensive snaps, Florida developed Borders on the edge-rushing outdoors linebacker place.
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The Chicago, Ill. native and Franklin (Ga.) Heard County product noticed the sphere in 16 video games throughout his UF profession.
Nine of the 18 scholarship Florida gamers who entered the portal this offseason have recognized their switch locations up to now: Borders, tight finish Griffin McDowell (UT-Chattanooga), offensive lineman Joshua Braun (Arkansas), outdoors linebacker Lloyd Summerall III (USF), defensive backs Corey Collier Jr. (Nebraska), Avery Helm (TCU), Donovan McMillon (Pittsburgh) and Kamar Wilcoxson (Temple), and lengthy snapper Marco Ortiz (Nebraska).
Borders is the third UF participant to switch to Nebraska this offseason, following Collier and Ortiz.
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