Husker linebacker Mikai Gbayor will enter the transfer portal to play his final year of eligibility elsewhere.

Sophomore linebacker Mikai Gbayor is the latest Husker defender to enter his name into the transfer portal after Tony White's departure.

Nebraska football has some of its defensive players headed to the transfer portal. The school is losing its defensive coordinator.

On Monday, the parade of players into the transfer portal included Cornhuskers junior defensive lineman Jimari Butler. The Mobile, Alabama native joins Huskers defenders Mikai Gbayor, Stefon Thompson,

Nebraska linebacker Mikai Gbayor plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, per On3’s Hayes Fawcett. Gbayor was a starter for the Cornhuskers, and totaled 73 tackles, three pass breakups and 1.5 sacks across two seasons.

Linebacker Mikai Gbayor became the fifth Nebraska player — and fourth defender — to announce Monday his intent to transfer this month.

Another Blackshirt is planning to enter the transfer portal. Mikai Gbayor is now the third Blackshirt planning to enter the portal, joining Stefon Thompson and Vincent Jackson. Gbayor arrived in Nebraska in 2021 but didn't step on the field until 2023.