Wisconsin football class of 2025 commit Grant Dean shared a message for 2025 SMU commit Zay Gentry on Friday.
In a short video posted by BadgerBlitz.com publisher Jon McNamara, Dean lobbies for Gentry to flip his commitment from SMU to Wisconsin.
The proposition isn’t far-fetched, either. Gentry, an Anna, Texas product, committed to SMU in May — but still took an official visit to Wisconsin the weekend of May 31.
UW did receive a pair of predictions in early July from On3 national insider Steve Wiltfong and SMU insider Billy Embody to flip the three-star defensive back. That forecast shifted on Aug. 19, however, after Wiltfong and Embody changed their prediction to Baylor.
The Bears now hold a 91.4% chance to land Gentry while Wisconsin, a front-runner just one month ago, is awarded a 1.5% likelihood to land the Texas native’s pledge.
#Wisconsin commit Grant Dean has a message for a #Badgers target in the 2025 class pic.twitter.com/0R6v2aD70w
— Jon McNamara (@McNamaraRivals) August 24, 2024
Gentry is ranked as 247Sports’ No. 546 player in the class of 2025, No. 48 cornerback and No. 80 recruit from his home state of Texas. He could still join Dean, who plays both wide receiver and cornerback for Neenah High School, in UW’s 2025 CB room with a commitment.