With Wisconsin Badgers Out of the Way, Is It a Freeway for Nebraska Huskers to Sign Taylor Landfair?

It was the year 2021 when the Outside Hitter Taylor Landfair joined the Gophers’ roster as a freshman. Interestingly, as she commenced her journey by clinching the spot as ‘First Team All-Big Ten’, she ended her 2021 season with an ‘AVCA North Region Freshman of the Year’ award. Ever since then, Landfair has been dominating her beloved arena, all while representing the University of Minnesota. However, as the 2023 NCAA Division 1 women’s Volleyball Championships concluded, the Outside hitter decided to bid Gophers goodbye to enter the transfer portal.

Following her decision to enter the transfer, Landfair’s fandom is intrigued about the team, that the Outside Hitter might join for the next season. Interestingly, the two potential teams that were pondered upon initially are the Nebraska Huskers and the Wisconsin Badgers. However, various conjectures confirmed that Landfair will not join forces with Badgers, instead she is looking for other offers on her plate. Hence, if not Wisconsin, is Nebraska girded up to welcome the Outside hitter to its roster?

Taylor Landfair concludes volleyball dilemma

“Thank you again Gopher Nation for everything and no matter where I end up, I won’t forget you all!!” Taylor Landfair expressed her gratitude for the Gophers when she entered the transfer portal after concluding her 2023 season. However, when the Gophers volleyball standout entered the portal of her own volition, the fans were frustrated beyond belief. However, in the subsequent weeks, they learned to respect her decision.

But when the news came that Landfair may play for the Wisconsin Badgers next season, all hell broke loose. Now, the volleyball prodigy has declined the Badgers, which has lessened the chagrin of the fans.

In the comment section of the fan X post announcing the decisive move, which read, “Taylor Landfair will not be joining @BadgerVB,” the Gophers fans opened a deluge of praises.

With this, Taylor Landfair’s immense value as a recruit became even more apparent. “I loved being a Gopher over the past 4 years and I’ll always keep being a Gopher close to my heart,” said Landfair in a heartfelt adieu to the roster where she set on her voyage to an incredible volleyball journey.

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Taylor Landfair’s invaluable recruitment value

Any college athlete worth their salt must bring more trophies and eyeballs to their respective team. The fans’ insurgence on social media goes to prove the latter half of Landfair’s organic star factor. To search for the former value quotient, one must merely trace the source of the fans’ unwavering patronage.

After joining the Gophers squad in 2020 as the No. 1 overall recruit, the six-foot-five volleyball player has achieved several accolades worthy of respect. She helped the team become All-Big Ten in the three years of her tenure and also secured the Big Ten Player of the Year award for herself in 2022.

With a career-high of 229 digs, Taylor Landfair ended the 2023 season on a high note. Now that Taylor Landfair’s choices have been narrowed down, the Huskers wait in hopeful anticipation for her final decision.

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