{"id":261856,"date":"2026-05-07T11:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/261856\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:07:06","slug":"nebraska-football-to-host-florida-state-commit-mekhi-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/261856\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska football to host Florida State commit Mekhi Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 7, 2026, 5:17 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Class of 2027 four-star safety Mekhi Williams will be taking an official visit to Nebraska in June. Williams is currently committed to <a href=\"https:\/\/fsuwire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida State<\/a>, having done so on March 26, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Williams is the 178th overall player in the 2027 class, the 14th overall safety, and the 20th overall player in his class from the state of Florida, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/mekhi-williams-241579\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rivals Industry Rankings<\/a>. He has a busy visit calendar. He will be visiting\u00a0Wisconsin\u00a0on May 29 and returning to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/florida-state-seminoles\/3409\/\" data-autotag=\"06ee9050-e06d-4638-a179-a4d7f17000df\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Florida State<\/a> on June 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The recruit will then visit Lincoln on June 12 and stop at <a href=\"https:\/\/lsutigerswire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LSU<\/a> on June 19. He has visited the Huskers once before, on March 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 2027 Nebraska football recruiting class currently ranks 15th in the country according to the Rivals Industry rankings. The class itself currently has four blue-chip commitments, headlined by safety Tory Pittman and quarterback Trae Taylor. The class itself ranks 15th overall in the country according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/nebraska-cornhuskers\/football\/2027\/industry-comparison-commits\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Rivals Industry Rankings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This would certainly be a fantastic flip for the program. Addison Williams has done a nice job of building and recruiting talent in the secondary. This would be another big-time get from the state of Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Contact\/Follow us<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CornhuskersWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> @CornhuskersWire<\/a> on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CornhuskersWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Facebook<\/a> to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes and opinions.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 7, 2026, 5:17 a.m. CT Class of 2027 four-star safety Mekhi Williams will be taking an official&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31,28,30,29,113059,108157,303,298,4857,4844,299,97,924,4849,44473,40491,9562,96,4818,4821,300,34],"class_list":["post-261856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-accessfree","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-sourcecornhuskers-wire","tag-sstssportscollegecornhuskersfootball","tag-sstsnfootball","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbig-10-hub","tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagcolleges-universities","tag-tagflorida-state-seminoles-football","tag-taglouisiana-state-tigers-football","tag-tagnebraska","tag-tagnebraska-cornhuskers","tag-tagnebraska-cornhuskers-football","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsec-conference-football","tag-tagsec-hub","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}