Dasan McCullough, a former linebacker for Oklahoma, has announced his commitment to Nebraska after entering the NCAA transfer portal, as reported by Hayes Fawcett of On3.
McCullough completed his second season with the Sooners in 2024, but he started his career in the Big Ten with the Indiana Hoosiers. He will have one year of eligibility left to play under Matt Rhule and the Cornhuskers.
McCullough appeared in seven games for the Sooners this past season, recording 17 tackles and three tackles for loss. Injuries hindered the versatile defender earlier in the year, delaying his season debut until the Red River Shootout against Texas on October 12.
Coming out of high school, however, McCullough was recruited as a defensive back — particularly at the safety position. He opened up about moving around the defense during this past regular season.
“I feel like last year I was playing more DB than I was linebacker,” McCullough said ahead of the Missouri matchup. “I feel like with Coach Alley this year, he’s more so adjusted to me and what to call while I’m out there. So I feel like he has a really good understanding of who I am as a player, so it’s been good.
“I think now it’s just I like my understanding of it has changed. So I kind of like the versatility of me being able to show my zone coverage along with me blitzing and being able to show me in the box, so I feel like that gets to show my versatility.”
Before college, McCullough was a four-star recruit in the 2022 class, according to the On3 Industry Rankings, a proprietary algorithm that aggregates ratings and rankings from all four major recruiting media outlets. He was ranked as the No. 97 overall player in his class.
