Five-star 2021 recruit Nolan Rucci, the nation’s third-ranked offensive tackle in his class, announced his top-9 schools earlier today and Wisconsin was among those listed, per his Twitter page.
Top 9 ⏳
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— Nolan Rucci (@nolanrucci) April 20, 2020
Nolan Rucci is the younger brother of current Badger Hayden Rucci and is rated by 247Sports as the No. 13 recruit in the nation, again the No. 3 offensive tackle recruit and the No. 1 recruit from his home state of Pennsylvania.
The recruiting analysts at 247Sports currently believe that the Lititz, P.A. native is likely to sign with Penn State, his parents alma mater. In an article published April 15, however, 247Sports recruiting director Steve Wiltfong wrote that he believes the Badgers to still have a good shot at landing Rucci.
As seen above, the other schools listed in his top-9 include Alabama, LSU, Clemson, Michigan, Ohio State, Stanford, Notre Dame and Penn State.
Were the Warwick High School native to commit to the Badgers he would join a program with a long history of success at his position, one that saw eight former Badger offensive linemen on NFL rosters in 2019.