The three-star wide receiver out of Miami Palmetto High School was down to a final three, with Nebraska, Miami and Texas A&M in the running. The hometown Hurricanes, which had the last official visit before the decision, were considered a favorite by some prognosticators heading into the weekend, but Nebraska was always seen by a strong option by Barney.
“It was nothing that I expected. Overall, I love it here. I was thinking, you know, it was just gonna be cornfields, but it’s nothing like that," Barney said then. "All weekend when I’ve been going around town, you see all of this football stuff, all of these fans, and they keep coming up to me, they’ve been showing a lot of love."
And, yeah, NU QB commit Daniel Kaelin was also around on Barney's visit to make a pitch verbally and literally, throwing passes to him.
“I like his character, I like that guy. I didn’t know about him that much, but he reached out to me after he had committed and he told me he’d love to play with me, throw touchdowns to me one day and I could definitely see that happening,” Barney said.