Nebraska Signee spotlight: Malcolm Simpson

The “Signee Spotlight” provides all the information you need on the Huskers’ 2025 class, including rankings, evaluations and a look at how they landed at Nebraska.

Malcolm Simpson

Hitchcock (Texas) • 6-3, 255 • Defensive lineman

247Sports composite: 4 stars

Other key offers: Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M

How he got here

Defensive line coach Terrance Knighton deserves the credit for getting Simpson to Lincoln. NU’s lead recruiter in the Houston area, Knighton quickly identified Simpson as one of the team’s top 2025 targets after offering him in May.

A summer official visit sealed the deal for Simpson, though renewed late interest from home-state school Texas followed this fall.

Simpson stayed true to the Huskers, though, eventually landing as the team’s second highest-ranked recruit in the class.

Our take

Few defensive linemen in the Class of 2025 have as much upside as Simpson, an impactful defensive athlete who shows potential as a pass rusher.

Also a talented basketball player, Simpson played all over the field during his high school career.

A long-term future on the interior of the defensive line is possible should Simpson bulk up, with his ability to move opposing linemen and plug gaps already showing up at the high school level.

Wherever Knighton and the Husker coaching staff choose to play Simpson, he has all the makings of defensive game-changer.