If Ekeler can produce the kind of results he got at Tennessee, this will turn out to be the most important addition for Nebraska – player or coach – of the 2025 offseason.

Mike Ekeler, who has been Tennessee's special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach the past four seasons under Josh Heupel, is leaving to join Matt Rhule's staff at Nebraska.

The Nebraska football team has finally filled a coaching vacancy. Tennessee Volunteers assistant coach Mike Ekeler has been hired as the Huskers' new special teams coordinator. This isn't Ekeler's first time with the Cornhuskers.