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Badgers class of 2025 LB commit named Wisconsin’s top senior linebacker

Badgers class of 2025 LB commit named Wisconsin’s top senior linebacker

Wisconsin class of 2025 linebacker commit Cooper Catalano was named the 2024 recipient of the John Anderson Award on Wednesday.

The honor annually recognizes the most outstanding senior linebacker in Wisconsin. Catalano, who committed to UW’s program nearly one year ago, was the obvious choice for the honor.

The 6-foot-2, 200-pound game-wrecker registered 178 tackles, nine tackles for loss, three sacks, one fumble recovery, three forced fumbles and three interceptions for Germantown High School this season. On top of that, he became Wisconsin’s all-time career tackles leader in late September after he recorded tackle No. 463 with the program.

Since that point, he’s added over 100 more tackles to his total.

247Sports considers Catalano the No. 894 overall recruit, No. 92 linebacker and No. 7 recruit from the state of Wisconsin for the class of 2025. He earned offers from the likes of Illinois, Iowa State, Kansas, and Michigan State before ultimately deciding to join the Badgers.

Outside Catalano, two other class of 2025 linebackers have committed to Wisconsin — four-star Mason Posa and three-star Samuel Lateju.

The award is named after John Anderson, a former Waukesha South star in the 1970s who became the Green Bay Packers’ all-time leader in tackles before his retirement in 1989.

Badgers class of 2025 commit breaks Wisconsin all-time career tackles record

Badgers class of 2025 commit breaks Wisconsin all-time career tackles record

Wisconsin football class of 2025 commit Cooper Catalano became Wisconsin’s all-time career tackles leader on Friday.

With 463 career tackles in over three years at Germantown High School in Germantown, Wisconsin, Catalano stands alone atop the list. His record-breaking moment transpired in the third quarter of Germantown’s game against Brookfield East.

Catalano was one of the first players to pledge his commitment to Luke Fickell’s program for the class of 2025 on Nov. 28, 2023.

247Sports considers Catalano the No. 872 overall recruit, No. 88 linebacker and No. 7 recruit from the state of Wisconsin for the class of 2025. He earned offers from the likes of Illinois, Iowa State, Kansas, and Michigan State before ultimately deciding to join the Badgers.

Four other class of 2025 linebackers have committed to Wisconsin as well. Those are four-star Mason Posa, three-star Samuel Lateju and three-star Brenden Anes.

Where Wisconsin’s class of 2025 ranks after adding LB Cooper Catalano

Where Wisconsin’s class of 2025 ranks after adding LB Cooper Catalano

Wisconsin added three-star linebacker Cooper Catalano to its class of 2025 earlier this week. He is the program’s fourth commitment in the class, joining three-star OT Michael Roeske, three-star safety Remington Moss and three-star quarterback Landyn Locke.

The Germantown, Wisconsin native is ranked as the No. 531 player in the class of 2025, the No. 52 linebacker and the No. 6 recruit from his home state.

He is, at the moment, Wisconsin’s highest-ranked 2025 commit.

While the 2024 cycle is still yet to finish, it’s worth noting Luke Fickell’s early progress in the 2025 cycle.

The addition of Catalano moved Wisconsin up to No. 14 in the nation. It is currently the No. 4 group in the Big Ten behind Penn State, Oregon and Ohio State. That is likely a matter of volume at this point, though, as top programs including Michigan sit immediately behind Wisconsin in the ranking but with a much higher average player rating.

Nevertheless, Wisconsin is off to a solid start in the 2025 cycle. But for now, focus is still on its 2024 group which ranks No. 25 nationally.

Spartans offer Wisconsin 2025 3-star LB Cooper Catalano

Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to a three-star linebacker from Wisconsin

Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to a three-star linebacker from Wisconsin.

Cooper Catalano of Germantown, Wisc. announced via Twitter that he received a scholarship from the Spartans on Thursday. Catalano is listed at 6-foot-2 and 200 pounds.

Catalano ranks as the No. 38 linebacker and No. 5 player from Wisconsin in 247Sports’ rankings for the 2025 class. He’s also listed as the No. 427 overall player in 247Sports’ composite rankings.

Catalano already has offers from six programs, according to 247Sports. Michigan State, Illinois, Iowa State, Kansas, Minnesota and Wisconsin have all extended him an offer.

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Wisconsin offers 2025 in-state LB Cooper Catalano

Wisconsin football offers a 2025 in-state LB:

On Saturday, Jim Leonhard and his coaching staff extended a scholarship offer to 2025 in-state linebacker Cooper Catalano out of Germantown, Wisconsin.

According to PrepRedzoneWI, Catalano is the No. 1 LB in the state and the No. 6 overall player in Wisconsin.

Not yet ranked by national recruiting services, the 6-foot-2, 200-pound LB holds offers from Illinois and Wisconsin but has also received interest from Iowa State and Minnesota.

You can watch his HUDL film here. 

As a freshman, Catalano registered 78 tackles, seven TFLs, three sacks and three forced fumbles for Germantown High School.

This offer marks the 15th offer extended to a member of the 2025 recruiting cycle and the second to an in-state product, the other being Verona cornerback Tre Poteat.

The Germantown High School standout announced his scholarship offer from the University of Wisconsin via his Twitter account:

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