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Wisconsin football loses out on transfer wide receiver, former top 2022 recruit

Wisconsin football loses out on transfer wide receiver, former top 2022 recruit

Wisconsin transfer target and former Baylor wide receiver Armani Winfield announced his commitment to Colorado State University on Monday via his social media.

The Texas native visited Wisconsin on Friday before recently announcing his final decision. 

Related: An updated list of Wisconsin football’s 2024 spring transfer portal window activity

Winfield entered the transfer portal on April 19 after two seasons with the Baylor Bears. He was the program’s top-rated class of 2022 signee, and is currently ranked as the No. 126 wide receiver in the transfer portal.

The 6’2″ WR was 247Sports’ No. 211 player in the class of 2022, No. 30 wide receiver and No. 35 recruit from his home state of Texas. He redshirted his freshman year in 2022, then caught just seven passes for 90 yards in 2023.

Luke Fickell and Phil Longo have re-shaped Wisconsin’s wide receiver room since arriving after the 2022 season. The team’s 2024 starters are all transfers: former Cincinnati slot receiver Will Pauling, USC WR C.J. Williams and Oklahoma State WR Bryson Green. 

Wisconsin has landed two offensive linemen thus far during the spring transfer portal window. It is in pursuit of several wide receivers, Winfield being one of them.

For more on Wisconsin’s transfer portal activity this spring, check out our 2024 spring transfer portal window tracker.

Wisconsin football lands visit with former Baylor WR, top 2022 recruit

Wisconsin football lands visit with former Baylor WR, top 2022 recruit

Wisconsin football is hosting former Baylor transfer wide receiver Armani Winfield, according to On3’s Pete Nakos.

Winfield entered the transfer portal on April 19 after two seasons with the Bears. He was the program’s top-rated class of 2022 signee, redshirted in 2022 and caught just seven passes for 90 yards in 2023.

Related: Top candidates to be the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL draft

The 6’2″ wide receiver was 247Sports’ No. 211 player in the class of 2022, No. 30 wide receiver and No. 35 recruit from his home state of Texas.

Luke Fickell and Phil Longo have re-shaped Wisconsin’s wide receiver room since arriving after the 2022 season. The team’s 2024 starters are all transfers: former Cincinnati slot receiver Will Pauling, USC WR C.J. Williams and Oklahoma State WR Bryson Green. That trend should continue as the staff works to build the young talent on the roster.

Wisconsin has landed two offensive linemen during the spring transfer portal window. The team’s starting lineup is mostly set on both sides of the football, but adding a talent like Winfield to the roster could pay dividends down the road.

For more on Wisconsin’s transfer portal activity this spring, check out our 2024 spring transfer portal window tracker.

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Where the decommits from Texas’ 2022 recruiting class ended up

Where eight players that were once members of Texas’ 2022 recruiting class landed during the early signing period.

It’s been a wild recruiting cycle. Continue reading “Where the decommits from Texas’ 2022 recruiting class ended up”

Former Texas commit Armani Winfield signs with Baylor

Baylor wins the in-state battle for four-star WR Armani Winfield.

Four-star wide receiver Armani Winfield made headlines after decommitting from the Horns in the middle of the season finale against Kansas State.

Schools like Michigan State and Baylor have since made a strong push for the Lewisville wideout over the past few weeks. Texas got back into the hunt after landing Winfield’s buddy and former five-star quarterback Quinn Ewers from the portal.

Despite making up some ground late, Winfield decided to take his talents to Baylor over Texas and Michigan State.

Winfield is ranked as the No. 25 wide receiver in the country and No. 32 overall prospect in the state of Texas for the 2022 cycle, according to 247Sports composite.

The 6-foot-2 wide receiver tallied over 2,700 receiving yards and 27 touchdowns in his high school career.

Texas currently has the No. 5 ranked 2022 recruiting class but only has one wide receiver commit in Brenen Thompson. Steve Sarkisian is looking to add more talent to the wide receiver room behind freshman All-American Xavier Worthy.

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Baylor trending for former Texas WR commit Armani Winfield

Two crystal ball predictions for Winfield were entered in favor of Baylor on Tuesday.

Four-star wide receiver Armani Winfield was the first player that Steve Sarkisian landed once he took over as the head coach at Texas. Continue reading “Baylor trending for former Texas WR commit Armani Winfield”

What to Watch: Early National Signing Day

Previewing what to expect for Michigan State on early national signing day:

December 15th marks a very important day in the college football universe. It is the early signing period, where recruits in that year’s respective class can sign their National Letters of Intent, officially binding them with the school they committed to.

The Spartans coaching staff has done a really nice job piecing together their 2022 recruiting class, already holding 20 commitments. When the class is put together this well, it takes some of the drama out of signing day, but it definitely has not taken all the drama away.

Take a look at the prospects you need to look out for tomorrow, to find out their final decisions, and how the Spartans will fair in those decisions:

Crystal ball predictions entered in favor of Michigan State for four-star WR Armani Winfield

Former Texas commit Armani Winfield is trending towards Michigan State.

After decommitting from Texas earlier this week, four-star wide receiver Armani Winfield is now trending towards committing to Michigan State. Continue reading “Crystal ball predictions entered in favor of Michigan State for four-star WR Armani Winfield”

Oklahoma jumps Texas in recruiting rankings following Texas’ bumpy week in recruiting

Oklahoma steps ahead of the Texas Longhorns in recruiting after Texas loses two recruits in a one week span.

Recently, we spent an entire holiday predicated around being thankful for all of the things we do have. It’s a staunch reminder that sometimes we should be thankful simply because someone always has it worse.

That remains true in everything whether it’s real life and its day-to-day struggles or if you’re a college football fan. There’s always a program struggling worse than yours.

For the Oklahoma Sooners, this year hasn’t reached the highs they might have wanted, yet. They had a quarterback controversy and switch midseason, the offense has sputtered at multiple times, the head coach is the subject of rumors about a potential job opening, and yet, despite all of that the Sooners are 10-1 and one win away from going back to Arlington to defend their Big 12 crown.

Meanwhile, their biggest rivals lost to Kansas (yes, that Kansas) and are losing recruits during the middle of games.

2022 four-star wide receiver Armani Winfield chose to decommit from Texas during their season finale against Kansas State. The talented wide receiver committed to Texas during Alabama’s national title game in January when it was already known Steve Sarkisian would be taking over the Texas head coaching position.

Michigan State and Mel Tucker have impressed and kept the pressure on him regardless and it’s likely Michigan State’s future trajectory enticed Winfield more than Texas’s future. It seems that a mere formality at this point, that Winfield will be committing to the Spartans sooner rather than later.

With that decomittment, and the loss of another prospect in four-star running back Jamarion Miller flipping to Alabama, the Sooners have now stepped in front of Texas in 247Sports team rankings for recruiting. The Sooners are No.7 and the Longhorns are No.8. Oklahoma is still in contention for four or five more players in this class and have a shot to crack the top five in the team rankings.

A few of those prospects could end up becoming Red River recruiting battles when you consider the Sooners are in on five-star offensive lineman Devon Campbell and four-star offensive linemen Malik Agbo. Sooners are trending up, coming off the heels of their excellent October, while their biggest rival is losing commits left and right.

It’s very easy to see how things have transpired this year and think things have been bad for Oklahoma but the reality is that it is not true. The Sooners have given the fans of the Crimson and Cream a lot of things to be thankful for because somewhere another program has it much worse right now.

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Oklahoma jumps Texas in updated 2022 recruiting class rankings

Texas has had an up-and-down week on the recruiting trail.

Texas has had an up-and-down week on the recruiting trail. Continue reading “Oklahoma jumps Texas in updated 2022 recruiting class rankings”

Four-star WR Armani Winfield decommits from Texas

Texas’ 2022 recruiting class takes another hit.

While the Longhorns added to their lead over Kansas State in the fourth quarter, four-star wide receiver Armani Winfield announced via Twitter he is backing off his Texas commitment.

The Lewisville High School product became the first commitment of the Steve Sarkisian era when he committed to the Horns during the national championship in Jan.

Winfield is ranked as the No. 25 wide receiver in the country and No. 32 overall prospect in the state of Texas for the 2022 cycle, according to 247Sports composite.

 

 

This marks the second major loss from Texas’ 2022 recruiting class in the past week. Four-star running back Jamarion Miller flipped from Texas to Alabama on Thursday.

The loss of Winfield leaves Brenen Thompson as the lone wide receiver committed in the 2022 class. With the lack of much receiving threat outside of Xavier Worthy, Texas needs all the bodies they can get.

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