Former Nebraska TE Arik Gilbert enters NCAA transfer portal

Former Nebraska tight end Arik Gilbert has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned. The former five-star recruit is looking for a new home again after previously playing for the Cornhuskers, LSU and Georgia.

Arik Gilbert was ranked as the top tight end and No. 5 overall player in the country in the class of 2020, per the On3 Industry rankings.

Gilbert was arrested twice in 2023, including for a smash-and-grab burglary. He left the Cornhuskers team not long after his arrest.

The Georgia native originally signed with LSU out of high school. As a freshman in 2020 he caught 35 passes for 368 yards and two touchdowns.

Arik Gilbert then transferred to Georgia ahead of the 2021 season. He didn’t play for the Bulldogs in 2021, before playing in three games and making two catches in 2022. After that he transferred to Nebraska but did not play in a game for the Cornhuskers.

There is no doubt that Gilbert is talented. It will be interesting to see where he ends up next and if he can stay out of trouble. Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule had this to say about the tight end back in 2023:

“I just think he’s as talented a player as there is. He’s a player,” Rhule said. “What we want to do, like with all of our players, I want him in 10 years to say his life is better for having played with us at Nebraska. That’s all I care about with all these guys.

“What that means for him, I’m just getting to know him. I want him to have elite success in the classroom, I want him to go be involved in the community, I want him to have great relationships and I want him to go play well in football.”

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